Title: Nice selections, no overblown orchestrations
Product review: I got this CD from Amazon this past Christmas (2010). Mitch passed away in 2010 at age 99. I remember "Sing Along with Mitch" on TV when I was a kid. He always did a Christmas show with holiday songs. This CD best represents what one of Mitch's holiday shows was like. Good old fashioned singing with no overblown orchestration. Ironically, Mitch was known for overdubbing and echoing effects on most of Columbia's records in the 50s when he was in charge of that. It's why artists like Frank Sinatra left the label.Back to the CD. 16 songs, most of them standards. They all sound good. One song that got my attention was Must Be Santa, a song that never became a hit. But it's a great novelty song. A nice CD for a sing-along or background music at any holiday party. A book with the lyrics in included, since the "bouncing ball" has long been retired (wink).
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