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Real name: Albert George Cernik Guy Mitchell was an American trad pop singer and actor. Mitchell died on July 1, 1999, at the age of 72, at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada from complications following cancer surgery. More

Real name:
Albert George Cernik
Profile:
Guy Mitchell was an American trad pop singer and actor.

Mitchell was born Albert George Cernik on February 22, 1927, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Croatian immigrants.
He won the 1949 radio show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts as a soloist.

Mitch Miller of Columbia Records signed him in 1950 and urged him to change his name. Miller originally intended to record a sentimental ballad called "My Heart Cries for You" and "The Roving Kind" with Frank Sinatra, but Sinatra was not interested and rejected the songs. Mitchell recorded them, and "My Heart Cries for You" became Mitchell's first hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard charts. He went on to have hits such as "Heartaches by the Number" (#1 U.S.), "Rock-a-Billy" (a crossover into rock 'n' roll), "The Same Old Me" and the massive "Singing the Blues
In the 1950s and 1960s, Mitchell appeared in films such as Those Redheads From Seattle (1953) and Red Garters (1954), on television, and hosted his own television show in 1957.

Mitchell died on July 1, 1999, at age 72, at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada from complications from cancer surgery.

His song "Heartaches by the Number" was part of the soundtrack of the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas.

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