Marmalade (band)

The group still survives today, primarily because of the leadership of Graham Knight.
. An attempt to fit into the UK's move to "progressive" music met with limited success. Though he is considered an average pop singer, many of his songs have a decided rock beat to them, including "Knee Deep in the Blues", "Heartaches By the Number", "Rock-a-Billy", "The Same Old Me" and his biggest hit, "Singing the Blues", which was #1 for 10 weeks in 1956. When pianist Junior Campbell left the band to become a "one hit wonder", Marmalade began a series of line-up changes including the loss of drummer Alan Whitehead and suffered poor publicity from the UK's News of the World. His first hit was 1951's "My Heart Cries for You". The band was managed by Peter Walsh, a 60s and 70s pop entrepreneur whose portfolio also included artists like the Bay City Rollers, Billy Ocean, the Troggs and Blue Mink. In 1957 he had his own television show.

They toured extensively and even gave rise to a cocktail - the Marmaladdie. He did movies with Teresa Brewer and Rosemary Clooney. The harmony-based band went on to produce a string of early 1970s hits including "Reflections of My Life" and "Rainbow", using the lead vocals of Dean Ford and the higher harmonies of bass player Graham Knight. In the 1950s and 1960s he acted in movies as well as singing. Their first hit record was a cover of the Beatles' "Ob-la-di", predictably performed in orange suits, which went to #1 in the UK charts. Mitch Miller, who was in charge of talent at Columbia Records, noted Al in 1950, and he joined Columbia and got his new stage name at Miller's urging: Miller is supposed to have said, "my name is Mitchell and you seem a nice guy, so we'll call you Guy Mitchell.". Marmalade were a Scottish pop group, highly successful during the early 1970s. He eventually went to New York City, and made several records for King Records under the name Al Grant. He won on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts radio show during this time.

In 1947 he made some recordings for Decca with Cavallaro's band, but had to leave due to a case of food poisoning. He served in the United States Navy for two years, and after leaving the service became a singer with Carmen Cavallaro's big band. After leaving school, he worked as a saddlemaker, but supplemented his income by singing whenever he could. At this point in his life, Dude Martin, who had a country music broadcast in San Francisco, noticed him and hired him to perform with his band. At the age of 11, he was signed by Warner Brothers Pictures, to be groomed as a child star, and he also performed on the radio on Station KFWB in Los Angeles, California.

He was born Al Cernik, son of immigrants from Yugoslavia, in Detroit, Michigan. Guy Mitchell (February 22, 1927-July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer. "Unless". "The Roving Kind".

"Sparrow In The Treetop". "Singing the Blues". "She Wears Red Feathers". "Same Old Me".

"Rock-a-billy". "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania". "Ninety Nine Years (Dead or Alive)". "My Truly Truly Fair".

"My Heart Cries for You". "Knee Deep In The Blues". "Heartaches By The Number". "Feet Up (Pat Him On The Po-po)".

"Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle".