Mitch Miller - The River Kwai March ~ Colonel Bogey March

RIP Mitch Miller! He died 99 years old! Mitchell William Miller (July 4, 1911 -- July 31, 2010)was an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man and record company executive. He was one of the most influential figures in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s. In the early '50s Miller recorded with Columbia's house band as “Mitchell Miller and His Orchestra“. He also recorded a string of successful albums and singles, featuring a male chorale and his own distinctive arrangements, under the name “Mitch Miller and the Gang“ starting in 1950. The ensemble's hits included “Tzena, Tzena, Tzena“, “The Yellow Rose of Texas“, and the two marches from The Bridge on the River Kwai: “The River Kwai March and Colonel Bogey March“. The Bridge on the River Kwai is a British 1957 World War II film by David Lean; based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by French writer Pierre Boulle. T