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He was born Al Cernik, son of immigrants from Croatia , in Detroit, Michigan . 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 . After leaving school, he worked as a Saddle maker, 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. He served in the United States Navy for two years, and after leaving the service became a singer with Carmen Cavallaro 's Big Band . In 1947 he made some recordings for Decca with Cavallaro's band, but had to leave due to a case of food poisoning. 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. 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." In the 1950s and 1960s he acted in Movie s as well as singing. He did movies with Teresa Brewer and Rosemary Clooney . In 1957 he had his own Television show. His first hit was 1951's "My Heart Cries for You". 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. BEST KNOWN SONGS
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