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  1. Mitchell Ayres (December 24, 1909 – September 5, 1969) was an orchestra leader, music arranger, composer and performer. He is best known for his many years of work with Perry Como on radio, records, and television and as the musical conductor for The Hollywood Palace .

  2. Mitchell Ayres. Music Department: The Hollywood Palace. Composer,conductor, bandleader, author and songwriter, educated at Columbia University. He made many records. Leading his own orchestra in the 1940s, he later became the musical director for recordings, most notably for Perry Como.

    • December 24, 1910
    • September 5, 1969
  3. Mitchell Ayres. Composer,conductor, bandleader, author and songwriter, educated at Columbia University. He made many records. Leading his own orchestra in the 1940s, he later became the musical director for recordings, most notably for Perry Como.

    • Music Department, Actor, Composer
    • December 24, 1910
    • Mitchell Ayres
    • September 5, 1969
  4. Mitchell Ayres (December 24, 1909 – September 5, 1969) was an orchestra leader, music arranger, composer and performer. He is best known for his many years of work with Perry Como on radio, records, and television and as the musical conductor for The Hollywood Palace.

  5. Ayres was signed to a recording contract, briefly by Variety, then for Vocalion, and, finally, on Bluebird, where he and his big band made just over 100 sides between December 1939 and July 1942. The most famous of his records was Make-Believe Island, a top hit in 1940.

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  7. Known best for his large role in the career of Perry Como (he served as musical director and conductor), Mitchell Ayres also led his own orchestra for nearly ten years during the '30s and '40s. Born Mitchell… Read Full Biography

  8. The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra was a cooperative effort founded by ex-members of the Little Jack Little Orchestra in the mid-1930s. Violinist Ayres served as president and front man for the band, an atypical collection of performers which at first glance appeared more like a group of homely scientists than an orchestra.

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