A Rock and Roll Enemy

Mitch Miller lived to 99. He died this week. A lot was written about all the things he did in the Pop area of music in the 50's/60's. Too much of it rosy. USA Today didn't even mention the most important thing that stained a big part of his career.
Mitch Miller was also one of the earliest opponents of this new sound known as "Rock & Roll". Like Frank Sinatra, Miller saw this new form of music as nothing but noise. Even though as head of A&R at Columbia Records he stole many of its defining elements for his own gain.
"Rock & Roll" outlasted Miller. Myself, the only memorable thing I remember about him was my parents owning his Sing Along Christmas album. Outside of that, to many Rock fans, he was already forgotten.