Biography

The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir is known for Going My Way (1944), Love Affair (1939) and The Bishop's Wife (1947).

Because some choir members were poor, Robert Mitchell poured most of the money he earned back into the choir. He set up a private school, paid for braces, and sometimes even college tuition.

Over the years more than 600 boys between the ages of approximately 8-16 passed through the choir. Alumni include members of The Lettermen, The Modernaires and The Sandpipers.

In 1934, while serving as organist of St. Brendan's Church in Los Angeles, Robert Mitchell organized a boy's choir. They were cast in over 100 films and television shows from the 1930s through the end of the 1960s.

Members have included Robert Mitchell, Tony Butala, John Smith. Steve Rossi, William Tracy.

The choir sang at Catholic masses that were broadcast on the radio. The singers were cast in their first film, That Girl from Paris (1936) after the casting director heard one such broadcast.