12 Facts About Mitchell Ayres

Mitchell Ayres was an orchestra leader, music arranger, composer and performer.

Mitchell Ayres 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.

Mitchell Ayres later worked with Abe Lyman and Jack Little, known as Little Jack Little.

The orchestra leader was decided by election, and it was Mitchell Ayres who was voted the head of the orchestra.

Mitchell Ayres began working for Columbia Records as a musical director, working with Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Pearl Bailey, and others signed to the record label, including Doris Day and Dinah Shore.

Mitchell Ayres's uncertainty caused Ayres to accept an offer to become the conductor for a new television show, The Hollywood Palace, which premiered in January 1964.

Mitchell Ayres was nominated for an Emmy award for his musical work on the show in 1966 and again in 1968.

At the time of his death, Mitchell Ayres was working for the television program.

Mitchell Ayres was struck and killed by a car while crossing a street in Winchester, Nevada on September 5,1969.

Mitchell Ayres was in the Las Vegas area working as the musical conductor for Connie Francis' show at the newly opened Landmark Hotel.

Mitchell Ayres was survived by his wife, Georgianna, a son, Lawrence, and a daughter, Judith.

One week after her husband's death, Georgianna Mitchell Ayres died of a heart attack.