Paul Mickelson | |
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 Paul Mickelson, early 1950s | |
| Background information | |
| Born | December 30, 1927 Burbank, California |
| Died | October 21, 2001 (aged 73) Sacramento, California |
| Genres | Christian sacred |
| Occupation(s) | organist, arranger, conductor, record company executive |
| Years active | 1950s – 1980s |
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Paul Mickelson (December 30, 1927 – October 21, 2001) was an American organist, arranger, and record label executive who specialized in Christian music. First performing for mass media at the age of 16, he gained national recognition as organist for the Billy Graham crusade from 1950 to 1958. He left Graham to concentrate on recordings, becoming an executive at Word Records before founding Supreme Records and its subsidiaries. He recorded and released numerous albums of religious music as an organist and orchestral arranger/conductor.