Hayes was well known during television's golden age as the unnamed boyfriend opposite his real-life wife Peggy Ann Garner on the ABC sitcom Two Girls Named Smith for two seasons in 1951.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 5, 1930, Hayes had much success as a recording artist while in his late teens.

The fact that he was in the army and his musical/acting background, Hayes earned a permanent spot as the emcee and co-host with Arlene Francis on the ABC competition series Soldier Parade in 1954.

Hayes died on March 10, 2014, at the age of 84 in his home in Los Angeles, California, after battling a long illness.

Hayes got his first singing job on Bob Emery's Rainbow House children's radio program.

He was approached by somebody who invited Hayes to perform on Art Ford's local Saturday night TV series on station WPIX in New York.

The song had been previously recorded by singers Dick Haymes, Peggy Lee & Mel Tormé, Phil Harris, Snooky Lanson and Frank Sinatra.

Shortly after the release of the song, Miller left Mercury and joined rival label Columbia Records.

But the fifth song he recorded, a duet with Kitty Kallen entitled "Our Lady Of Fatima", managed to reach number 10 on the charts beginning in September 1950 and remained there for three months.

Before Hayes and Kallen recorded the song, it was made famous by Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter in the movie Two Weeks with Love the year earlier.

During the summer of 1951 Hayes recorded a version of Nat King Cole's hit "Too Young" on the Mercury label.

In late October 1951, Hayes had another big seller for Mercury entitled "Out in the Cold Again" with The Joe Reichman Orchestra.

The record again made it into the top ten best sellers in the country and remained on the charts for close to three months.

Hayes's last hit song with Mercury was entitled "Midnight in Paris", recorded in the summer of 1953 with The Richard Hayman Orchestra, which was a top twenty-five seller.

He served in the Army and was stationed originally in Fort Dix, New Jersey, then in Governors Island, New York.

During his service in the military, Hayes was selected to become the co-host of Arlene Francis and replacement for Steve Allen on the game show Talent Patrol.

His son Jim is a TV sportscaster for the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team.

[7] Hayes died on March 10, 2014, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 84 after battling a long illness.