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"Cab Driver" is a song written by Carson Parks and performed by The Mills Brothers featuring Sy Oliver and His Orchestra. It reached #3 on the Easy Listening chart, #21 on the Cashbox chart, and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968. [ 1 ]
The Mills Brothers were born into a family of nine in Piqua, Ohio, United States. [3]The quartet consisted of Donald (lead tenor vocals, April 29, 1915 – November 13, 1999), [4] Herbert (tenor vocals, April 2, 1912 – April 12, 1989), [5] Harry (baritone vocals, August 9, 1913 – June 28, 1982), and John Jr. (tenor guitar, double bass, bass vocals; October 19, 1910 – January 23, 1936).
The Mills Brothers in Motion (Dot, 1969) Cab Driver, Paper Doll, My Shy Violet (Pickwick, 1969) No Turnin' Back (Paramount, 1970) What a Wonderful World (Paramount, 1972) A Donut and a Dream (Paramount, 1972) Louis and the Mills Brothers (MCA Coral, 1973) Half a Sixpence with Count Basie (Vogue, 1973) Opus One (Rediffusion, 1973) Cab Driver ...
On February 18, 1942, The Mills Brothers recorded "I'll Be Around" by Alec Wilder as their new single, with "Paper Doll" as the B-side. It is rumored that it took less than fifteen minutes to record the latter. [7] Harry Mills recalled that he and his brother Herbert did not initially like the song, although their brother Donald did.
Cab Driver (A Salute to the Mills Brothers) 10 Hank Thompson's Greatest Hits Vol. 1: 34 1973 Kindly Keep It Country: 22 1974 Moving On: 37 1975 Sings Nat King Cole — 1976 Back in the Swing of Things: 48 1977 The Thompson Touch — Doin' My Things — 1978 Brand New Hank — ABC: 1980 Take Me Back to Tulsa — MCA: 1982 One Thousand and One ...
The Mills Brothers recording of Parks' "Cab Driver" reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the Billboard Easy listening chart in 1968. [6] He receded from performing and writing to focus on publishing, owning and operating the Waynesville, North Carolina –based music publishing firms Greenwood Music and Br'er Rab Music.
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The recording by The Mills Brothers was released by Decca Records as catalog number 18599. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on June 22, 1944, and lasted 20 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one. The Mills Brothers version also reached number five on the Harlem Hit Parade. [6]