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The Mills Brothers ad in The Film Daily, 1932. The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed The Four Mills Brothers and originally known as Four Boys and a Guitar, [1] were an American jazz and traditional pop vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies and garnered at least three dozen gold records.
The Board of Directors Annual Report is an album by vocal group The Mills Brothers with pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the Dot label. [1] [2] The album follows Basie's 1967 collaboration with The Mills Brothers The Board of Directors.
The Mills Brothers recorded the song again for their album The Mills Brothers – Great Hits (1958). [8] Kitty Kallen included the song on her album Honky Tonk Angel, Country Songs with a City Flavor (1961). [9] Louis Armstrong and His All Stars on the 1964 album Hello, Dolly! (released by Kapp Records as catalog number KS-3364). [10]
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 ...
"Paper Doll" was a hit song for The Mills Brothers. In the United States it held the number-one position on the Billboard singles chart for twelve weeks, [3] from November 6, 1943, to January 22, 1944.
The Board of Directors is an LP album by The Mills Brothers with Count Basie and Orchestra. [1] [2] It was released in 1968, was recorded at the A & R Recording Studios in New York City on November 20–21, 1967 with the arrangements and conducting by Dick Hyman, and sound engineering was by Phil Ramone.
"I'll Be Around" is a popular song written by Alec Wilder and published in 1942. It was first recorded by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra in 1942 [1] and the first hit version was by The Mills Brothers in 1943 when it reached No. 17 in the Billboard pop charts.
The recording by The Mills Brothers was released by Decca Records as catalog number 24694. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on August 12, 1949, and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 8. [8]