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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 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 ...
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.
"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 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]
"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.
Mills Brothers, 1932 "Dinah" is a popular song published in 1925 and introduced by Ethel Waters at the Plantation Club on Broadway. It was integrated into the show Kid Boots. [1] The music was written by Harry Akst and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young.
"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] It was featured on their 1968 album Fortuosity. [2]