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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 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 3 weeks at No. 1 in 1952 (Billboard charts) 1936 Goody Goody: Matty Malneck: Frankie Lymon (#20 in the US and No. 24 in the UK 1943 Hit the Road to Dreamland: Harold Arlen 1937 Hooray for Hollywood: Richard A. Whiting: 1941 I Remember You: Victor Schertzinger
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]
"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 success of the song represented something of a revival for the group after a few years of declining sales.
"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. [2] The song has become a well-known standard, recorded by many artists.
The Mills Brothers' version of the song was featured on an episode of the TV show The Others entitled "Till Then" (April 29, 2000, Season 1 – Episode 10).; The Mills Brothers' recording of the song can be heard in Millennium episode "Matryoshka", which starred Lance Henriksen and first aired on 19 February 1999.
"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]