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Mills Brothers

The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed the Four Mills Brothers, and originally known as the Four Kings of Harmony, 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 were the first African-American artists to have their own show on national network radio (on CBS in 1930); they made appearances in film; and were the first to have a No. 1 hit on the Billboard singles chart, with "Paper Doll" in 1943. They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.

Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1928, Died Ceased 1982

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1931 - 1957

Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 316 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 61576 10-in. 2/3/1937 Dedicated to you Ella Fitzgerald ; Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 62106 10-in. 4/5/1937 The love bug will bite you Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 62115 10-in. 4/7/1937 Rockin' chair swing Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 62116 10-in. 4/7/1937 Carry me back to Old Virginny Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 62117 10-in. 4/7/1937 Darling Nellie Gray Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 62322 10-in. 6/29/1937 In the shade of the old apple tree Louis Armstrong ; Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 62323 10-in. 6/29/1937 The old folks at home (Swanee river) Louis Armstrong ; Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 63829 10-in. 5/20/1938 Asleep in the deep Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 63830 10-in. 5/20/1938 Caravan Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 63831 10-in. 5/20/1938 The song is ended Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 63967 10-in. 6/13/1938 The song is ended Louis Armstrong ; Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 63968 10-in. 6/13/1938 My walking stick Louis Armstrong ; Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64223 10-in. 6/20/1938 Funiculi, funicula Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64224 10-in. 6/20/1938 Asleep in the deep Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64249 10-in. 6/29/1938 Side-kick Joe Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64323 10-in. 7/19/1938 Julius Caesar Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64324 10-in. 7/19/1938 Sixty seconds got together Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64466 10-in. 8/19/1938 Just a kid named Joe Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64475 10-in. 8/23/1938 The yam Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64480 10-in. 8/23/1938 The lambeth walk Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64934 10-in. 1/24/1939 Sweet Adeline Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64935 10-in. 1/24/1939 Meet me tonight in dreamland Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64948 10-in. 1/25/1939 You tell me your dream, I'll tell you mine Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64949 10-in. 1/25/1939 'Way down home Mills Brothers Vocal group  
Decca 64959 10-in. 1/26/1939 Sweet Sue, just you Mills Brothers Vocal group  
(Results 26-50 of 316 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mills Brothers," accessed May 7, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.

Mills Brothers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 7, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.

"Mills Brothers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 May 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495

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