Mills Brothers
The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed The Four Mills Brothers and originally known as Four Boys and a Guitar, were an American vocal 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 black 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: Died Ceased 1982
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1957
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 329 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Decca | 64960 | 10-in. | 1/26/1939 | Goodbye blues | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67339 | 10-in. | 3/18/1940 | Sleepy time gal | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67340 | 10-in. | 3/18/1940 | Moonlight Bay | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67341 | 10-in. | 3/18/1940 | My gal Sal | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67350 | 10-in. | 3/19/1940 | Break the news to Mother | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67355 | 10-in. | 3/19/1940 | Darling Nellie Gray | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67356 | 10-in. | 3/19/1940 | Old Black Joe | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67357 | 10-in. | 3/19/1940 | Swanee river | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67366 | 10-in. | 3/21/1940 | Can't yo' heah me callin' Caroline | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67367 | 10-in. | 3/21/1940 | On the banks of the wabash | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67380 | 10-in. | 3/22/1940 | Just a dream of you dear | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67381 | 10-in. | 3/22/1940 | Love's old sweet song | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | 67382 | 10-in. | 3/22/1940 | When you were sweet sixteen | Mills Brothers | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mills Brothers," accessed January 6, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.
Mills Brothers. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 6, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.
"Mills Brothers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 6 January 2026.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: The Mills Brothers
Discogs: Mills Brothers
Allmusic: Mills Brothers
IMDb: Mills Brothers
Britannica: Mills Brothers
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Mills Brothers - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82024091
Wikidata: The Mills Brothers - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1206839
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/121010147
MusicBrainz: The Mills Brothers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb1080d4-aaf7-430e-b588-6a6ce79e2eb3
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/565413 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/565413
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