Irving Mills

Irving Harold Mills was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter. He often used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose.

Birth and Death Data: Born New York City, Died April 21, 1985 (Palm Springs)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1955

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, composer, lyricist, director, session supervisor, leader, vocalist, arranger, speaker

Notes: May have used the pseudonym Warren Mills.

See Also: Goodwin, Goody

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Recordings (Results 226-250 of 514 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor D7VB-0154 10-in. 2/20/1947 That ain't right Mildred Bailey ; Ellis Larkins Trio Female vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and string bass songwriter  
Victor D7VB-1971 10-in. 11/3/1947 Caravan Russ Case ; Russ Case Orchestra Instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Victor D9VB-0779 10-in. 11/9/1949 St.James infirmary Phil Harris Orchestra Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble lyricist, composer  
Victor D9VB-2851 10-in. 12/28/1949 Prelude to a kiss Charlie Ventura Orchestra Jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor D9VB-2852 10-in. 12/28/1949 Solitude Charlie Ventura Orchestra Jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor D9VB-2853 10-in. 12/28/1949 Mood indigo Charlie Ventura Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor D9VB-2854 10-in. 12/28/1949 It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing) Charlie Ventura Orchestra Jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor D9VB-2855 10-in. 12/28/1949 Sophisticated lady Charlie Ventura Orchestra Jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor CS-Test-1070 12-in. 9/26/1933 Digga-digga-do Whispering Banjos String band composer  
Columbia 80364 10-in. 5/27/1922 Deedle deedle dum Ray Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 80644 10-in. 11/3/1922 Stop your kidding Garber-Davis Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 80706 10-in. 12/6/1922 Stop your kidding Frank Westphal Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 81044 10-in. 5/30/1923 House of David blues Chicago Blues Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 81506 10-in. 1/29/1924 My beautiful Mexican rose Hotel Alamac Orchestra ; Paul Specht Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 81754 10-in. 5/2/1924 Hinky dinky parlay voo Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones Male vocal duet, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 81876 10-in. 7/18/1924 Skin-a-ma-rink-arink-a-rae Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones Male vocal duet, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 81975 10-in. 9/5/1924 Hey! Hey! And hee! Hee! (I'm Charleston crazy) Southern Quartet Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied composer  
Columbia 140201 10-in. 12/22/1924 Nobody knows what a red-head mamma can do Vaughn De Leath Female vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 140286 10-in. 1/28/1925 When my sugar walks down the street Warner's Seven Aces Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 140338 10-in. 2/10/1925 Nobody knows what a red-head mama can do The Original Memphis Five Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia W140530 10-in. 4/15/1925 Ev'rything is hotsy totsy now Van and Schenck Male vocal duet, with piano lyricist  
Columbia W140556 10-in. 4/27/1925 Riverboat shuffle Cotton Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia W140903 10-in. 9/4/1925 Valeska Willie Howard Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia W141047 10-in. 9/25/1925 When my sugar walks down the street Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia W141141 10-in. 10/16/1925 The lonesomest girl in town Lewis James Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
(Results 226-250 of 514 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mills, Irving," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105992.

Mills, Irving. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105992.

"Mills, Irving." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105992

External Sources

Wikipedia: Joe Primrose

Discogs: Irving Mills

Allmusic: Irving Mills

IMDb: Irving Mills

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Mills, Irving, 1894-1985 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88621778

Wikidata: Joe Primrose - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1292110

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/76500944

MusicBrainz: Joe Primrose - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5fd9bf09-2d50-4355-a5d4-1f9e9fdd7820

Fast: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/226168 - http://id.worldcat.org/fast/226168

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