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 301-325 of 514 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 30460 10-in. 5/9/1941 Solitude Billie Holiday Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia CO41773 10-in. 9/30/1949 Hinky dinky parlez-vous Lawrence Loy ; Wilber Waite's Pokeberry Promenaders String band, with dance calls songwriter  
OKeh 9011 10-in. March 1925 Nobody's business Charles Nabell Male vocal solo, with guitar composer  
OKeh 9326 10-in. September 1925 Lovesick blues Emmett Miller ; Walter Rothrock Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
OKeh 9357 10-in. September 1925 When a blonde makes up her mind to do you good Jack Gardner Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
OKeh S-70558 10-in. Mar. 1922 Lovesick blues Elsie Clark Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-70697 10-in. June 1922 Deedle deedle dum Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band songwriter  
OKeh S-71037 10-in. Nov. 1922 Stop your kiddin' Finzel's Detroit Society Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
OKeh S-71629 10-in. June 1923 Where can that somebody be? Sara Martin ; Clarence Williams Female vocal solo, with piano songwriter  
OKeh S-72518 10-in. May 1924 Hinky dinky parlay voo? Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones Male vocal duet, with orchestra songwriter  
OKeh S-72712 10-in. July 1924 Skin-a-ma-rink-a-rink-a-ree Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones Male vocal duet, with orchestra songwriter  
OKeh S-72849 10-in. 9/24/1924 Hey! Hey! And hee! Hee! (I'm Charleston crazy) Goofus Five Jazz/dance ensemble composer  
OKeh S-73086 10-in. 1/9/1925 Nobody knows what a red-head mamma can do Okeh Syncopators ; Harry Reser Jazz/dance band songwriter  
OKeh S-73094 10-in. January 1925 When my sugar walks down the street (All the little birdies go, "Tweet, tweet, tweet") Johnny De Droit ; New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
OKeh S-73190 10-in. Feb. 1925 Nobody knows what a red-head mamma can do Cogert and Motto Male vocal duet, with ukulele songwriter  
OKeh S-73364 10-in. May 1925 Everything is hotsy totsy now Henry Cogert ; The Red Hotters Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
OKeh S-73402 10-in. June 1925 Ev'rything is hotsy totsy now Cogert and Motto ; Fred Hall Male vocal duet, with piano songwriter  
OKeh 73848 10-in. Dec. 1925 The lonesomest girl in town Bruce Wallace Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio composer  
OKeh 73966 10-in. Jan. 1926 How she loves me is nobody's business The Happiness Boys Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
OKeh 74208 10-in. July 1926 Lo-do-de-o The Happiness Boys Male vocal duet songwriter  
OKeh 80082 10-in. 8/27/1926 There's a new star in heaven tonight Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar composer  
OKeh W80206 10-in. 11/10/1926 I don't mind being all alone (When I'm all alone with you) Sam Lanin ; Melody Sheiks Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
OKeh W80546 10-in. 3/16/1927 Bugle call rag Birmingham Society Serenaders ; Jack Linx Jazz/dance band songwriter  
OKeh W80938 10-in. 5/26/1927 Like an angel you flew into everyone's heart Joe Davis Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh W81072 10-in. 5/9/1927 Riverboat shuffle Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
(Results 301-325 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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