Mills Brothers

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: 1930 - 1957

Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 226-250 of 317 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	L 4507	9/26/1947	I'm sorry I didn't say I'm sorry	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4510	9/29/1947	I'll never make the same mistake again	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4511	10/1/1947	I couldn't call my baby	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4514	10/10/1947	Words	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4724	12/23/1947	Words	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4740	12/26/1947	Someone cares	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4740	12/26/1947	Someone cares	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4787	12/30/1947	Two blocks down, turn to the left	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4788	12/30/1947	Baby don't be mad at me	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4803	12/31/1947	Manana (is soon enough for me)	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4845	12/8/1948	Down among the sheltering palms	Al Jolson ; Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4846	12/8/1948	Is it true what they say about Dixie?	Al Jolson ; Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4850	12/16/1948	I love you so much it hurts	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 4851	12/16/1948	I've got my love to keep me warm	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5178	11/2/1949	You tell me your dream, I'll tell you mine	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5179	11/2/1949	Way down home	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5180	11/2/1949	When you were sweet sixteen	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5181	11/2/1949	Meet me tonight in dreamland	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5182	11/2/1949	Just a dream of you, dear	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5191	11/7/1949	Fairy tales	Ella Fitzgerald ; Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5192	11/7/1949	I gotta have my baby back	Ella Fitzgerald ; Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5306	1/3/1950	If I live to be a hundred	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5307	1/3/1950	Daddy's little girl	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5327	1/14/1950	The old rugged cross	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5328	1/14/1950	In the sweet by and by	Mills Brothers	Vocal group

(Results 226-250 of 317 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mills Brothers," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.

Mills Brothers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.

"Mills Brothers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.