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

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 251-275 of 317 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	L 5434	3/17/1950	If you didn't cry	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5437	3/18/1950	Open the gates of dreamland	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5438	3/18/1950	I've shed a hundred tears	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5439	3/20/1950	I cried like a baby	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5440	3/20/1950	A star for everyone to love	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5446	3/21/1950	The tunnel of love	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5984	1/5/1951	You know you belong to somebody else	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 5985	1/5/1951	Please don't talk about me when I'm gone	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6017	1/22/1951	Happy go lucky me	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6018	1/22/1951	Lord's ups and downs	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6019	1/22/1951	Pretty as a picture	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6020	1/24/1951	Will there be any stars?	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6021	1/24/1951	Now the day is over	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6175	3/23/1951	Mister and Mississippi	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6176	3/23/1951	Wonderful.wasn't it?	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6178	3/23/1951	I've got to fall in love again	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6250	4/25/1951	Love me	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6251	4/25/1951	Who knows love	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6252	4/25/1951	For want of a nail	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6253	4/25/1951	A cottage with a prayer	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6310	6/12/1951	When you come back to me	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6627	2/4/1952	You're not worth my tears	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6628	2/4/1952	(Why have a falling out) Just when we're falling in love-1	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 6629	2/4/1952	Blue and sentimental-1	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	L 7026	1/27/1953	Someone to care for	Mills Brothers	Vocal group

(Results 251-275 of 317 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mills Brothers," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.

Mills Brothers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.

"Mills Brothers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.