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 26-50 of 317 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	61575	10-in.	2/3/1937	Pennies from heaven	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	61576	10-in.	2/3/1937	Dedicated to you	Ella Fitzgerald ; Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	62106	10-in.	4/5/1937	The love bug will bite you	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	62115	10-in.	4/7/1937	Rockin' chair swing	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	62116	10-in.	4/7/1937	Carry me back to Old Virginny	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	62117	10-in.	4/7/1937	Darling Nellie Gray	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	62322	10-in.	6/29/1937	In the shade of the old apple tree	Louis Armstrong ; Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	62323	10-in.	6/29/1937	The old folks at home (Swanee river)	Louis Armstrong ; Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	63829	10-in.	5/20/1938	Asleep in the deep	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	63830	10-in.	5/20/1938	Caravan	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	63831	10-in.	5/20/1938	The song is ended	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	63967	10-in.	6/13/1938	The song is ended	Louis Armstrong ; Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	63968	10-in.	6/13/1938	My walking stick	Louis Armstrong ; Mills Brothers	Vocal group
Decca	64223	10-in.	6/20/1938	Funiculi, funicula	Mills Brothers	Vocal group
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

(Results 26-50 of 317 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mills Brothers," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.

Mills Brothers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.

"Mills Brothers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.