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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 (Results 201-225 of 317 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 101420 | 1/22/1957 | The knocked out nightingale | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101421 | 1/22/1957 | In de banana tree | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101566 | 2/5/1957 | Only a rose | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101567 | 2/5/1957 | Moonlight and roses | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101568 | 2/5/1957 | Roses of Picardy | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101569 | 2/5/1957 | Mexicali rose | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101570 | 2/5/1957 | The barber shop quartet | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101571 | 2/5/1957 | Old songs brings memories | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101609 | 2/8/1957 | Love send a little gift of roses | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101610 | 2/8/1957 | Rose room | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101611 | 2/8/1957 | My wild Irish rose | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101612 | 2/8/1957 | Mighty lak' a rose | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101613 | 2/8/1957 | Honeysuckle rose | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101614 | 2/8/1957 | Rose of the Rio Grande | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101615 | 2/8/1957 | Room full of roses | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101616 | 2/8/1957 | One dozen roses | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101869 | 3/5/1957 | Queen of the senior prom | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 101870 | 3/5/1957 | My troubled mind | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | DLA 88 | 10-in. | 2/20/1935 | Sweet Lucy Brown | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
Decca | DLA 89 | 10-in. | 2/20/1935 | Don't be afraid to tell your mother | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
Decca | DLA 90 | 10-in. | 2/20/1935 | Since we fell out of love | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
Decca | DLA 91 | 10-in. | 2/20/1935 | Moanin' for you | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
Decca | DLA 92 | 10-in. | 2/20/1935 | What's the reason (I'm not pleasing you?) | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | ||
Decca | L 4310 | 9/25/1946 | What you don't know won't hurt you | Mills Brothers | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 4311 | 9/25/1946 | You broke the only heart that ever loved you | Mills Brothers | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mills Brothers," accessed September 7, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.
Mills Brothers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 7, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103495.
"Mills Brothers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 September 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: The Mills Brothers
Discogs: Mills Brothers
Allmusic: Mills Brothers
IMDb: Mills Brothers
Britannica: Mills Brothers
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Mills Brothers - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82024091
Wikidata: The Mills Brothers - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1206839
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/121010147
MusicBrainz: The Mills Brothers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb1080d4-aaf7-430e-b588-6a6ce79e2eb3
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