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Mills Brothers discography

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The following is a discography of the jazz/swing vocal group The Mills Brothers.

Albums

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  • Famous Barber Shop Ballads Volume One (Decca, 1946)
  • Famous Barber Shop Ballads Volume Two (Decca, 1949)
  • Souvenir Album (Decca, 1950)
  • Wonderful Words (Decca, 1951)
  • Meet the Mills Brothers (Decca, 1953)
  • Four Boys and a Guitar (Decca, 1954)
  • Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers (Decca, 1954)
  • Singin' and Swingin' (Decca, 1956)
  • Memory Lane (Decca, 1956)
  • One Dozen Roses (Decca, 1957)
  • The Mills Brothers in Hi-Fi: Barbershop Ballads (Decca, 1958)
  • In a Mellow Tone (Vocalion, 1958)
  • Mmmm...The Mills Brothers (Dot, 1958)
  • Great Hits (Dot, 1958)
  • Sing (London, 1959)
  • Merry Christmas (Dot, 1959)
  • Greatest Barbershop Hits (Dot, 1959)
  • Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Dot, 1959)
  • Great Hits (Dot, 1958)
  • Glow with the Mills Brothers (Decca, 1959)
  • Harmonizin' With (Decca, 1959)
  • Barbershop Harmony (Decca, 1960)
  • Our Golden Favorites (Decca, 1960)
  • San Antonio Rose (Dot, 1961)
  • Yellow Bird (Dot, 1961)
  • Great Hawaiian Hits (Dot, 1961)
  • Sing Beer Barrel Polka and Other Golden Hits (Dot, 1962)
  • The End of the World (Dot, 1963)
  • Say Si Si (Dot, 1964)
  • Gems by the Mills Brothers (Dot, 1964)
  • Sing for You (Hamilton, 1964)
  • The Mills Brothers Today! (Dot, 1965)
  • The Mills Brothers in Tivoli (Dot, 1966)
  • These Are the Mills Brothers (Dot, 1966)
  • Anytime! (Pickwick, 1967)
  • The Board of Directors with Count Basie (Dot, 1967)
  • London Rhythm (Ace of Clubs, 1967)
  • The Board of Directors Annual Report with Count Basie (Dot, 1968)
  • My Shy Violet (Dot, 1968)
  • Fortuosity with Sy Oliver (Dot, 1968)
  • Dream a Little Dream of Me (Pickwick, 1968)
  • Till We Meet Again (Pickwick, 1968)
  • Dream (Dot, 1969)
  • The Mills Brothers in Motion (Dot, 1969)
  • Cab Driver, Paper Doll, My Shy Violet (Pickwick, 1969)
  • No Turnin' Back (Paramount, 1970)
  • What a Wonderful World (Paramount, 1972)
  • A Donut and a Dream (Paramount, 1972)
  • Louis and the Mills Brothers (MCA Coral, 1973)
  • Half a Sixpence with Count Basie (Vogue, 1973)
  • Opus One (Rediffusion, 1973)
  • Cab Driver (Ranwood, 1974)
  • Inspiration (ABC Songbird, 1974)
  • 50th Anniversary (Ranwood, 1976)
  • The Mills Brothers (Pickwick, 1976)

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions
US
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US C/B
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US R&B
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US A/C
[1]
US Country
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UK
[3]
1931 "Tiger Rag" 1
"Nobody's Sweetheart" 4
"Gems from George White's Scandals" (with Bing Crosby & Boswell Sisters) 3
1932 "Dinah" (with Bing Crosby) 1
"You Rascal, You" 3
"Baby Won't You Please Come Home" 20
"I Heard" 3
"Good-bye, Blues" 4
"Rockin' Chair" 4
"Shine" (with Bing Crosby) 7
"Chinatown, My Chinatown" 10
"St. Louis Blues" 2
"Sweet Sue" 8
"Bugle Call Rag" 2
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" 7
1934 "I've Found a New Baby" 19
"Swing It, Sister" 2
"Money in My Pockets" 12
"Sleepy Head" 2
1937 "Dedicated to You" (with Ella Fitzgerald) 19
"Big Boy Blue" (with Ella Fitzgerald) 20
"Darling Nelly Gray" (with Louis Armstrong) 19
1938 "Flat Foot Floogee" (with Louis Armstrong) 19
"Sixty Seconds Got Together" 8
1939 "Sweet Adeline" 10
"You Tell Me Your Dreams, I'll Tell You Mine" 14
1940 "Old Black Joe" 30
"W.P.A." (with Louis Armstrong) 26
1942 "Paper Doll" 20
1943 "Paper Doll" (re-entry) 1 2
"I'll Be Around" 17
1944 "You Always Hurt the One You Love" 1 5
"Till Then" 8 1
1945 "I Wish" 6 4
"Put Another Chair at the Table" 14 4
1946 "Don't Be a Baby, Baby" 12 3
"I Don't Know Enough About You" 7
"There's No One But You" 22
"I Guess I'll Get the Papers and Go Home" 12
1947 "Across the Alley from the Alamo" (lyrics by Joe Greene) 2 2
"Dream, Dream, Dream" 5
"Oh! My Achin' Heart" 21
"When You Were Sweet Sixteen" 15
1948 "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" 10
"S-H-I-N-E" 10
"Gloria" 17
1949 "I Love You So Much It Hurts Me" 8 8
"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" 9
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" 5
"Who'll Be the Next One (To Cry Over You)" 24
1950 "Daddy's Little Girl" 5
"Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" 4
1952 "Be My Life's Companion" 7
"The Glow-Worm" 1 1 10
"Lazy River" 22
1953 "Twice as Much" 14 27
"Say "Si Si"" 12 19
"Pretty Butterfly" 21
"Who Put the Devil in Evelyn's Eyes" 23
"The Jones Boy" 15 11
1954 "She Was Five and He Was Ten" 27 27
"You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me (So Why Do You Want Me Now)" 22
"A Carnival in Venice" 26 32
"Go In and Out the Window" 41
"How Blue?" 25 37
1955 "Suddenly There's a Valley" 45
"Opus One" 29
"Smack Dab in the Middle" 29
1956 "All the Way 'Round the World" 63
"Standing on the Corner" 57
1957 "Queen of the Senior Prom" 39 41
1958 "Get a Job" 21
1959 "Yellow Bird" 70 84
1968 "Cab Driver" 23 21 3
"My Shy Violet" 73 73 4
"The Ol' Race Track" 83 78 16
1969 "The Jimtown Road" 131 13
"Dream" 111
1970 "It Ain't No Big Thing" 64
1972 "Sally Sunshine" 118
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "The Mills Brothers Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982. Sheridan Books. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.
  3. ^ "MILLS BROTHERS - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
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