Mills Brothers discography
The following is a discography of the jazz/swing vocal group The Mills Brothers.
Albums
[edit]- 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
[edit]| Year | Single | Chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US C/B [2] |
US R&B [1] |
US A/C [1] |
US Country [1] |
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
[edit]- ^ a b c d "The Mills Brothers Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982. Sheridan Books. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.
- ^ "MILLS BROTHERS - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Mills Brothers discography discography at Discogs