The Mills Brothers

vocals, guitare (quatuor vocal) · Piqua (Ohio)

Vocal quartet formed by the brothers Donald, Herbert, Harry and John Jr. in Piqua (Ohio), active from 1925. Their "Tiger Rag" on Brunswick was a huge national hit, then they recorded with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington before the success of "Paper Doll" in 1943.

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Styles

• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese
• Swing, big bands

Landmark tracks

• Tiger Rag (The Mills Brothers) (1931)
• Nobody's Sweetheart (The Mills Brothers) (1931)
• You Rascal, You (The Mills Brothers) (1931)
• Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (The Mills Brothers) (1931)
• Rockin' Chair (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• Good-bye Blues (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• St. Louis Blues (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• I Can't Give You Anything but Love (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• Sweet Georgia Brown (The Mills Brothers) (1934)
• Old Fashioned Love (The Mills Brothers) (1934)

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