Nobody's Sweetheart (The Mills Brothers)

The Mills Brothers · 1931 · Standard de 1924 chanté en quatre voix et guitare

Context

B-side from the same Brunswick session as "Tiger Rag", dated September 25, 1931 (retaken on October 9). The a cappella quartet adapts the song to its imitative style.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Tiger Rag (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)

Sources

• adp.library.ucsb.edu
• EN: Mills Brothers discography

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