Collection 1931-52

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Format: CD
SKU: 1165672X  |  Barcode: 824046204327

Description

The Mills Brothers were one of the most important and influential vocal groups in 20th century popular music, bringing together styles and techniques that embraced gospel, doowop, ragtime, jazz and more to build an extraordinary career that spanned over half a century and more than 2,000 recordings. Their unique ability not only to harmonise so expertly, but also to re-create the sound of wind instruments with their voices, enabled them to exploit the "Four Men And A Guitar" formula to generate a string of hits through the decades that spanned WWII. This great value 54-track 2-CD set, which does not duplicate any recordings included on our existing Fabulous releases ('Sweet Harmony' FABCD160 and 'London Sessions' 1934-39 FABCD252) is drawn from their wealth of repertoire from their early recordings in 1931 through to their final Top 10 hit in 1952, and admirably showcases their unmatched talent.

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Specifications

  • Format
    CD
  • Composers
    Arnold Johnson, Philip Braham, James Thornton, Pinky Tomlin, Jean Schwartz, Bert Kalmar, Bernard Reed, Ray Gilbert, Jimmie Grier, Joe Greene, Burton Lane, Jimmy McHugh, W.C. Handy, Vincent Lopez, William Jerome, Charles McCarthy, Charles Daniels, Billy Meyers, Joseph Young, Cecil Gant, John Redmond, Robert Burke, Johnny Mercer, Samuel Lewis, Sammy Cahn, Sam Stept, Sam Theard, Saul Chaplin, Guy Wood, Harry Armstrong, Harry Ruby, Harry Warren, Harry Williams, Harold Adamson, Haven Gillespie, Allan Roberts, Hughie Prince, Don Redman, Dorothy Fields, Spencer Williams, Irving Mills, Irving Berlin, Jack Little, Ned Washington, Daniel Boone, Daniel Reed, Sidney Arodin, Lemuel Fowler, Sidney Clare, Larry Shay, Otis Rene, Doris Fisher, Sol Marcus, Duke Ellington, Gus Kahn, Hoagy Carmichael, Al Dubin, Eddie Seiler, Paul Dresser, Paul Lincke, Jack Palmer, Jack Pettis, Floyd Tillman, Elmer Schoebel, Ernie Erdman, Richard Nelson, Bob Hilliard, Milton DeLugg, Fred Phillips, Freddy James, George Little
  • Label
  • Genre
  • Number of Discs
    2
  • Release Date
    7/8/2014

Tracks

  • Disc 1
  • 1 Nobody's Sweetheart
  • 2 You Rascal You
  • 3 How'm I Doin', Hey Hey
  • 4 I Heard
  • 5 Goodbye Blues
  • 6 Chinatown, My Chinatown
  • 7 Loveless Love
  • 8 Bugle Call Rag
  • 9 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  • 10 Doin' the New Low Down
  • 11 Smoke Rings
  • 12 That's Georgia
  • 13 Swing It Sister
  • 14 Sleepyhead
  • 15 My Gal Sal
  • 16 Rockin' Chair
  • 17 I've Found a New Baby
  • 18 Sweeter Than Sugar
  • 19 Limehouse Blues
  • 20 What's the Reason
  • 21 Sweet Lucy Brown
  • 22 Lulu's Back in Town
  • 23 Sweet and Slow
  • 24 Swing for Sale
  • 25 Love Bug Will Bite You
  • 26 Rockin' Chair Swing
  • 27 In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
  • 28 Sweet Adeline
  • Disc 2
  • 1 You Tell Me Your Dream and I'll Tell You Mine
  • 2 Asleep in the Deep
  • 3 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  • 4 Cherry
  • 5 On the Banks of the Wabash
  • 6 By the Watermelon Vine (Lindy Lou)
  • 7 Lazy River
  • 8 You Always Hurt the One You Love
  • 9 Till Then
  • 10 Put Another Chair at the Table
  • 11 I Wish
  • 12 When You Were Sweet Sixteen
  • 13 I Guess I'll Get the Papers and Go Home
  • 14 I'm Afraid to Love You
  • 15 You Broke the Only Heart That Ever Loved You
  • 16 Across the Alley from the Alamo
  • 17 Dream, Dream, Dream
  • 18 Gloria
  • 19 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
  • 20 I Love You So Much It Hurts
  • 21 Daddy's Little Girl
  • 22 Nevertheless
  • 23 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
  • 24 I Got Her Off My Hands (But I Can't Get Her Off My Mind)
  • 25 Be My Life's Companion
  • 26 Glow Worm