Four Boys and a Guitar: The Essential Mills Brothers

~ Release by The Mills Brothers (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Dinah
baritone vocals:
Harry Mills (on 1931-12-16)
lead vocals:
Donald Mills (on 1931-12-16)
tenor vocals:
Herbert Mills (on 1931-12-16)
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1931-12-16)
recording of:
Dinah (on 1931-12-16)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
3:03
2Shine
recording of:
Shine (on 1932-02-16)
lyricist:
Lew Brown (in 1910) and Cecil Mack (in 1910)
composer:
Ford Dabney (in 1910)
3:22
3I Heard
recording of:
I Heard (on 1932-02-16)
composer:
Don Redman
2:30
4How'm I Doin', Hey-Hey
recording of:
How'm I Doin'? (on 1932-02-16)
writer:
Lemuel Fowler and Don Redman
2:32
5Rockin' Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song) (on 1932-03-08)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
3:14
6Chinatown, My Chinatown
recording of:
Chinatown, My Chinatown (on 1932-04-14)
lyricist:
William Jerome (in 1910)
composer:
Jean Schwartz (in 1910)
publisher:
Beuscher and Sim (Related to Éditions Sim)
2:40
7Sweet Sue, Just You
recording of:
Sweet Sue, Just You (on 1932-04-14)
lyricist:
Will J. Harris (early 1900s songwriter/lyricist)
composer:
Will J. Harris (early 1900s songwriter/lyricist) and Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
3:02
8St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1932-04-14)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:25
9Bugle Call Rag
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
2:04
10Dirt Dishin' Daisy
recording of:
Dirt Dishin' Daisy
writer:
Lou Herscher and Lou Klein
3:19
11Diga Diga Doo
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1932-12-22)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1932-12-22)
alto saxophone, clarinet and soprano saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1932-12-22)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Barney Bigard (on 1932-12-22)
double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1932-12-22)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1932-12-22)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1932-12-22) and John Mills, Jr. (on 1932-12-22)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1932-12-22)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1932-12-22) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1932-12-22)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1932-12-22), Arthur Whetsel (on 1932-12-22) and Cootie Williams (on 1932-12-22)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1932-12-22)
baritone vocals:
Harry Mills (on 1932-12-22)
bass vocals:
John Mills, Jr. (on 1932-12-22)
tenor vocals:
Donald Mills (on 1932-12-22) and Herbert Mills (on 1932-12-22)
vocals:
Harry Mills (on 1932-12-22)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1932-12-22)
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1932-12-22)
recording of:
Diga Diga Doo (on 1932-12-22)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
recording of:
Diga Diga Doo (in 1932)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
3:11
12Doin' the New Low Down
recording of:
Doin’ the New Low Down (on 1932-12-29)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
3:13
13Fiddlin' Joe
2:28
14Swing It, Sister
recording of:
Swing It, Sister (on 1934-02-24)
writer:
Harold Adamson and Burton Lane
2:36
15Jungle Fever
recording of:
Jungle Fever (on 1934-02-24)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Walter Donaldson
3:13
16Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet
recording of:
Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet (on 1934-03-29)
lyricist:
Stanley Murphy
composer:
Percy Wenrich (American composer)
2:42
17Sleepyhead
recording of:
Sleepy Head (on 1934-03-29)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
3:06
18My Little Grass Shack in Kealkekua, Hawaii
recording of:
My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaiʻi
lyricist:
Bill Cogswell (in 1933)
additional composer:
Johnny Noble (in 1933)
composer:
Tommy Harrison (in 1933)
publisher:
Sherman, Clay & Co. (in 1930)
2:36

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Release group

part of:Art Deco (Legacy Recordings series) (order: 9)