The Mills Brothers - Collection 1931-52 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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 InchFour Men And A GuitarInch 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. Album 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