Swing It! The Best of the Mills Brothers 1931-1958

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1: Four Boys and a Guitar - The Thirties
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Tiger Rag
The Mills Brothers1:58
2Nobody's Sweetheart Now
recording of:
Nobody’s Sweetheart
lyricist:
Ernie Erdman and Gus Kahn
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter) and Elmer Schoebel
The Mills Brothers2:29
3You Rascal, You
recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
The Mills Brothers2:23
4Baby Won't You Please Come Home
recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
The Mills Brothers2:33
5Dinah
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
Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers3:00
6I Heard
recording of:
I Heard
composer:
Don Redman
The Mills Brothers2:32
7Shine
Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers3:24
8Good-Bye Blues
The Mills Brothers3:02
9Rockin' Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
The Mills Brothers3:28
10Chinatown, My Chinatown
recording of:
Chinatown, My Chinatown
lyricist:
William Jerome (in 1910)
composer:
Jean Schwartz (in 1910)
publisher:
Beuscher and Sim (Related to Éditions Sim)
The Mills Brothers2:44
11Loveless Love
recording of:
Loveless Love
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
The Mills Brothers2:43
12Sweet Sue, Just You
recording of:
Sweet Sue, Just You
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.
The Mills Brothers3:05
13St Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
The Mills Brothers2:26
14Bugle Call Rag
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
The Mills Brothers2:06
15It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
The Mills Brothers2:27
16Coney Island Washboard
The Mills Brothers2:26
17I've Found a New Baby
recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
The Mills Brothers2:49
18Swing It, Sister
recording of:
Swing It, Sister
writer:
Harold Adamson and Burton Lane
The Mills Brothers2:38
19Money in My Clothes
The Mills Brothers3:09
20Sleepy Head
The Mills Brothers3:09
21Lazybones
The Mills Brothers3:03
22Dedicated to You
clarinet:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1937-01-14)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1937-01-14)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1937-01-14)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1937-01-14, on 1937-02-03)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1937-01-14)
reeds:
Teddy McRae (on 1937-01-14)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1937-01-14)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1937-01-14)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1937-01-14, on 1937-02-03), The Mills Brothers (on 1937-01-14), Donald Mills (on 1937-02-03), Harry Mills (on 1937-02-03) and Herbert Mills (on 1937-02-03)
performer:
Ella Fitzgerald
cover recording of:
Dedicated to You (on 1937-01-14)
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and Hy Zaret
cover recording of:
Dedicated to You (on 1937-02-03)
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and Hy Zaret
recording of:
Dedicated to You
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and Hy Zaret
Ella Fitzgerald & The Mills Brothers3:16
23Big Boy Blue
clarinet:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1937-01-14)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1937-01-14)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1937-01-14)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1937-01-14)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1937-01-14)
reeds:
Teddy McRae (on 1937-01-14)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1937-01-14)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1937-01-14)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1937-01-14) and The Mills Brothers (on 1937-01-14)
recording of:
Big Boy Blue (on 1937-01-14)
writer:
Dan Howell, Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
Ella Fitzgerald & The Mills Brothers2:51
24Darling Nelly Gray
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-04-07)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1937-04-07) and John Mills, Sr. (on 1937-04-07)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1937-04-07)
baritone vocals:
Harry Mills (on 1937-04-07)
bass vocals:
John Mills, Sr. (on 1937-04-07)
tenor vocals:
Donald Mills (on 1937-04-07) and Herbert Mills (on 1937-04-07)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1937-04-07) and The Mills Brothers (on 1937-04-07)
recording of:
Darling Nellie Gray (on 1937-04-07)
composer:
Benjamin R. Hanby
Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers2:50
25The Flat Foot Floogie
recording of:
The Flat Foot Floogie
composer:
Slim Gaillard, Bud Green and Slam Stewart
Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers3:04
26Sixty Seconds Got Together
recording of:
Sixty Seconds Got Together
lyricist:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
composer:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
The Mills Brothers2:48
27Sweet Adeline
recording of:
Sweet Adeline
writer:
Richard Gerard and Harry Armstrong (US producer, singer, pianist and Tin Pan Alley composer)
The Mills Brothers3:08
28You Tell Me Your Dream and I'll Tell You Mine
The Mills Brothers3:10
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