Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag: The Singles Collection Vol. 1 1931-47 - It's a representative overview of the first era of their career and is a fine showcase for their highly distinctive style of vocal harmonies. - The Mills Brothers were a pioneering vocal quartet, who performed in a jazz-flavoured barbershop style and were forerunners of the doowop groups of later years- they broke new ground as the first African-American group to have their own network radio show in the USA. In the course of their long career they made more than 2,000 recordings and had around 60 US chart entries. So prolific were that we have chosen to present their releases on 78s and 45s in two 4-CD sets, of which this is the first (Vol. 2 is ACQCD7186). This 104-track 4-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from their releases on the Brunswick and Decca labels from their debut in 1931 through to 1947, with just about every release represented by at least one side. It features 38 of their hits, including the No. 1s "Tiger Rag", "Dinah", "Paper Doll" and "You Always Hurt The One You Love", and the Top 5 entries "You Rascal You", "I Heard", "Good-Bye Blues", "Rockin' Chair", "St. Louis Blues", "Swing It Sister" and "Sleepy Head". It features duet recording with Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. It's a representative overview of the first era of their career and is a fine showcase for their highly distinctive style of vocal harmonies.

Tracklist:

Nobody's Sweetheart
Tiger Rag
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
You Rascal You
Dinah
How Am I Doin', Hey, Hey
I Heard
Shine
Goodbye Blues
Rockin' Chair
Chinatown, My Chinatown
Loveless Love
St Louis Blues
Sweet Sue Just You
Bugle Call Rag
The Old Man of the Mountain
Coney Island Washboard
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Git Along
Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere
Doin' the New Lowdown
Diga Diga Doo
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Smoke Rings
I've Found a New Baby
Money in My Pockets
Swing It Sister
Sleepy Head
Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider
My Gal Sal
Old Fashioned Love
Miss Otis Regrets
Nagasaki
Lazybones
Some of These Days
Sweeter Than Sugar
Limehouse Blues
Sweet Georgia Brown
There Goes My Headache
What's the Reason
Sweet Lucy Brown
Shoe Shine Boy
Rhythm Saved the World
Solitude
London Rhythm
Swing for Sale
Pennies from Heaven
Dedicated to You
Big Boy Blue
The Love Bug Will Bite You (If You Don't Watch Out)
Rockin' Chair Swing
Darling Nellie Grey
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Long About Midnight
The Old Folks at Home
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
The Flat Foot Floogie
Caravan
My Walking Stick
Sixty Seconds Got Together
Julius Caesar
The Lambeth Walk
The Yam
Just a Kid Named Joe
Funiculi, Funicula
Sweet Adeline
You Tell Me Your Dream and I'll Tell You Mine
Goodbye Blues
Sweet Sue, Just You
Way Down Home
Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
It Don't Mean a Thing
Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet
Old Black Joe
Marie
W.P.A
Boog It
Cherry
Just a Dream of You, Dear
My Gal Sal
Sleepy Time Gal
Moonlight Bay
On the Banks of the Wabash
Once Upon a Dream
Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline?
Love's Old Sweet Song
Paper Doll
I'll Be Around
I Met Her on Monday
In Old Champlain
You Always Hurt the One You Love
Till Then
Put Another Chair at the Table
I Wish
Don't Be a Baby, Baby
Never Make a Promise in Vain
There's No One But You
I Don't Know Enough About You
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
I Guess I'll Get the Papers
Too Many Irons in the Fire
I'm Afraid to Love You
You Broke the Only Heart That Ever Loved You

UPC: 824046718527
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 12.6.24
Format: CD

Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag: The Singles Collection Vol. 1 1931-47 (CD)