The Mills Brothers: The Anthology (1931-1968)

• Artist: The Mills Brothers
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• Release Date: August 01, 1995
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Easy Listening

Review

The Mills Brothers: The Anthology is a comprehensive 48-song overview of the vocal group's career, spanning their entire career and featuring 32 of their biggest hits. Most of their most famous songs -- including "Paper Doll," "Glow-Worm," "Lazy River," and "Rockin' Chair" -- are included on this double-disc set and the sound is the best it has ever been. In short, it is the definitive retrospective of this ground-breaking vocal quartet. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Tiger Rag (Lyrics)	Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, James LaRocca, Harry DaCosta, Antonio Sbarbaro, Edwin Edwards	Mills Brothers	(1:55)
Nobody's Sweetheart	Gus Kahn, Elmer Schoebel, Billy Meyers, Ernie Erdman	Mills Brothers	(2:27)
Rockin' Chair (Lyrics)	Hoagy Carmichael	Mills Brothers	(3:26)
Dedicated to You (Lyrics)	Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret	Mills Brothers	(3:07)
Flat Foot Floogie	Slam Stewart, Slim Gaillard, Bud Green	Mills Brothers	(3:01)
You Tell Me Your Dream, I'll Tell You Mine	Albert Brown, Seymour Rice, Charles N. Daniels	Mills Brothers	(3:10)
Cherry	Don Redman, Billy Corgan, Phil Mogg, Pete Way, Ray Gilbert	Mills Brothers	(2:50)
(I Yi, Yi, Yi) Wish Me Luck Amigo	John Redmond, James Cavanaugh	Mills Brothers	(2:48)
Lazy River (Lyrics)	Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin	Mills Brothers	(2:47)
I'll Be Around	Alec Wilder	Mills Brothers	(3:00)
Paper Doll	Johnny Black, Johnny S. Black	Mills Brothers	(2:39)
Till Then (Lyrics)	Sol Marcus, Guy Wood, Eddie Seiler	Mills Brothers	(2:38)
You Always Hurt the One You Love (Lyrics)	Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts	Mills Brothers	(3:09)
I Wish	Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts	Mills Brothers	(2:54)
Don't Be a Baby, Baby (Lyrics)	Buddy Kaye, Howard Steiner	Mills Brothers	(3:01)
I Don't Know Enough About You (Lyrics)	Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour	Mills Brothers	(3:01)
I Guess I'll Get the Papers (And Go Home)	Hughie Prince	Mills Brothers	(2:29)
Too Many Irons in the Fire	Johnny Black, Johnny S. Black	Mills Brothers	(2:49)
Across the Alley from the Alamo	Joe Green, Joe Greene	Mills Brothers	(2:30)
You Never Miss the Water (Till the Well Runs Dry)	Arthur Kent, Paul Secon	Mills Brothers	(2:47)
Gloria	Leon René	Mills Brothers	(2:58)
Is It True What They Say About Dixie?	Irving Caesar, Gerald Marks, Sammy Lerner	Mills Brothers	(2:26)
I Love You So Much It Hurts	Floyd Tillman	Mills Brothers	(3:08)
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (Lyrics)	Irving Berlin	Mills Brothers	(3:14)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)	Jimmie Hodges	Mills Brothers	(2:56)
If I Had My Way	James Kendis, Lou Klein	Mills Brothers	(3:02)
When You Were Sweet Sixteen (Lyrics)	James Thornton	Mills Brothers	(3:07)
Daddy's Little Girl (Lyrics)	Bobby Burke, Horace Gerlach	Mills Brothers	(2:55)
Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)	Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby	Mills Brothers	(2:48)
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Lyrics)	Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare	Mills Brothers	(2:37)
Be My Life's Companion	Bob Hilliard, Milton DeLugg	Mills Brothers	(3:14)
The Glow Worm	Johnny Mercer, Paul Lincke, Lilla C Robinson	Mills Brothers	(2:40)
A Shoulder to Weep On	Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss	Mills Brothers	(2:40)
Say "Si Si"	Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman, Francia Luban	Mills Brothers	(2:51)
Pretty Butterfly	Sunny Skylar	Mills Brothers	(2:35)
The Jones Boy	Victor Mizzy, Manny Kurtz	Mills Brothers	(2:56)
She Was Five and He Was Ten		Mills Brothers	(3:03)
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You	Russ Morgan, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh	Mills Brothers	(2:23)
Opus One	Sy Oliver, Sid Garris	Mills Brothers	(2:15)
Smack Dab in the Middle	Chuck Calhoun, Charles E. Calhoun	Mills Brothers	(2:49)
Standing on the Corner	Count Basie, Frank Loesser	Mills Brothers	(2:47)
Queen of the Senior Prom	Stella Lee, Jack Richards	Mills Brothers	(2:59)
When I Lost You	Irving Berlin	Mills Brothers	(3:26)
Yellow Bird	Norman Luboff, Alan Bergman, Michael Keith	Mills Brothers	(2:35)
April in Paris	Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg	Mills Brothers	(4:08)
Blue and Sentimental	Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David	Mills Brothers	(3:34)
My Shy Violet	Earl Shuman, Leon Carr	Mills Brothers	(2:37)
Cab Driver	C. Carson Parks	Mills Brothers	(2:56)

Credits

Tom Mack (Producer), George Tipton (Arranger), Chico O'Farrill (Director), Sy Oliver (Arranger), Dick Hyman (Director), Al Jolson (?), George Tipton (Conductor), Sy Oliver (Conductor), Tommy Dorsey (?), Owen Bradley (Director), Peter Grendysa (Liner Notes), Junie Osaki (Design), Steve Lasker (Compilation Producer), Louis Armstrong (?)