It's a representative overview of the second 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 second (Vol. 1 is ACQCD7185). This 108-track 4-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from their releases on the Decca and Dot labels from 1947 through to 1960, with just about every release represented by at least one side. It features 27 chart hits, including the No. 1 'Glow Worm', and the Top 10 entries 'Across The Alley From The Alamo', 'I Love You So Much It Hurts', 'I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm', 'Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)', 'Daddy's Little Girl', 'Nevertheless' and 'Be My Life's Companion'. It features recordings with Al Jolson, Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee, and with the orchestras of Sy Oliver, Hal McIntyre and Owen Bradley. It's a representative overview of the second era of their career and is a fine showcase for their highly distinctive style of vocal harmonies

Track Listing

• Across The Alley From The Alamo
• Dream, Dream, Dream
• What You Don't Know, Won't Hurt You
• Oh, My Achin' Heart
• You Never Miss The Water Till The Well Runs Dry
• After You
• I'm Sorry I Didn't Say I'm Sorry
• Manana
• Love Is Fun
• Confess
• Baby, Don't Be Mad At Me
• Two Blocks Down And Turn To The Left
• Gloria
• I Want To Be The Only One
• Down Among The Sheltering Palms
• Is It True What They Say About Dixie
• I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
• I Love You So Much It Hurts
• Words (That Are Breaking My Heart)
• Single Saddle
• Out Of Love
• Someday
• On A Chinese Honeymoon
• I Want You To Want Me
• Who'll Be The Next One
• Sweet Genevieve

• If I Had My Way
• Honey That I Love So Well
• Till We Meet Again
• Long, Long Ago
• My Christmas Song For You
• Fairy Tales
• I Gotta Have My Baby Back
• Daddy’s Little Girl
• Open The Gates Of Dreamland
• Cielito Lindo
• The Very Thought Of You
• Why Fight The Feeling
• The Tunnel Of Love
• I Still Love You
• Daddy's Little Boy
• Nevertheless
• I Get A Funny Feeling (When I See You)
• Love Lies
• Be My Life's Companion
• You're Not Worth My Tears
• High And Dry
• When You Come Back To Me
• Just When We're Falling In Love
• Blue And Sentimental
• The Glow Worm

• After All
• Lazy River
• Someone Loved Someone
• A Shoulder To Weep On
• I Want Someone To Care For
• Twice As Much
• Say 'Si Si'
• I'm With You
• Pretty Butterfly
• Don't Let Me Dream
• Who Put The Devil In Evelyn's Eyes
• Beware
• The Jones Boy
• She Was Five And He Was Ten
• You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me
• Go In And Out The Window
• A Carnival In Venice
• How Blue
• Why Do I Keep Lovin' You
• It Must Be So
• Straight Ahead
• Paper Valentine
• The Urge
• Opus One
• Smack Dab In The Middle
• Kiss Me And Kill Me With Love
• Mi Muchacha
• That's All I Ask Of You

• Gum Drop
• Suddenly There's A Valley
• I Believe In Santa Claus
• I've Changed My Mind A Thousand Times
• All The Way 'Round The World
• Dream Of You
• In A Mellow Tone
• Standing On The Corner
• King Porter Stomp
• I'm The Guy
• That's Right
• Queen Of The Senior Prom
• My Troubled Mind
• Two Minute Tango
• The Barbershop Quartet
• You Only Told Me Half The Story
• Get A Job
• I Found A Million Dollar Baby
• Me And My Shadow
• Music, Maestro, Please
• Yellow Bird
• Baby Clementine
• You Can't Be True Dear
• Lullaby In Ragtime
• Take Me Along
• The Glow Worm
• I Miss You So
• Highways Are Happy Ways
• Ballerina

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: R & B

Run Time: 280 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 12/06/24

UPC: 824046718626