They were at the Sands in Vegas when I was on my honeymoon, and at the next table when we went for a bite. Great people, Their kindness will never be forgotten. I'm 80 now and theose were the days.
@eltrompo83 - I have the exact same experience when I put on some Hank Williams, Sr. I feel like I'm hugging my dad, who's been gone for 23 years now. He also loved the Mills Brothers. It's some great music!
@Ipsenergud This is a performance where the Mills Brothers were guests on the Lawrence Welk Show. The location is the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, CA.
I'm focken SICK of all the Bieber comments on every focken music video on youtube. Give it a rest!
Why can't we just enjoy a great song without being reminded of JB? It's a bigger epidemic than all the "copy/paste" comments where ppl just repeats what they just said in the video. Sure this comment wasn't the worst i've seen but still...frickin annoying!
@MetalEliot I wholeheartedly agree. I'm sick of people posting comments like that just to get "thumbs up." We are here to listen to music, not to read stupid comments like that.
I'm focken SICK of all the Bieber comments on every focken music video on youtube. Give it a rest!
Why can't we just enjoy a great song without being reminded of JB? It's a bigger epidemic than all the "copy/paste" comments where ppl just repeats what they just said in the video. Sure this comment wasn't the worst i've seen but still...frickin annoying!
I saw the Mills Brothers in the Late 70s at the Venetian Room at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas. They were great! I love them and have all of their recordings.
Thanks for posting cputb1, my dad passed away nine years ago and he loved The Mills Brothers. Unfortunately I didn't come around to liking them until after he died. But listening to these songs helps me think that we're both listening at the same time. Great song and group!
Yes, everytime I hear a Mills Brothers song, I am reminded of my father, and when I was kid he would play their music all the time. So just as with you, whenever I hear a Mills brothers song, dad is again right there with me.
I'm 34 But my father is 88. He fought in WW2 & all the rest. These days he can't really communicate. It gets super sad but with the help of stuff like youtube I'm more able to sing this song & others to him & he lights the hell up. Will be last memories & way cooler than my daughter looking at him like a decaying lump of flesh that creates faeces, and more like the personality that he has always been.
@eltrompo83 man, you hit the nail on the head. my dad has been gone a long time and he absolutely loved these guys. It wasn't my kind of music then, but like so many say it is now. It is impossible to listen to these gentlemen and not think of my day. I understand they were as much of a class act individually as they were a singing group. Thanks.
One of the things that makes me sad in this world, when I look down to press the like button and I see that some people dislike this music. It makes me really sad when I realize that I am one of the few teenagers left who loves this music. This music is amazing. Always brightens my day.
ATTENTION FANS. I just checked on iTunes and there's an album containing 100 of The Mills Brother's songs for only $9.99. I'm buying it tomorrow. 'Tis awesome.
I am such a huge fan of these guys. I just found an LP on the sidewalk last weekend with this track on it. They just don't make music like this anymore do they? It's just PERFECT.
I have a question. Who originally sang/wrote this song? I was listening to it earlier by The Ink Spots, so I'm assuming either The Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots or another group in the era wrote/sang this.
There's a man I take care of at a nursing home here in Wisconsin, who has an old-fashioned radio/record player, and plays a Mills Brothers album with this song on it, quite often. I had to look it up, because it's really grown on me. As much as I try to give back what I can to the elderly, I really learn a lot more from them.
Super...my dear old Dad, who has been gone 16 years now, loved these as a young man. Lovely to see such a laid-back and classy performance in today's mad age.
@47millionvictors Same here, my pops died in the mid 70's at only 48 and he loved the Mills and so do I. I have to say that I do shed a tear when I hear them but I still enjoy listening neverheless:-)
The reason I looked this up is because one of the guys in the play "A view from the bridge" sings it. I just had to find out to sang it. Are they the original singers?
dennis potter? which series? detective? must have been Lipstivk on your collar.--one of the best harmony groups, these guys were-----lazy river---the best
I dont know them very well...but i want start to listen them, I remember their song Chinatown from MAFIA and I think they are great, but help me please whats their best/most sucessful album?
I loved watching the Mills Brothers on the various variety shows in the 60s and 70s. Check out the 1981 videos from their second-to-the-last concert in Copenhagen. They sang for nearly 60 years. Their harmonies in the Copenhagen videos are just as sweet as ever.
The Mills Brothers were something else...... simply amazing. WOW... imagine seeing them live..how effortless do they appear here, and what harmonies. Just beautiful. I'm sorry..but very few singers..if any...can sing like this today..I was totally born in the wrong era.
It gets no better than this, for the period. Tuxedo swing, like Sinatra and others picked up on.
Music (sports, too, and the theater) always have been forerunners in the equality movement, often without personally realizing it, buried as each was in his or her day to day memorization and rehearsal.
Is anyone able to direct me towards some other versions of this song? I adore this one but i'd like to hear others (much like my obsession with gloomy sunday) and all i can find is a song by the awful band Kittie
the scary thing is i think i hear autotune :O the way they lift their soft pallets, to change tonality is fairly remarkable. 1:52-1:54 has the auto tune thing... considering it predates auto-tune by 50 years, what is it?
@morthim Oh, and i think it's just the quality of the recording. Sortof like when a VHS was overplayed and stretched (although this example kindo rely's on you being around in the vhs era) the voices sortof went off pitch.
Its simply a method to change notes at difficult intervals by adjusting their throat in a different way that usual. Much like singing an octave, rather than a 2nd. I assure you it isnt auto-tune
my father thomas Risbon used to play this to me when I was just a little boy he used to be in a band with jimmy Dean and Roy Clark in the 50"s in washington Dc and to this day when my family gets together for a jam session I always play this song with fond memories of my father...RIP pop I love you.
1:54, "Say booooooy" YES!!! That showcases everything that the old groups and songs had that you just don't hear anymore, in two words and three glorious harmonies. My good friend and long-time music instructor mentioned the Mills Brothers' version of "Paper Doll" so I was hoping to find it. This was even more than I could have hoped for, thanks for posting it!
so good ..... thanks !!! Lawrence Welk in black and white was before my time, but I did rock out to it in colour around age 5 !! The Mills Brothers = class, elegance, excellence. big love to the crooners of auld !
i am 70 years old and these songs of the mill brothers remain im my heart. what great talent and great guys they all were. god only knows how i miss them
It doesn't matter how many times I watch this. I just love the part where they clap and really belts it out after 1:44, it gives me the chills everytime.
And indeed, the band is doing an amazing backing here. It's just topclass, top performance. It's beyond description.
This is a great song...Paper Dolls...my dad loved this song, he was a good man, worked all his life and was in World War II...I remember him singing it to me sometimes when I was young...miss you dad...momma, and baby sis...love you guys and miss you all deeply...RIP.
I grew up listening to lots of groups ,the average rock and roll kid but , my Father was such a great fan of the mils brothers, So i would always have to listen with dad,as he worked on a car or just out in the garage doing something. he had the smaller record player at the time . I'm so greatfull i was turned on to the mills brothers way back in the mid and late 50s , since then and now ,they are my favorite singing group . I really miss seeing them on our 12 inch Philco Tv .
@SuperCaptainahab The mills brothers, Have left such a deep and lasting impression on the minds of millions ,with the most touching melodies from sad to funny to such romantic tunes ; we can all be proud to say they were and remain,one of the greatest groups to take to the stage.
I've just come across this band whilst sorting out a pile of old late 70's / early 80's cassette (remember them?) recordings of John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. The Mills Brothers were sandwiched between UK Decay and Misty in Roots....and damned fine stuff they are too!
The original recording of ''Paper Doll'' by the Mills Brothers hit no. 1 on the charts the fifth week of October 1943 -- and stayed on the charts for twelve consecutive weeks. It wasn't until the fourth week in January 1944 that this song was bumped out of first place by Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra.
The comment from a few days concerning big bands is a good one. Actually, the Mills Brothers' arrangements used the big band as more or less "puncuation". That's why their music/songs were just as good with a big band or guitar.
One definition of a professional is someone who subjugates their own wills and desires for the good of the group or purpose. When the musician understands he's there to play second fiddle (no pun intended) and does so conscientiously, then they are being consummate professionals... and deserve equal applause. Good of you to point this out. Professionals everywhere appreciate your notice.
How the hell did Rap music become number one when this kind of music exists!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's swinging baby. I am a young person and even I think this is fantastic.
I love the Mills Brothers - They bring back such wonderful memories of Saturday afternoons when my father would be listening to his music on the Hi-Fi record player. Sadly all his 78s were destroyed in a flood. (
Those were the days when men were gentlemen. ^Sigh^
Love this old stuff. I was a young apprentice in the 70's and my mechanic played this stuff all the time and got me hooked on it. This and Patsy Cline.
As mentioned below, Herb is on left, Don in middle & Harry on right side. This is from barbershop quartet singing. 1st Tenor on left, lead in middle, baritone on right. Their eldest brother who passed away young & was replaced by father, sang Bass & would have been on far right. Once again barbershop set-up. No mixing boards or control people doing the harmony, just by ear
when I deal with patients and they think I dont understand I sing this and many others....this is true classics!!! I am an old soul...but this was before my time!!! Grandparents played this for the holidays..with the ink spots!! thts when people could sing!!!
if u like the ink spots search them and tip tap and toe a tap dancing trio from the same area and see how not only could ppl sing back then but they could dance too
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The Brothers from left to right are Herbert, Donald and Harry. Harry being the leader and the one who speaks to Lawrence and sings for most of the clip. There were originally 4 brothers but John Jr. died around age 25. The father John Sr. replaced him until he retired. The guitar player is not a family member and his name is Norman Brown. The story about Dean is from his friend Greg Garrison. However Bing Crosby and Al Jolson were equally big influences on Dean.
There is another version of this clip from a Lawrence Welk show elsewhere on youtube where the boys introduce themselves and essentially say what I have said before. It is entitled The Mills Brothers on The Lawrence Welk Show from a PBone43 if you want to see it. The introduction occurs at the break between the two songs that are sung.
the music that came out of this decade is the most incredible music ive ever listened to. being so young, you would think i'd like the new and popular music but the 40's really grab my attention. i love the mills brothers!
I sing this version to my year old niece and she loves it! Won't dance to anyone else singing! This jazzed up session is just what Welk was asking for. Love the twists!
If you can remain open to all that is beautiful, and not let yourself be defined only by what is popular among your peers, you'll have a rich and fulfilling life ahead of you.
Ah......... The good old days.
rockdalejohn 2 days ago
This music is like a good wine.
joeybrujah 3 days ago
@j0rss
yeah me to if only i wasn't black
SHALLOTS1000 1 week ago
those old songs make me wanna live in those 30-s 40-s 50-s.
j0rss 3 weeks ago
@j0rss Same here...my dad is from that generation and he loves playing those songs, and I enjoy listening to them ♥♥
NYChica23 1 week ago
They were at the Sands in Vegas when I was on my honeymoon, and at the next table when we went for a bite. Great people, Their kindness will never be forgotten. I'm 80 now and theose were the days.
ddayladygirene 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Mills Brothers
@eltrompo83 - I have the exact same experience when I put on some Hank Williams, Sr. I feel like I'm hugging my dad, who's been gone for 23 years now. He also loved the Mills Brothers. It's some great music!
HorizonMark 3 months ago
EPIC
eseyrc 3 months ago
This song is in one of the best scenes of Radio Days! I truly love Woody Allen movie soundtracks!!
enitaalva 3 months ago
Huge best seller
acoronab 3 months ago
Where is this recorded? Any chance it was the Tivoli Gardens i Copenhagen?
Ipsenergud 3 months ago
@Ipsenergud This is a performance where the Mills Brothers were guests on the Lawrence Welk Show. The location is the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, CA.
sergioalpert66 2 months ago
@sergioalpert66 Oh, thank you very much!
Ipsenergud 2 months ago
legend :P
Windysky95 4 months ago
What a stunning song and performed to the absolute highest quality. Jaw dropping stuff!
TheInvisibleNow 4 months ago
Fantastic..:) Love it
Aggie452 4 months ago
Why not The MILF Brothers
SoundDoomed 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Mills Brothers
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illyas1 4 months ago
I've never heard of these guys before...They're great!
clockguy2 5 months ago
I love this...oozes with swagger. :)
beefire05 5 months ago
don't get better than that 100 %
simba30 5 months ago
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ggggonzalez 5 months ago
@ggggonzalez Your'e a Bieber fan!
I'm focken SICK of all the Bieber comments on every focken music video on youtube. Give it a rest!
Why can't we just enjoy a great song without being reminded of JB? It's a bigger epidemic than all the "copy/paste" comments where ppl just repeats what they just said in the video. Sure this comment wasn't the worst i've seen but still...frickin annoying!
MetalEliot 4 months ago
@MetalEliot I wholeheartedly agree. I'm sick of people posting comments like that just to get "thumbs up." We are here to listen to music, not to read stupid comments like that.
TheManOfManyCheeses 4 months ago
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@ggggonzalez Your'e a Bieber fan!
I'm focken SICK of all the Bieber comments on every focken music video on youtube. Give it a rest!
Why can't we just enjoy a great song without being reminded of JB? It's a bigger epidemic than all the "copy/paste" comments where ppl just repeats what they just said in the video. Sure this comment wasn't the worst i've seen but still...frickin annoying!
MetalEliot 4 months ago
Does anyone know the album: "The two of us"? Please let me know. I've been surching for years.
progesa11 5 months ago
I saw the Mills Brothers in the Late 70s at the Venetian Room at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas. They were great! I love them and have all of their recordings.
harley75604 6 months ago
I have read about this song in two plays:A Street Car Named Desire and A View From the Bridge.I had to listen to it.
MrTakersdemon 6 months ago
That dance 2:06 .. is soo catchy!! wanna dance and sing like that!! haha fun!!
darklink986 6 months ago
774 ppl have great tast in music and 12 like todays crap
AbsenceMotiver 6 months ago
it's good to see some of the greats thank you for posting this video as a vinyl collector to see a video of this song is a treat
phillymac96 7 months ago
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TheMcChris 7 months ago
!!!
sidelis 7 months ago
The micheal buble version is also awesome
daveyboy728 7 months ago
Thanks for posting cputb1, my dad passed away nine years ago and he loved The Mills Brothers. Unfortunately I didn't come around to liking them until after he died. But listening to these songs helps me think that we're both listening at the same time. Great song and group!
eltrompo83 7 months ago
@eltrompo83 - Great comment! Thanks.
Yes, everytime I hear a Mills Brothers song, I am reminded of my father, and when I was kid he would play their music all the time. So just as with you, whenever I hear a Mills brothers song, dad is again right there with me.
cputb1 7 months ago
@cputb1 yep :)
littlestewiegriffin 6 months ago
@cputb1 yes im the same
benneyish 6 months ago
I'm 34 But my father is 88. He fought in WW2 & all the rest. These days he can't really communicate. It gets super sad but with the help of stuff like youtube I'm more able to sing this song & others to him & he lights the hell up. Will be last memories & way cooler than my daughter looking at him like a decaying lump of flesh that creates faeces, and more like the personality that he has always been.
finnlawless 1 hour ago
finnlawless 6 months ago
@eltrompo83 man, you hit the nail on the head. my dad has been gone a long time and he absolutely loved these guys. It wasn't my kind of music then, but like so many say it is now. It is impossible to listen to these gentlemen and not think of my day. I understand they were as much of a class act individually as they were a singing group. Thanks.
ghudd21 1 month ago
@ghudd21 Oh yeah, everything I've ever heard has been top marks. Good thing so many of us have similar backgrounds with these gentlemen!
eltrompo83 1 month ago
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE! haha
curto2k8 7 months ago
The mills bros, a lost talent never to be seen again. what a shme
chiaran0506 7 months ago
PAPER DOLL
Like a view from the bridge...
lanaaout96 8 months ago
@lanaaout96
YES!!! EXACTLY!!!!
awwww...that's what got me here in the first place!!!
cherryketket 7 months ago
@cherryketket :)
lanaaout96 6 months ago
REAL hip-hop.
danthedonHBB 8 months ago
Is Harry Mills one smooth dude or what
tfe423 8 months ago
One of the things that makes me sad in this world, when I look down to press the like button and I see that some people dislike this music. It makes me really sad when I realize that I am one of the few teenagers left who loves this music. This music is amazing. Always brightens my day.
Taylo10 9 months ago
class
yokkamo 9 months ago
Great singing and gorgeous composition but a very sexist message!
TheFlyableGiraffe 9 months ago
This group used to come to Winnipeg in the 1950s. Performed at Rancho Don Carlos. They wer the best!!
hsalib1 10 months ago
ATTENTION FANS. I just checked on iTunes and there's an album containing 100 of The Mills Brother's songs for only $9.99. I'm buying it tomorrow. 'Tis awesome.
demonhunter505 10 months ago
I am such a huge fan of these guys. I just found an LP on the sidewalk last weekend with this track on it. They just don't make music like this anymore do they? It's just PERFECT.
jamiliya13 10 months ago
I have a question. Who originally sang/wrote this song? I was listening to it earlier by The Ink Spots, so I'm assuming either The Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots or another group in the era wrote/sang this.
demonhunter505 10 months ago
There's a man I take care of at a nursing home here in Wisconsin, who has an old-fashioned radio/record player, and plays a Mills Brothers album with this song on it, quite often. I had to look it up, because it's really grown on me. As much as I try to give back what I can to the elderly, I really learn a lot more from them.
veronicaodden 10 months ago
Super...my dear old Dad, who has been gone 16 years now, loved these as a young man. Lovely to see such a laid-back and classy performance in today's mad age.
47millionvictors 10 months ago
@47millionvictors Same here, my pops died in the mid 70's at only 48 and he loved the Mills and so do I. I have to say that I do shed a tear when I hear them but I still enjoy listening neverheless:-)
alfiesgirluk 9 months ago
Love them!
Chimier 11 months ago
there so like entertaining and happy,,, i love lady gaga lol, and black eyed peas. but this, theres a spark to it,, i love it :)very laid back
TheMcChris 11 months ago
The reason I looked this up is because one of the guys in the play "A view from the bridge" sings it. I just had to find out to sang it. Are they the original singers?
RedScarfLuxio 11 months ago
i have their record its cool, rather listen it over kesha or lady gaga anyday
deathmarkcomicsinc 1 year ago
dennis potter? which series? detective? must have been Lipstivk on your collar.--one of the best harmony groups, these guys were-----lazy river---the best
MrGerry298 1 year ago
They were the greatest !
Yukon7811 1 year ago
I dont know them very well...but i want start to listen them, I remember their song Chinatown from MAFIA and I think they are great, but help me please whats their best/most sucessful album?
NBcoverRecords 1 year ago
I loved watching the Mills Brothers on the various variety shows in the 60s and 70s. Check out the 1981 videos from their second-to-the-last concert in Copenhagen. They sang for nearly 60 years. Their harmonies in the Copenhagen videos are just as sweet as ever.
annab7756 1 year ago
The Mills Brothers were something else...... simply amazing. WOW... imagine seeing them live..how effortless do they appear here, and what harmonies. Just beautiful. I'm sorry..but very few singers..if any...can sing like this today..I was totally born in the wrong era.
EvaPhillips 1 year ago
I just quarreled with Sue...
2muski 1 year ago
love the Mills brothers since I was a kid and saw "lazy River" on TV
mountainat85 1 year ago
best group of all time! thanks so much for finding and posting!
adamcrap 1 year ago
No one can/could sing like the Mills Brothers :)
Gdkohlman 1 year ago
It gets no better than this, for the period. Tuxedo swing, like Sinatra and others picked up on.
Music (sports, too, and the theater) always have been forerunners in the equality movement, often without personally realizing it, buried as each was in his or her day to day memorization and rehearsal.
chernobylFarms 1 year ago
Is anyone able to direct me towards some other versions of this song? I adore this one but i'd like to hear others (much like my obsession with gloomy sunday) and all i can find is a song by the awful band Kittie
EARUINER 1 year ago
the scary thing is i think i hear autotune :O the way they lift their soft pallets, to change tonality is fairly remarkable. 1:52-1:54 has the auto tune thing... considering it predates auto-tune by 50 years, what is it?
morthim 1 year ago
@morthim Oh, and i think it's just the quality of the recording. Sortof like when a VHS was overplayed and stretched (although this example kindo rely's on you being around in the vhs era) the voices sortof went off pitch.
EARUINER 1 year ago
@morthim
Its simply a method to change notes at difficult intervals by adjusting their throat in a different way that usual. Much like singing an octave, rather than a 2nd. I assure you it isnt auto-tune
PinanoManGulbransen 1 year ago
Thanks Dad for playing the Mills Brothers on your HI-FI.
I've loved their music ever since. Dad is 79. I'm 58.
georgegadonoh 1 year ago
Thanks Dad for playing the Mills Brothers on your HI-FI.
I've loved their music ever since. Dad is 79. I'm 58.
georgegadonoh 1 year ago
@georgegadonoh I'm only 18 and I can't stop listening to The Mills Brothers.
ranchodressing23 1 year ago
I wore this 8 track out in my parents' car. Wow... what wonderful memories.
leytrami 1 year ago
this was number 1 on my dads bday
hsims1983 1 year ago
This SO reminds me of my Dad!! I'm only 45 and grew up with this!! Such a comfort.
daase184 1 year ago
@daase18 very well said!
leytrami 1 year ago
my father thomas Risbon used to play this to me when I was just a little boy he used to be in a band with jimmy Dean and Roy Clark in the 50"s in washington Dc and to this day when my family gets together for a jam session I always play this song with fond memories of my father...RIP pop I love you.
MrMattstrat68 1 year ago
I keep coming back to watch these Mills Brothers clips. They are addictive. Really great stuff here! RIP Harry, Donald and Herbert.
MrB17FlyingFortress 1 year ago
1:54, "Say booooooy" YES!!! That showcases everything that the old groups and songs had that you just don't hear anymore, in two words and three glorious harmonies. My good friend and long-time music instructor mentioned the Mills Brothers' version of "Paper Doll" so I was hoping to find it. This was even more than I could have hoped for, thanks for posting it!
Jammonstrald 1 year ago
so good ..... thanks !!! Lawrence Welk in black and white was before my time, but I did rock out to it in colour around age 5 !! The Mills Brothers = class, elegance, excellence. big love to the crooners of auld !
lindaravenswood 1 year ago
Classy - a great performance
mightybruno 1 year ago
i am 70 years old and these songs of the mill brothers remain im my heart. what great talent and great guys they all were. god only knows how i miss them
TheDeering1 1 year ago
@TheDeering1
Excellent, cheers.
beowulven 1 year ago
It doesn't matter how many times I watch this. I just love the part where they clap and really belts it out after 1:44, it gives me the chills everytime.
And indeed, the band is doing an amazing backing here. It's just topclass, top performance. It's beyond description.
Reckoning888 1 year ago
great song
rokengalan 1 year ago
If You like the Ink Spots ,You're Going To Love The Mills Boys.....
Memories.....Mike
meehall121 1 year ago
The were so charming and voices that went well together. I wish I could have seen and heard them live.
MrB17FlyingFortress 1 year ago
This is a great song...Paper Dolls...my dad loved this song, he was a good man, worked all his life and was in World War II...I remember him singing it to me sometimes when I was young...miss you dad...momma, and baby sis...love you guys and miss you all deeply...RIP.
SweetParis 1 year ago
There is no group better, their harmony was the best
kuriouslee 1 year ago
I love how they play with the song...just makes smile :)
beefire05 1 year ago
Unmatched talent! Such a smooth sound and great harmony. There are no singers like this now. Too Too Bad! This is REAL MUSIC!
TheCircusgal1950 1 year ago
Four Boys and a Guitar...that's how they were billed!
gabbysbuddy 1 year ago
These guys had a sound that will never be duplicated. True legends!!!
PhilsPhan338 1 year ago
I grew up listening to lots of groups ,the average rock and roll kid but , my Father was such a great fan of the mils brothers, So i would always have to listen with dad,as he worked on a car or just out in the garage doing something. he had the smaller record player at the time . I'm so greatfull i was turned on to the mills brothers way back in the mid and late 50s , since then and now ,they are my favorite singing group . I really miss seeing them on our 12 inch Philco Tv .
SuperCaptainahab 1 year ago
@SuperCaptainahab The mills brothers, Have left such a deep and lasting impression on the minds of millions ,with the most touching melodies from sad to funny to such romantic tunes ; we can all be proud to say they were and remain,one of the greatest groups to take to the stage.
SuperCaptainahab 1 year ago
this is pure genius - thanks so much for posting. the epitome of class, rhythm and SWING.
ada676 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting this little gem.
FlaviaR 1 year ago
I've just come across this band whilst sorting out a pile of old late 70's / early 80's cassette (remember them?) recordings of John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. The Mills Brothers were sandwiched between UK Decay and Misty in Roots....and damned fine stuff they are too!
Loobs666 1 year ago
Hee, my parents had this record!
catkisser 1 year ago
nice music :D
emmiyener 1 year ago
awesome! great vocals, professional delivery, and a very pleasing style
tacprc 1 year ago
The original recording of ''Paper Doll'' by the Mills Brothers hit no. 1 on the charts the fifth week of October 1943 -- and stayed on the charts for twelve consecutive weeks. It wasn't until the fourth week in January 1944 that this song was bumped out of first place by Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra.
PublicRadioWorldWide 1 year ago
them and the ink spots are good
chrisevilmonkey 1 year ago
awesome
surferjermz 1 year ago
Norman Brown, the Mills Brothers' guitarist is simply amazing. His subtle jazz chords add a whole lot. Wonder what happened to him.
Ellipsis1771 1 year ago
Awesome.
SpeedTriple59 1 year ago
superb--the best of the best
ZIMWOW 1 year ago
sooo good
imthbst 1 year ago
Nice OPB logo bug.
crallspace 1 year ago
The comment from a few days concerning big bands is a good one. Actually, the Mills Brothers' arrangements used the big band as more or less "puncuation". That's why their music/songs were just as good with a big band or guitar.
slatsp1 1 year ago
this is fantastic!!!
thanks for posting it up my friend
nytrini2005 1 year ago
What a nice arrangment the LW band did backing these guys. So many times a big band just gets in the way, but not here.
Davedgooch 1 year ago
Very true. Good point.
cputb1 1 year ago
@Davedgooch
One definition of a professional is someone who subjugates their own wills and desires for the good of the group or purpose. When the musician understands he's there to play second fiddle (no pun intended) and does so conscientiously, then they are being consummate professionals... and deserve equal applause. Good of you to point this out. Professionals everywhere appreciate your notice.
Tobacc0 1 year ago
How the hell did Rap music become number one when this kind of music exists!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's swinging baby. I am a young person and even I think this is fantastic.
ComedyAgony 1 year ago
@ComedyAgony
agreed!
halwyn 1 year ago
1:55 on...
can't swing much harder than that can you
Uip4py111 1 year ago
^Tear in my eye^
I love the Mills Brothers - They bring back such wonderful memories of Saturday afternoons when my father would be listening to his music on the Hi-Fi record player. Sadly all his 78s were destroyed in a flood. (
Those were the days when men were gentlemen. ^Sigh^
WISDOMX9 1 year ago
I'm totally hooked at this song, since i listen the record Singing Detective!
Jackyoudiditagain 2 years ago
wow just wonderful :)
kkkkhaledddd 2 years ago
Wonderful! Brings back memories of the post war years when radio was king.
playman08 2 years ago
beautifull...
geschifteaap 2 years ago
So DAMN great
Robert4770 2 years ago
Damn right!
cputb1 2 years ago
This is in A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller! I had to see it for myself and how surprised I am at how swingy it is! I love it!
burtv1610 2 years ago
as good as it gets
dimoff91 2 years ago
I've lost count of how many times I've come back to watch this video.
A big thumbs up to the uploader and an even bigger thumbs up to The Mills Brothers.
I should add that it was Dennis Potter who got me here.
Brilliant thank you.
herefordmsv 2 years ago
Thanks for the comment. It is great song and performance isn't it? Laid back, yet swinging!
cputb1 2 years ago
Love this old stuff. I was a young apprentice in the 70's and my mechanic played this stuff all the time and got me hooked on it. This and Patsy Cline.
adjam5 2 years ago
still as fresh as when it was recorded ab fab
MrJoeboy12 2 years ago
Agreed!
cputb1 2 years ago
Harry Mills is the master. Great singer
10Rivald 2 years ago
when was it written?
KyTyJaw11 2 years ago
written in 1915
published in 1930
glennmilleristhebest 2 years ago
wow, long gap!
Thanks for the info
KyTyJaw11 2 years ago
As mentioned below, Herb is on left, Don in middle & Harry on right side. This is from barbershop quartet singing. 1st Tenor on left, lead in middle, baritone on right. Their eldest brother who passed away young & was replaced by father, sang Bass & would have been on far right. Once again barbershop set-up. No mixing boards or control people doing the harmony, just by ear
slatsp1 2 years ago
Is it Harry Mills who starts singing at 1:08?
Iddyboy 2 years ago
Yes. Herb is on the left, Don is in the middle and Harry is on the right
Illinigolfer22 2 years ago
Thanks very much!
Iddyboy 2 years ago
Real nice, my father loved these guys. oh the memories this music brings!
nephilimiyr 2 years ago
i'd like to see chris brown try this one...lmao
Riverwidow64 2 years ago
I sing this version to my 1 yr old niece and she loves it! Almost 100 years old and still can tickle the fancy of music lovers to be. Timeless!
RatPackish 2 years ago
What A Golden Oldie
Thank You So Much...
sessnazx 2 years ago
Back again! What a great bunch of guys. Full of character and very entertaining. Thanks for uploading :)
herefordmsv 2 years ago
when I deal with patients and they think I dont understand I sing this and many others....this is true classics!!! I am an old soul...but this was before my time!!! Grandparents played this for the holidays..with the ink spots!! thts when people could sing!!!
Lisab624 2 years ago
if u like the ink spots search them and tip tap and toe a tap dancing trio from the same area and see how not only could ppl sing back then but they could dance too
DJW2097 2 years ago
class !!!!!!!
1sttony7 2 years ago
I Identify with this song COMPLETELY!!!!
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TheG00dNews 2 years ago
timeless...............
pkwentworth 2 years ago
this song is just so make me feel so relax~ really great~
orcbeing 2 years ago
as good as any rock song from the
1950s...
MrFrankenchrist 2 years ago
I agree.
cputb1 2 years ago
Which one is Harry Mills?He is the one that Dean Martin tried to pattern himself after.
generationll 2 years ago
The Brothers from left to right are Herbert, Donald and Harry. Harry being the leader and the one who speaks to Lawrence and sings for most of the clip. There were originally 4 brothers but John Jr. died around age 25. The father John Sr. replaced him until he retired. The guitar player is not a family member and his name is Norman Brown. The story about Dean is from his friend Greg Garrison. However Bing Crosby and Al Jolson were equally big influences on Dean.
CarlDuke 2 years ago
There is another version of this clip from a Lawrence Welk show elsewhere on youtube where the boys introduce themselves and essentially say what I have said before. It is entitled The Mills Brothers on The Lawrence Welk Show from a PBone43 if you want to see it. The introduction occurs at the break between the two songs that are sung.
CarlDuke 2 years ago
Harry Mills is the one that introduces the song.
TheSaxologist 2 years ago
Perhaps this word is overworked, but I'm going to use it anyway. The Mill Brothers were and still are a CLASS act!
ccaammiiittoo1 2 years ago
agreed!
cputb1 2 years ago
OMG. Look at that beautiful Gibson guitar that guy's got....
They don't make music like this anymore. So classy, warm, and rich with personality.
wd336 2 years ago
i love this song.
the oposite would be coin operated boy.
& i love that too, <3 x's 987258910
yveecatastrophie 2 years ago
OMG i love deze guys there just studs !!!:D and i love the singing
khisrow456 2 years ago
I just love the looks they give each other....not just great music, but great personalities
herefordmsv 2 years ago
I just read that Dean Martin developed his own vocal style in part from listening to The Mills Brothers ... they were his biggest influence,
I can almost hear Dean in some of these harmonies.
I also love "Glow Worm" by these boys.
BotMai 2 years ago
the music that came out of this decade is the most incredible music ive ever listened to. being so young, you would think i'd like the new and popular music but the 40's really grab my attention. i love the mills brothers!
fiabia23 2 years ago
What a treat finding paper doll. Love, honor, and Obey. oooops............
1heavygold 2 years ago
I sing this version to my year old niece and she loves it! Won't dance to anyone else singing! This jazzed up session is just what Welk was asking for. Love the twists!
RatPackish 2 years ago
Great to see 3 swingin' musicians singing great and having a great time :-)
akb168 2 years ago
so great so swinging
ion507 2 years ago
I second Folklore639, 15 myself aswell. Love the swing in this song.
jellebosscher 2 years ago
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing.
Dank u jellebosscher!
cputb1 2 years ago
thanx very much that meens alot :)
Folklore639 2 years ago
people say this music is dated but i think its buetiful and im 15
Folklore639 2 years ago
Well, you are wise beyond your years Folklore639.
If you can remain open to all that is beautiful, and not let yourself be defined only by what is popular among your peers, you'll have a rich and fulfilling life ahead of you.
cputb1 2 years ago
I remember watching these cool crooners on a black & white television at my grandmother's house, way--back--in--the--day!
leesterg 2 years ago