Time: 33:52
Size: 77.5 MB
Styles: Vocal harmony group
Year: 2000
Art: Front
[2:36] 1. Paper Doll
[2:44] 2. Lazy River
[3:06] 3. You Always Hurt The One You Love
[2:35] 4. Till Then
[2:27] 5. Across The Alley From The Alamo
[3:12] 6. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
[2:54] 7. Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
[2:45] 8. Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)
[3:11] 9. Be My Life's Companion
[2:38] 10. The Glow Worm
[2:44] 11. Standing On The Corner
[2:53] 12. Cab Driver
It might not strike one listening to the music on this collection--smoothly crafted, perfectly harmonized pop often set to gently loping swing rhythms--that the Mills Brothers were actually outstanding pioneers of black music. Their close harmony work, based on the barbershop quartets of a previous era, were an innovation in '30s popular music, arguably laying the groundwork for '50s doo-wop and by extension even the music of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync (but don't hold that against them!). This collection serves as a good introduction to the Mills Brothers' legacy, serving up a dozen of their infectious hits, a few of which ("Lazy River," "You Always Hurt the One You Love") still stand among the definitive renditions of the classic American songbook. And what other band has had a seven-decade career (their sons, nephews, and grandsons now filling the ranks), scoring Top 40 hits ("Paper Doll" and "Cab Driver") 46 years apart? ~Jerry McCulley
The Best Of The Mills Brothers