Their Original & Greatest Hits (1999)

About this title: The Mills Brothers learned the tradition of barbershop quartet harmony in their hometown of Piqua, OH, perfected it in vaudeville during the 1920s, and used it as the foundation for fascinating innovations in jazz singing in New York during the 1930s. They were enormously popular during the 1940s and early '50s as wholesome interpreters of easygoing pop tunes. The Mills Brothers laid the foundation for dozens of fine vocal groups, including the Ink Spots, the Ravens, the Cats & the Fiddle, the King Cole Trio, the Robins, the Midnighters, the Moonglows, and the Persuasions. Jasmine's 1999 ... read more

Tracks:

1. Tiger Rag [DaCosta/Edwards/LaR]
2. Dinah [Akst/Lewis/Young]
3. Paper Doll [Black]
4. You Always Hurt the One You Love [Roberts/Fisher]
5. St. Louis Blues [Handy]
6. Bugle Call Rag [Meyers/Pettis/Schoe]
7. Swing It, Sister [Lane/Adamson]
8. Sleepy Head [Donaldson/Kahn]
9. Across the Alley from the Alamo [Greene]
10. You Rascal You [Theard]
11. I Heard [Redman]
12. Nobody's Sweetheart [Erdman/Kahn/Meyers/]
13. Rockin' Chair [Carmichael]
14. I Wish [Roberts/Fisher]
15. Shine [Dabney/Mack/Brown]
16. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [Ellington/Mills]
17. I Don't Know Enough About You [Lee/Barbour]
18. Be My Life's Companion [Hilliard/DeLugg]
19. Sixty Seconds Got Together [Livingston/David]
20. Till Then [Marcus/Seiler/Wood]
21. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm [Berlin]
22. Put Another Chair at the Table [Nelson/Gant]
23. Goodbye Blues [Fields/Johnson/McHu]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.