Mills Brothers: Cab Driver – The Dot & Paramount Years 1958-1972

After a long and illustrious recording career that had spawned over 60 major US Pop hits for Brunswick and Decca Records, respectively, the Mills Brothers took a new direction and signed to Paramount’s recently acquired subsidiary, Dot.







Commencing in 1958, their spell with the label and its parent company lasted some twelve years, and produced some of the group’s finest works, including seven chart hits, four of which make their CD debut on this set.







This long overdue collection, comprising the best of their Dot and Paramount singles, highlights an almost forgotten chapter in the career of what were arguably the most successful and influential vocal group in the history of recorded music. · From Doo Wop to Country, Jazz, to mainstream Pop, the quality of the music and group’s inimitable, laid back delivery both remain consistent throughout, and with most of the material officially unavailable since its original release, music fans can finally discover the Mills Brothers could still swing even after the Beatles had broken up!







TRACKLISTING:

1.GET A JOB

2.MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE

3.YELLOW BIRD

4.YOU CAN’T BE TRUE, DEAR

5.TE QUIERO

6.TAKE ME ALONG

7.I MISS YOU SO

8.HIGHWAYS ARE HAPPY WAYS (WHEN THEY LEAD THE WAY TO HOME)

9.BALLERINA (AKA DANCE, BALLERINA, DANCE)

10.I FOUND THE ONLY GIRL FOR ME

11.THE END OF THE WORLD

12.IT HURTS ME MORE THAN IT HURTS YOU

13.DON’T BLAME ME

14.YOU’RE MAKING THE WRONG GUY HAPPY

15.BYE BYE BLACKBIRD

16.HONEYSUCKLE ROSE BLUES BOSSA NOVA

17.CAB DRIVER (DRIVE BY MARY’S PLACE)

18.MY SHY VIOLET

19.THE OL’ RACE TRACK

20.THE JIMTOWN ROAD

21.GUY ON THE GO

22.UP TO MAGGIE JONES

23.IT AIN’T NO BIG THING

24.BETWEEN WINSTON-SALEM AND NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

25.SMILE AWAY EACH RAINY DAY

26.I’M SORRY I ANSWERED THE PHONE

27.STROLLIN’

28.SALLY SUNSHINE