The Mills Brothers sing “Paper Doll”
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Thank you!Always the best! My Mom introduced me to this and I will always love it.
good music is just that, good music. any tru music/art lover will gravitate to good stuff. The mills bros. rock.
I can’t get over how good this performance was- It swings and it rocks- and could stand to to toe with any early rock and roll hit- I wonder if it’s ever been covered?
Thanks for the comments TitanicTarn1968. I’m in agreement. I for one can go from Led Zeppelin right into The Mills Brothers and be in heaven. I feel sorry for those who can’t appreciate the old masters like the MB’s. And I bet if you asked Paul about the MB’s, he’d rave on about ’em. Thanks again!
It does bother me how some people seem th think that good music didn’t exist before Rock & Roll.
I wonder how many music artsists of the 1960s were influenced by artisits of the 1940s?
The only one I can think of is Jim Morrison of the Doors, who was a huge Frank Sinatra fan. The Rolling Stones Beatles were mainly influenced by artists of the 50s-(Buddy holly, Check Berry)- BUT Paul McCartney’s father got him into the old love ballads of the 1930s- So Im wondering if he was into 1940s artists like the Mills Brothers?
Now THIS is music!!!!!!
Most modern music can’t touch this!
Deano had Harry on his show just before he died.
Great comment!!!
The iconic Mills Brothers tune. Before the Village in NYC was totally gentrified (1980 or so) I remember walking into a bar on Spring St around 2 am. It wasn’t hip: more like the cleaning ladies at the end of their shift and the serious drunks. Someone (was it me?) served this up on the jukebox and it was amazing – everyone had their part. I was good for “I guess I had a million dolls or more.” Best impromptu singalong I was ever part of. They live on in the music.
Thank you methu124, for the great comments.
This is my favorite recorded rendition of “Paper Doll”: perfect blend, showmanship, exuberance! Wasn’t guitarist Norman Brown the best? Herbert told me he died suddenly during an engagement in Las Vegas in 1969(?). There seems to be nothing on the “net” about this, so can anyone shed more light? Anyway, they did not replace him. Somehow the trio’s aesthetic changed in their last decade, and they became “enshrined” with big orchestras backing them. Thanks, cputb1 for the phenomenal vid.
Yep!
Thanks for dropping by!
Dean Martin loved the Mills Brothers, but modeled himself after Harry Mills.
i haven`t heard this since gran pass away,thank you so much for the memories!
This reminded me of my Dad. *sigh* I’ve watched it a couple times already. It’s so great. My Dad would have loved this!!!!
What a co-inky-dink you should comment on this today. I was over visiting dad today and took him out for drive around, and we listened to a Mills Brothers CD. He saw them live in Copenhagen 50+ years ago and they’ve been his favorite ever since.
This is your most viewed video. It is quite nice. Brings back lovely memories for me. Thank you!
Wow, you knew them? Very cool. Thanks for the comment!
Don, was the sweetest man……what a pleasure it was to be able to call him a “friend.”
The sound of WW2 ladies and gentelmen
Dean Martin admitted his biggest influence was Harry Mills. Not hard to see from clips like this. Never been a group like this one.
Im sure dean martin modelled himself on these guys
Yes, that’s always been the benchmark of a good song. Whether or not it goes well with exploding zombie heads, hahaha. I’m gonna have to check this out. Thanks for stopping by Nyubjub & DragonHunter04.