lazarus57 - The Glow Worm


lazarus57
Jun 19, 2025 10:05am
<p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">REAL OLDIES...</span></p><p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/JK3R/8cd5bb69b2_0KBJ_media.gif"></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Mills Brothers</strong>, sometimes billed <strong>The Four Mills Brothers</strong> and originally known as <strong>Four Boys and a Guitar</strong>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mills_Brothers#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[1]</a> were an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">jazz</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_pop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">traditional pop</a> vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies and garnered at least three dozen gold records.</p><p>The Mills Brothers were the first black artists to have their own show on national network radio (on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">CBS</a> in 1930); they made appearances in film;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mills_Brothers#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[2]</a> and were the first to have a No. 1 hit on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_magazine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em></a> singles chart, with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Doll_(Mills_Brothers_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Paper Doll</a>" in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_number-one_singles_of_the_1940s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">1943</a>. They were inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_Group_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Vocal Group Hall of Fame</a> in 1998.</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.ZhFF1aojTgdsF9bxdrQC3gAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" alt="167 glow worm clip art | Public domain vectors"><img src="https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/glowworm-green-glowiworn-white-background-40532141.jpg" alt="Glowworm Stock Vector - Image: 40532141"></p><p><span class="ql-cursor"></span><img src="https://www.sheetmusicwarehouse.co.uk/image/crop/mw1500/mh750/6590/the-glow-worm-modern-version-featuring-the-mills-brothers.jpg" alt="The Glow Worm, Modern Version Featuring The Mills Brothers only £9.00"></p>