The Mills Brothers

The Mills Brothers
The Mills Brothers in 1944
Background information
Origin	Piqua, Ohio
Genres	Jazz, traditional pop
Years active	1925–1982
Labels	Brunswick Decca Dot Ranwood London
Members	John Mills II Randy Taylor
Past members	John Mills Jr. Herbert Mills Harry Mills Donald Mills John Mills Sr. Norman Brown Elmer Hopper
Website	www.themillsbrothers.com

The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed The Four Mills Brothers and originally known as Four Boys and a Guitar,^[1] were an American jazz and traditional pop vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies and garnered at least three dozen gold records.

The Mills Brothers were the first African-American artists to have their own show on national network radio (on CBS in 1930); they made appearances in film;^[2] and were the first to have a No. 1 hit on the Billboard singles chart, with "Paper Doll" in 1943. They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.