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Active

1930s - 1980s

Formed

1924 in Piqua, OH

Genre

Vocal Jazz Stage & Screen

Styles

Cast Recordings Early Jazz Harmony Vocal Group Show Tunes Swing Traditional Pop Vocal Pop

Group Members

Donald Mills Harry Mills Herbert Mills John Mills, Jr. John Mills, Sr.
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The Mills Brothers

Biography by John Bush

The Mills Brothers were a key influence on 1950s doo wop and famous for using vocal approximations of instrumental sounds.
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