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Irving Mills

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Aliases
The Detroiters [Irving Mills]
Goody Goodwin
Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang
Joe Primrose
Mills Merry Makers
Paul Mills and His Merry Makers
Real name
Irving Mills
Born
January 16, 1894
Died
April 21, 1985
Country
United States
IPI
00020874007 78 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz music publisher, manager, occasional vocalist and credited as a songwriter. Mills contributions to the songs for which he is credited as a co-writer tended to be minimal to non-existent; he was able to get writing credits because he was highly successful as a manager. Artists managed by Mills tended to get more recording time than other acts. Mills was one of the first to record integrated bands.
Related
Mills' Blue Rhythm Band Manager
Related labels
Variety [US]   founder of
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Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Ain't Misbehavin' Bill Robinson accompanied by Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang 1929 Brunswick
Am I Blue? – It Took a Lot of Blue (To Take My Blues Away) The Detroiters – Dixie Daisies 1929 Cameo [US1]
Bad Girl – Sweethearts on Parade Paul Mills and His Merry Makers – Bob Haring and His Orchestra January 1929 Cameo [US1]
Big City Blues - You Oughta Know Cliff Roberts and His Orchestra - Mills Merry Makers 1929 Cameo [US1]
Can't We Get Together? Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang September 1929 Brunswick
Deep Harlem Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang December 1930 Brunswick
Digga Digga Do The Hotsy Totsy Gang – Vocal Chorus by Elizabeth Welsh 1928 Brunswick
Doin' the Rumba Irving Mills and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by The Sunshine Boys May 1931 Victor
Futuristic Rhythm Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang 1929 Brunswick
Harvey Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang 1929 Brunswick
Moanin' Low – I Don't Mean — Maybe Mills Merry Makers – The Caroliners [Adrian Schubert] 1929 Cameo [US1]
My Honey's Lovin Arms Paul Mills and His Merry Makers 1929 Cameo [US1]
Railroad Man Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang 1930 Brunswick
Some Fun – He's a Big Man from the South (With a Big Cigar in His Mouth) Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang – Six Jumping Jacks October 1929 Brunswick
St. James' Infirmary Ten Black Berries (Vocal Chorus, Sunny Smith) 1930 Perfect [US1]
St. Louis Blues – Icky Blues Irving Kaufman & His Band – Kentucky Grasshoppers May 1929 Banner [US1]
The Junior-Senior Prom – I Don't Want Your Kisses (If I Can't Have Your Love) Mills Merry Makers – Broadway Broadcasters 1929 Cameo [US1]
What Is This Thing Called Love? – When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) Julie Wintz and His Mayflower Orchestra – Mills Merry Makers 1930 Harmony [US]
What Kind a Man Is You Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang March 1930 Brunswick