“Cab Driver” #23 4/6/1968

Somewhere between rock and soul and dozens of other musical styles of the 60’s, we give you the mellow sound of the Mills Brothers, who got started in 1928. Four decades later they had their last hit, written by C. Carson Parks who also wrote “Somethin’ Stupid,” a #1 for Frank and Nancy Sinatra. The group originally consisted of John Jr., Herbert, Harry and Donald Mills. John died young in 1936 and the others carried on as a trio. They had an outstanding, influential career as one of the first major African-American recording acts.