Irving Mills

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eponymous member of:Irving Mills & His Modernists
member of:Irving Mills and His Hotsy‐Totsy Gang
performs as:Joe Primrose
founded:Mills Music
Variety (US label)
picture:http://www.redhotjazz.com/irvingmills.jpg [info]
IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590030/ [info]
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/artist/307446 [info]
biographies:http://www.redhotjazz.com/irvingmills.html [info]
other databases:http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88621778 [info]
http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6f50280 [info]
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13897535j [info]
https://d-nb.info/gnd/135465664 [info]
https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=83868 [info]
https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1528202 [info]
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/irving_mills [info]
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88621778/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000084993 [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/4306 [info]
VIAF ID:76500944 [info]
Wikidata:Q1292110 [info]
Songkick:https://www.songkick.com/artists/564438 [info]

Appearances

DateTitleCredited asAttributesArtistLength
instruments
1925-06-08Everything Is Hotsy Totsy NowkazooThe Hotsy Totsy Boys2:52
vocals
1928-07-10Diga Diga DooDuke Ellington and His Orchestra2:54
1928-07-10Diga Diga Doo (matrix no. W.400859-B)Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:53
1928-07-10Diga Diga Doo (studio, 1928-07-10: matrix BVE W400859-B)Duke Ellington2:53
1928-07-10Doin' the New Low Down (studio, 1928-07-10: Okeh matrix W.400860-C)Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:08
1928-07-10Doin' the New Low Down (studio, 1928-07-10: matrix BVE W400860-C)Duke Ellington3:07
1928-10-16Couldn't If I Wanted ToIrving Mills and His Hotsy‐Totsy Gang3:14
1928-10-30I Can't Give You Anything but Love (studio, 1928-10-30; matrix BVE-48102-1)Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:19
1928-11-10I Can't Give You Anything But Love (studio, 1928-11-10: matrix BVE-48102-4)Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:06
1928-11-15Diga Diga Doo (studio, 1928-11-15; matrix BVE-48167-2)Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra2:56
1929-05-23At the PromIrving Mills & His Modernists2:40
1929-09-20Theme / Nobody's SweetheartIrving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang4:21
1929-09-27HarveyIrving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang4:02
1930-01-29Jungle BluesSunny SmithThe Ten Black Berries3:05
1930-01-29Rent Party BluesSunny SmithThe Ten Black Berries3:10
1930-01-29St. James InfirmaryThe Ten Black Berries?:??
1930-01-29St. James InfirmaryThe Ten Black Berries?:??
1930-01-29When You're SmilingSunny SmithThe Ten Black Berries2:46
1930-01-29When You're SmilingThe Ten Black Berries?:??
1930-01-29When You're SmilingThe Ten Black Berries?:??
1930-03-20When You're SmilingThe Jungle Band3:11
1930-03-20When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles With You) (take A) (studio, 1930-03-20: Brunswick matrix 32247-A)The Jungle Band3:07
1930-03-20When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles With You) (take B) (studio, 1930-03-20: Brunswick matrix 32247-B)The Jungle Band3:06
1930-03Sing, You SinnersHarlem Hot Chocolates2:40
1930-03St. James InfirmaryHarlem Hot Chocolates2:40
1930-10-30Three Little Words (matrix no. W.404520-C)Frank Brown & His Tooters3:14
A Nite at the Cotton Club: The Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Morning / [Medley: East St. Louis Toodle-oo / Lots o’ Fingers / Black & Tan Fantasy] / Going to Town / Freeze and Meltspoken vocalsDuke Ellington21:36
Diga Diga Doo (studio, 1928-07-10: Okeh matrix 400859-B)Duke Ellington and His Orchestra2:55
composed
1938Haven't Changed a Thing
Big House Blues
Blue Lou
Boy Meets Horn
Braggin’ In Brass
Down South Camp Meetin’
Fièvre
Je ne pense qu'à l'amour
Jitter Bug
Loved One
Minnie the Moocher
Moonglow
Moonglow and Theme from "Picnic"
Old Man Blues
Once Upon a Time
Radio Rhythm
Reflejo de luna y tema de picnic
Ring Dem Bells
Riverboat Shuffle
Riverboat Shuffle
Rockin’ in Rhythm
Rocky Mountain Blues
Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie
Squeezit the Moocher (Minnie the Moocher)
Stevedore Stomp
Strange Blues
Sweet Jazz O' Mine
Symphony in Riffs
That Ain't Right
The Gal From Joe’s
The Mooche
lyrics
1926Washboard Blues
1930Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song)
1931It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
1932Sophisticated Lady
1934(In My) Solitude
1937Azure
1937Caravan
1938I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
1938Prelude to a Kiss
Cotton Club Stomp #2
Der Himmel über der Prärie
Doo Uap, Doo Uap, Doo Uap
Emperor Jones
I'm So In Love With You
If Dreams Come True
In a Sentimental Mood
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) / Jumpin' at the Woodside
Lovesick Blues
Minnie the Moocher
No More Worryin'
Organ Grinder’s Swing
Please Forgive Me
Saddest Tale
Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn
Tarzan of Harlem
That Ain't Right
The Mystery Song
wrote
'Taint Cold
Bao Bao de Hua
Blame It on My Last Affair
Blue Reverie
Blue Rhythm
Blues in My Heart
Blues Reverie
Boneyard Shuffle
C'est la vie
Caravan
Chinese Rhythm
Come on and Stomp, Stomp, Stomp
Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now
Got the Railroad Blues (But I Haven't Got the Railroad Fare)
Harvey
Hi De Ho (K7 version)
Hot Heels
Hotcha Razz‐Ma‐Tazz
House of David Blues
I Couldn't If I Wanted To
I'm Rhythm Crazy Now
I’m a Hundred Percent for You
If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)
Jungle Nights in Harlem
Long About Midnight
Lost in Meditation
Low Down on the Bayou
Mighty “O”
Mr. Ghost Goes to Town
My Newest Excitement
Ride, Red, Ride
Rockin’ in Rhythm
Sidewalks of Cuba
Skrontch
Slow Freight
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Sweet Chariot
There’s No Two Ways About Love
Trylon Swing
Utt Da Zay (The Tailor’s Song)
Wah-Dee-Dah
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
While the Music Plays On
You’re Not the Kind