Mills Blue Rhythm Band (WB/Vitaphone-1934)

Time for a toe-tappin' 1934 Vitaphone short starring The Mills Blue Rhythm Band!


Also in the cast are Sally Gooding, Fredi Washington, Hamtree Harrington, "Blues" McAllister, and The Three Dukes.


With continuity by Cyrus Wood, this Warner Brothers-released film was photographed by E.B. Du Par and directed by Roy Mack.

1934 Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Keep The Rhythm Going (instrumental)

Here are the Mills Blue Rhythm Band (under the direction of Lucky Millinder) with "Keep The Rhythm Going."


Recorded in New York City on December 11, 1934 and released on Columbia #2994-D

Showboat Shuffle Mills Blue Rhythm Band

Here's more great music from Lucky Millinder and The Mills Blue Rhythm Band, the Duke Ellington-penned "Showboat Rhythm," recorded on October 15, 1936 in New York City and released on Columbia #3157-D.

CONGO CARAVAN by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band with Lucky Millinder 1935

Time for more Big Band swing from Lucky and the boys!

From early 1935, here's music by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band, under Lucky Millinder's direction, with the Joe Garland-penned "Congo Caravan," released on Columbia #3087-D.

1936 Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Callin' Your Bluff (instrumental)

Here's an instrumental by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder, "Callin' Your Bluff."

Recorded on November 20, 1936 in New York City and released on Columbia #3162-D.