I love hearing music from this era when the artists could sing live and not just to mime to their recordings. The Mills Bros sound just as good as their records. Just as good here performing their 1952 hit and sounding fantastic live 5 years on. Pure professionalism, pure talent.
Yes Bob! You said what I am always saying! It comes from a good heart, people really need to lively up themselves however they can. It's not like times weren't hard then, they just sang their spirit. So grateful for these videos. Peace and love brother and sister and everyone
Exquisite harmony, outstanding melody, pitch perfect vocals, poetic lyrics, no profanity, and yes, they sold 120 million albums. The rappers and others need to listen and learn form the real musicians.
@@Pancakes__nl you have a point but most rap has a negative vibe but not all. my other point would be that the mills brothers never grabbed their crotch while they were performing. It would be great if people that write rap could kind of refer to older music for ideas. take care
In the show called Lego Ninjago, a charter ColeBrokstone sang this to Baby Wu and now I know what year the song was from. Wow, cole like the 1957 song :0
This is my favorite song to play when I go through radioactive stuff - a fun joke with friends. They call me 'glow worm' whenever I go through treatment.
Wow they're amazing I never knew about them 👌 I came here from the penguin episode 6 I desperately searched for the dance scene song and finally found it, beautiful song thank you so much 🙏
Leaned this on the piano as a little boy. I was told it was a jazz song but didn't really know music or jazz enough to understand what I was playing. But that friendly little tune has stayed in my head all these years, and somehow I remembered enough of the title to trace my way to this performance - what a joy it is to hear it in full by such amazing talent. Absolutely delightful song. 😊
I have my Dad to thank for introducing me to music like this. He was a WW2 vet. Because of his service, he was exposed to a lot of different styles of music. Thanks, Pops.
My father's favorite performers. Greatest group ever. Listening to their songs on You Tube brings me back 60+ years. It is so nostalgic and a bit sad to know that they are no longer among us. Their music will never die. I must confess that Glow Worm was never one of my favorites of the Mills Brothers, but seeing them perform it has brought it to the top of the list. It is such a happy song and they seem so happy performing it. My next project is to purchase a CD of the Mills Brothers (I have none) so I can enjoy them over and over again.
I SOOOO agree!......I'm addicted to youtube......and I can't get enough of the Mills Brothers.....please keep 'em coming because I don't have any of my own to post.......I watch them over and over.......I wonder how many others there are just like me......lost in a time warp?
Always have loved this song, since 1952. My favorite of theirs without question, this song makes me smile, even when I'm upset. I was quite young, but old enough to appreciate their music along with all the other great harmonizing groups of the 50s. I wish this music would come back but.....I don't think so, at least not in my lifetime. But with videos like this, we have the memories that will never die.
fantastic! I knew this from an album my dad had when I was a kid -- I must have heard it a thousand times, but I've never seen them do it. they are just so fantastically cool - thanks for posting!
The happiest song ever. I used to have a cassette tape of the Mills Bros and every day when I left work I played Glow Worm as I drove down the freeway. Singing along of course. Great way to unwind.
For anyone who's interested, I worked with my friend Brian Reingold and found that they start out in 'D Flat' and switch at "turn the key on" to "D Natural". (for those of us trying to learn the song)
THANK YOU, TH-cam!!! So many gems that could be lost on future generations. I'm seeing and hearing stuff here I never would have had the chance to see. Even if you were around then, if you didn't happen to be watching Nat King Cole's show or whatever you'd have missed this...so GREAT to have this resource for older film, tv, music. :D
I'm still glowing after listening to the wonderful Mills Brothers. Very grateful to my parents and our one TV. We watched what they watched and that's when my love for the Mills Brothers came to be. I love Jerry Lee Lewis music, but Glow Worm set my feet to stomping. Thanks for posting, SyberkaPL and thank you, Moxee33, for the words. It's so much fun to sing along.
U hav no idea how much I Love these Guys! Prototypes...my mother put their records on for me and it was on these Knights that i slept in Joy and had the deepest dreams....
I had never heard of these incredible beacons of excellence. I heard the track in the background of an episode of Palm Royal on Apple TV + and looked for the song using Google and here I am listening to this maybe for the 100th time now. Man does history sometimes get it wrong when it comes to who gets remembered and who doesn’t. These Mills Brothers should be as revered as Bing Crosby or Sinatra. Harry Mills carries an inner light and joyful power that is just otherworldly. Him and his brothers are true masters. Such insanely great performing skills. The effortless brilliance, cohesion, soul, precision is just mind blowing. Great talent never fades.
Oh my Gosh! I remember when I was 7years old my Mom and Dad used to love these Guys, Oh such great memories, they were such Dynamite Singers back then!
Thank you so very much for giving this explanation. Unless you lived in that time period or knew someone who did and mentored you. You hadn't a clue what they were talking about. This was a time period where it was also so chick, hip, and cool to smoke. Break out your Chesterfield, Fatimas.... Thank you Joe Friday....Thank you for the explanation! I'm 44 y/o and those lyrics have been puzzling me for ever.
1957? The Civil Rights bill hadn't even been passed and some of the very WORST of civil right offenses were taking place in this era and yet these well loved and incredibly talented MEN never seemed to show or reflect the troubles of the times they grew up in? Their attitudes, demeanor and character was always positive and the music was the same. Class in the face of bigotry and indifference. I was born in 1962 and grew up in a household full of this very kind of music and i still love it today.
The "main" singer is sooooooooooooooooooo cute! I watch this daily just to see his smile. :-) My parents loved to listen to the Mills Brothers, maybe that's why I feel so good when I watch this clip. Thank you so much for posting.
Part of this song was played on an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine called "Far Beyond The Stars" (Season 6 - Ep. 13). It's how I got hooked on the song too. Really very good! =)
Great group, boy could they harmonize! Danced many mile to their songs. Also play many a tune on the accordion. Talk about memories! Giovanni Maria Tommaso
This was cleared up earlier, but MAZDA is the incandescent bulb brand, like KLEENEX facial tissue. or Band-Aid. Mazda in the early 20th century basically meant 'light bulb'. Or so wanted the General Electric Co. for everyone to believe. If you listen carefully, the Mills Bros are pronouncing that word precisely correctly. The fun part of this song is they start out in 4 part harmony, at least it sounds like it. hard to do LIVE.
I love this song cause ...they really make it swing baby! Another one I really like is Opus I (one). I can't say I have a favorite of theirs cause I love many of them for different reasons. Cab Driver, Paper doll, Up a Lazy River, Dinah!
Absolutely brilliant - finding gems like this makes trawling through TH-cam worthwhile. I love finding clips of live performances that are just about perfect in every way, by performers who are way ahead of the pack, and this, along with their 'Yellow Bird', is right up there. So far I've also found Jacques Brel 'Amsterdam', Dusty Springfield 'I Don't Want To Go On Without You', Pussycat 'My Broken Souvenirs', and Bobby Darin singing just about anything. Anyone got any other suggestions?
Everyone is always very surprised when they find out that my favorite thing to listen to is the Mills Brothers. But i love them, and "when he's gone" is my favorite song from them, but this one was rather enjoyable as well. Keep them alive guys! ~Baby
On this day in 1952 {December 6} "The Glow-Worm" by The Mills Brothers peaked at #1 {for 3 weeks} on Billboard's Most Played in Jukeboxes chart... And also on that very same day it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Cash Box magazine's 'Best Selling Record' chart... Between 1931 and 1968 the brothers had seventy-one Top 100 hits; with twenty-seven making the Top 10 and five reaching #1 {"Tiger Rag" in 1931, "Dinah" in 1932, "Paper Doll" in 1943, "You Always Hurts The One You Love" in 1944, and "The Glow-Worm" in 1952}...
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Loved hearing Cole sing this ...
I love hearing music from this era when the artists could sing live and not just to mime to their recordings. The Mills Bros sound just as good as their records. Just as good here performing their 1952 hit and sounding fantastic live 5 years on. Pure professionalism, pure talent.
😊
This bygone era of music surely needs a come back. What style and class these fellows had.
Yes bob
who gives a shit about ~style and class~
@@Anonymous-gn5tq Have.
Yes Bob! You said what I am always saying! It comes from a good heart, people really need to lively up themselves however they can. It's not like times weren't hard then, they just sang their spirit. So grateful for these videos.
Peace and love brother and sister and everyone
Purchased their greatest hits cd for $1 from a local flea market. Listening daily and loving it.
Growing Forever m
Exquisite harmony, outstanding melody, pitch perfect vocals, poetic lyrics, no profanity, and yes, they sold 120 million albums. The rappers and others need to listen and learn form the real musicians.
Tom Miltenberger who say they don't? I heard better oldies from this era sounding a 1000x more talented than this.
@@Pancakes__nl I say they don't, fucknut.
@@Pancakes__nl you have a point but most rap has a negative vibe but not all.
my other point would be that the mills brothers never grabbed their crotch while they were performing. It would be great if people that write rap could kind of refer to older music for ideas.
take care
@@Pancakes__nl
1000x? No. You haven’t.
Double Amen!!!!
Nat King Cole show, go figure. These are one of the trail blazers from that era, God bless all their souls.
Oh yes and greatly missed
There will never be another vocal group like these amazing men. I feel honored just to hear them sing.
Dad used to play these & similar songs from his era in the sixties when I was a kid. I'm nearly 70 now and still sing 'em to myself. Thanks Dad.
Nat King Cole and the Mills Brothers. A summit meeting if there ever was one. Absolute, utter, jaw dropping perfection. We still are not worthy.
In the show called Lego Ninjago, a charter ColeBrokstone sang this to Baby Wu and now I know what year the song was from. Wow, cole like the 1957 song :0
The mills brothers always make me feel better for listening to them. Class act, gentleman !
Oh how happy they look great entertainers I loved them
This is my favorite song to play when I go through radioactive stuff - a fun joke with friends. They call me 'glow worm' whenever I go through treatment.
+Anne Carlson God bless you Anne. Good luck with your treatment.Peace be with you.
Wow they're amazing I never knew about them 👌 I came here from the penguin episode 6 I desperately searched for the dance scene song and finally found it, beautiful song thank you so much 🙏
One of my favorite Mills Brothers songs!
this is what we come to love, those of us with music in our blood. I learned to respect this kind of early jazz
Leaned this on the piano as a little boy. I was told it was a jazz song but didn't really know music or jazz enough to understand what I was playing. But that friendly little tune has stayed in my head all these years, and somehow I remembered enough of the title to trace my way to this performance - what a joy it is to hear it in full by such amazing talent. Absolutely delightful song. 😊
My mom loved this song, now I do!
These guys were the absolute best!
I always LOVED the Mills Brothers!!!!!!!
I have my Dad to thank for introducing me to music like this. He was a WW2 vet. Because of his service, he was exposed to a lot of different styles of music. Thanks, Pops.
I have my grandma to thank she use to sing this song
My father's favorite performers. Greatest group ever. Listening to their songs on You Tube brings me back 60+ years. It is so nostalgic and a bit sad to know that they are no longer among us. Their music will never die. I must confess that Glow Worm was never one of my favorites of the Mills Brothers, but seeing them perform it has brought it to the top of the list. It is such a happy song and they seem so happy performing it. My next project is to purchase a CD of the Mills Brothers (I have none) so I can enjoy them over and over again.
My mom had the 8 track of the Mills Brothers. This was my favorite song. I was about 10yrs old. That would be 1973. Loved my childhood.
Right song married to the right artist=a lifetime's experience.
I SOOOO agree!......I'm addicted to youtube......and I can't get enough of the Mills Brothers.....please keep 'em coming because I don't have any of my own to post.......I watch them over and over.......I wonder how many others there are just like me......lost in a time warp?
This brings back great memories . . . my brother and I learned to harmonize listening to the Mills Brothers when we were little kids.
I am a tour guide at one of the Waitomo Glow-worm Caves, and I thought the lyrics were really smart and well thought out
The lyrics are legendary…
The brothers are musical geniuses ! What a musical experience !! I listen from morning to night !!
Always have loved this song, since 1952. My favorite of theirs without question, this song makes me smile, even when I'm upset. I was quite young, but old enough to appreciate their music along with all the other great harmonizing groups of the 50s. I wish this music would come back but.....I don't think so, at least not in my lifetime. But with videos like this, we have the memories that will never die.
Had to listen to it again. Very uplifting. These guys had real class, real talent.
Nobody has ever been able to duplicate that magnificent sound and swing.....nobody ever will either.
I love the music of the Mills Brothers! Very nice television performance! I have this on 78.
They are having so much fun. What a great sound they have together!
My grandfather loved this and the Mills Brothers..
fantastic! I knew this from an album my dad had when I was a kid -- I must have heard it a thousand times, but I've never seen them do it. they are just so fantastically cool - thanks for posting!
The happiest song ever. I used to have a cassette tape of the Mills Bros and every day when I left work I played Glow Worm as I drove down the freeway. Singing along of course. Great way to unwind.
For anyone who's interested, I worked with my friend Brian Reingold and found that they start out in 'D Flat' and switch at "turn the key on" to "D Natural".
(for those of us trying to learn the song)
TALENT! ARTISTRY! and best of all....CLASS!
I could watch these guys all day! I cannot get over how perfectly coordinated their voices are. No one has come close since!
Love you mills brothers
Mills brothers are really wonderful.....having a great time singing!
THANK YOU, TH-cam!!! So many gems that could be lost on future generations. I'm seeing and hearing stuff here I never would have had the chance to see. Even if you were around then, if you didn't happen to be watching Nat King Cole's show or whatever you'd have missed this...so GREAT to have this resource for older film, tv, music. :D
without question, the greatest harmonizers of all time. No one could deliver a song like the fabulous Mills Brothers.
I'm still glowing after listening to the wonderful Mills Brothers. Very grateful to my parents and our one TV. We watched what they watched and that's when my love for the Mills Brothers came to be. I love Jerry Lee Lewis music, but Glow Worm set my feet to stomping. Thanks for posting, SyberkaPL and thank you, Moxee33, for the words. It's so much fun to sing along.
good old times and good old music the best.
U hav no idea how much I Love these Guys! Prototypes...my mother put their records on for me and it was on these Knights that i slept in Joy and had the deepest dreams....
I had never heard of these incredible beacons of excellence.
I heard the track in the background of an episode of Palm Royal on Apple TV + and looked for the song using Google and here I am listening to this maybe for the 100th time now.
Man does history sometimes get it wrong when it comes to who gets remembered and who doesn’t.
These Mills Brothers should be as revered as Bing Crosby or Sinatra.
Harry Mills carries an inner light and joyful power that is just otherworldly.
Him and his brothers are true masters. Such insanely great performing skills. The effortless brilliance, cohesion, soul, precision is just mind blowing. Great talent never fades.
so much enthusiasm, so much joy they radiate, so much class. a sight to be seen
Absolutely agree, 100% SOOO much enthusiasm and fun. Too bad young people today, for the most part, don't have music like this.
@@VivianaCoelho Behold I am 17 and I love this song, I am the black sheep of my generation.
@@thesocialistroman Let's just say you have better taste. :))
"vest pocket master", I don't think the Mazda was around then.
TY for taking the time to post the lyrics.
Lyricist Johnny Mercer was the bomb!
Oh my Gosh! I remember when I was 7years old my Mom and Dad used to love these Guys, Oh such great memories, they were such Dynamite Singers back then!
I luuuuuuuuuuve the Mills Brothers. The best. Love NKC too!!!!!!
The Mills Brothers are at the top of my list of past performers that I would have loved to see in a live performance. Thank you TH-cam!
Just PURE G E N I U S and so much damn fun!!!! Great great post...many many THANKS!!!!!
Wayne in Texas.
Thank you so very much for giving this explanation. Unless you lived in that time period or knew someone who did and mentored you. You hadn't a clue what they were talking about. This was a time period where it was also so chick, hip, and cool to smoke. Break out your Chesterfield, Fatimas.... Thank you Joe Friday....Thank you for the explanation! I'm 44 y/o and those lyrics have been puzzling me for ever.
Love this song to Jive too, such a Happy fun song, simplicity at its best. Great song for a big band
1957? The Civil Rights bill hadn't even been passed and some of the very WORST of civil right offenses were taking place in this era and yet these well loved and incredibly talented MEN never seemed to show or reflect the troubles of the times they grew up in? Their attitudes, demeanor and character was always positive and the music was the same. Class in the face of bigotry and indifference. I was born in 1962 and grew up in a household full of this very kind of music and i still love it today.
They were an are forever the best
THIS GLOW WORM LIT UP MY LIFE TODAY :)
The "main" singer is sooooooooooooooooooo cute! I watch this daily just to see his smile. :-) My parents loved to listen to the Mills Brothers, maybe that's why I feel so good when I watch this clip. Thank you so much for posting.
i remember my mom putting this on and dancing with me when i was two. :)
and that was twenty years ago...
Only twenty years ago? Good for you and your mom. These guys were in their heyday 60 - 70 years ago.
His name is Harry Mills, far left. my favorite performer
@@katieskellenger3097 Only 20 years? :))
@@tonyhall3845 Thank you, I appreciate the information. They don't make music like this anymore. Take care and God Bless.
Great to watch them perform this great song. One of the best groups ever.
my late dad used to like this. Happy memories.Love it. Babs.
These guys were fantastic. What great harmonizers and just plain wonderful singers. 5 stars*****.
Part of this song was played on an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine called "Far Beyond The Stars" (Season 6 - Ep. 13). It's how I got hooked on the song too. Really very good! =)
The Mill's Brothers were fantastic! I love their music so much! It's great to see this performance of this fun song! :D
Great group, boy could they harmonize! Danced many mile to their songs. Also play many a tune on the accordion. Talk about memories! Giovanni Maria Tommaso
I've got a few of their albums and think they are the tops. This tune, "Paper Doll" and others are just fantastic.
Cole brought me...
me too
Same
Same
yah
Love it... what a cool sound.
they always inspire me to sing again. Every time.
This was cleared up earlier, but MAZDA is the incandescent bulb brand, like KLEENEX facial tissue. or Band-Aid. Mazda in the early 20th century basically meant 'light bulb'. Or so wanted the General Electric Co. for everyone to believe. If you listen carefully, the Mills Bros are pronouncing that word precisely correctly. The fun part of this song is they start out in 4 part harmony, at least it sounds like it. hard to do LIVE.
What a wonder group; this music will keep you moving no matter what.
Roger Plafkin -Plafkin Farms, Ada, Michigan
They are SOOOOOOOOOO talented!!!!! Beautiful.
This my childhood song , all of us in the family had a song , this was mine.
@swt1a1 Thanks so much for this Mills Bros stuff. It is lighting up my evening.Real Class Act!
Without a doubt the very very best singing trio. And introduced by Mr. Legend himself. Nat King Cole.
love this song its one of my ring tones
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Sent from my Helio Ocean
This is music on the highest level.
Great! Thank you from Amsterdam.
I love this song cause ...they really make it swing baby! Another one I really like is Opus I (one). I can't say I have a favorite of theirs cause I love many of them for different reasons. Cab Driver, Paper doll, Up a Lazy River, Dinah!
I have heard Glow Worm before but I really hadn’t until I heard the Mills Brothers do it !
Absolutely brilliant - finding gems like this makes trawling through TH-cam worthwhile.
I love finding clips of live performances that are just about perfect in every way, by performers who are way ahead of the pack, and this, along with their 'Yellow Bird', is right up there. So far I've also found Jacques Brel 'Amsterdam', Dusty Springfield 'I Don't Want To Go On Without You', Pussycat 'My Broken Souvenirs', and Bobby Darin singing just about anything. Anyone got any other suggestions?
i have to play it again! :D
Everyone is always very surprised when they find out that my favorite thing to listen to is the Mills Brothers. But i love them, and "when he's gone" is my favorite song from them, but this one was rather enjoyable as well. Keep them alive guys!
~Baby
With all the crap on the internet and the TV news, I come here to feel better. I just love them.
🎵Shine little Glow Worm, glimmer, glimmer🎵
Wow! These guys are incredible!
Im impressed!!!
snap snap snap...
LOVE the Mills Brothers!
What a class act !
Fabulous !!!
LEAVIN ALL OTHER GROUPS IN THEIR GLORIOUS DUST!!!
Double treat. The Mills Brothers on the Nat King Cole Show. Wow.
The lyrics are genius! Cute, and sharp as any razor. A fun razor, that is.
Wow! These guys are incredible!
Isso é um clássico
These guys are having FUN!
they have given so much joy over many years it is nice to see they enjoy their singing too
WOW been a few minutes since I heard that as a VERY young kid. Very COOL 😎
Top entertainers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gosh! They were so smooth!
On this day in 1952 {December 6} "The Glow-Worm" by The Mills Brothers peaked at #1 {for 3 weeks} on Billboard's Most Played in Jukeboxes chart...
And also on that very same day it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Cash Box magazine's 'Best Selling Record' chart...
Between 1931 and 1968 the brothers had seventy-one Top 100 hits; with twenty-seven making the Top 10 and five reaching #1 {"Tiger Rag" in 1931, "Dinah" in 1932, "Paper Doll" in 1943, "You Always Hurts The One You Love" in 1944, and "The Glow-Worm" in 1952}...
Oh yes The Mills Brothers. A friend and I are doing a Mills Brothers tribute band.
Timeless. What a class act.