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 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.
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.
@@unicornpunch1165 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
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
This looks and sounds good and stands the test of time. Isn't it wonderful how the joy of this music lives on each time we enjoy it? The Mills Brothers, what a class act.
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.
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 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.
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.
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. 😊
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)
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....
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!
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.
THANK YOU, RUclips!!! 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
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.
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!
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'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.
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?
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 greatest singing group in music history, and imagine what they would have sounded like had their brother not died at the age of 26.....wh o was a bass
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.
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}...
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
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.
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 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.
There will never be another vocal group like these amazing men. I feel honored just to hear them sing.
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
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.
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.
@@unicornpunch1165 I say they don't, fucknut.
@@unicornpunch1165 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
@@unicornpunch1165
1000x? No. You haven’t.
Double Amen!!!!
One of my favorite Mills Brothers songs!
Purchased their greatest hits cd for $1 from a local flea market. Listening daily and loving it.
Growing Forever m
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
Oh how happy they look great entertainers I loved them
This looks and sounds good and stands the test of time. Isn't it wonderful how the joy of this music lives on each time we enjoy it? The Mills Brothers, what a class act.
Nobody has ever been able to duplicate that magnificent sound and swing.....nobody ever will either.
this is what we come to love, those of us with music in our blood. I learned to respect this kind of early jazz
I always LOVED the Mills Brothers!!!!!!!
The mills brothers always make me feel better for listening to them. Class act, gentleman !
TALENT! ARTISTRY! and best of all....CLASS!
This brings back great memories . . . my brother and I learned to harmonize listening to the Mills Brothers when we were little kids.
The brothers are musical geniuses ! What a musical experience !! I listen from morning to night !!
They are having so much fun. What a great sound they have together!
I could watch these guys all day! I cannot get over how perfectly coordinated their voices are. No one has come close since!
Had to listen to it again. Very uplifting. These guys had real class, real talent.
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.
Cole brought me...
me too
Same
Same
yah
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 love the music of the Mills Brothers! Very nice television performance! I have this on 78.
Mills brothers are really wonderful.....having a great time singing!
These guys were the absolute best!
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.
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.
Love you mills brothers
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. 😊
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)
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....
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.
My mom loved this song, now I do!
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!
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
Great to watch them perform this great song. One of the best groups ever.
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 RUclips!
Love this song to Jive too, such a Happy fun song, simplicity at its best. Great song for a big band
THANK YOU, RUclips!!! 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
They are SOOOOOOOOOO talented!!!!! Beautiful.
They were an are forever the best
THIS GLOW WORM LIT UP MY LIFE TODAY :)
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.
i have to play it again! :D
Just PURE G E N I U S and so much damn fun!!!! Great great post...many many THANKS!!!!!
Wayne in Texas.
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!
The Mill's Brothers were fantastic! I love their music so much! It's great to see this performance of this fun song! :D
Love it... what a cool sound.
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.
These guys are incredible
Without a doubt the very very best singing trio. And introduced by Mr. Legend himself. Nat King Cole.
These guys were fantastic. What great harmonizers and just plain wonderful singers. 5 stars*****.
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
they always inspire me to sing again. Every time.
This is music on the highest level.
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.
These guys are having FUN!
🎵Shine little Glow Worm, glimmer, glimmer🎵
Wow! These guys are incredible!
I've got a few of their albums and think they are the tops. This tune, "Paper Doll" and others are just fantastic.
Favorite of Hugh Gibb, the Bee Gees father, and an inspiration for their harmonies.
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?
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! =)
love this song its one of my ring tones
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Sent from my Helio Ocean
Im impressed!!!
snap snap snap...
the greatest singing group in music history, and imagine what they would have sounded like had their brother not died at the age of 26.....wh o was a bass
LEAVIN ALL OTHER GROUPS IN THEIR GLORIOUS DUST!!!
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.
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. :))
Right song married to the right artist=a lifetime's experience.
My favorite song!
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…
I have heard Glow Worm before but I really hadn’t until I heard the Mills Brothers do it !
With all the crap on the internet and the TV news, I come here to feel better. I just love them.
LOVE the Mills Brothers!
Wow! These guys are incredible!
Isso é um clássico
My grandfather loved this and the Mills Brothers..
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}...
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
what a great bunch of guys!
"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!
my late dad used to like this. Happy memories.Love it. Babs.
@swt1a1 Thanks so much for this Mills Bros stuff. It is lighting up my evening.Real Class Act!
What a wonder group; this music will keep you moving no matter what.
Roger Plafkin -Plafkin Farms, Ada, Michigan
they have given so much joy over many years it is nice to see they enjoy their singing too
Timeless. What a class act.
DS9 - Far Beyond the Stars. Great episode.
Top entertainers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This song is addictive...
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.
This song is so addicting! XD
I love this so much!!
Great Johnny Mercer lyrics........"into yon woods primeval" "tailight neon".
The Mills Brothers guys really make his words........glow.
Love this ditty..
THEY HAVE ALL GONE ON!
Damn good.
This is music!!