I did make a very brief post about the Mills Brothers, back in the first month of this blog’s existence, nearly seven years ago. I’m revisiting them now to offer a track which turns out to be rather more obscure than I would have expected — I’ve just been through all the Mills Brothers recordings on the AMG database, and I didn’t find the track anywhere. This version of Can’t You Hear Me Calling, Caroline (Roma, Gardner) is ripped from a vinyl compilation I bought back in the mid 80s called Goodbye Blues (MCA, 1984) which is not the same as any of the compilations under that name of which AMG is aware — so, quite apart from it being perfectly delicious, it’s pretty hard to find. The picture above is a cropped version of the one used on my vinyl.
I can’t put a date to this recording, but my guess is sometime in the early 1940s. Most of the compilation dates from the 1930s, which was the Brothers’ golden age, although at least one track (Opus One) is from as late as 1954.
Were you posting a mp3 of the recording here? If so, I can’t find it using Firefox. Once again, I find us simpatico – the Mills Brothers are deep.
The link to the audio is from the words, “This version” in the post. It seems to be working okay for me, and I’m using Firefox on a Mac. The URL, in case that isn’t working for you, is
http://www.box.net/shared/94xrivirk7
Yessir. There it is! Beautiful.
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May I please be shown the lyrics for “Can’t You
Hear Me Calling Caroline”?
We have a singing group and would love to do this
beautiful song. I’ve been having trouble finding
these lyrics. Can you please help?
My email adddress is pleshin@uwm.edu
Thank you very much. I really like your website.