"Paper Doll" | |
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Single by The Mills Brothers | |
A-side | "I'll Be Around" |
Published | 1922 Edward B. Marks Music Corp.[1] |
Released | May 1942 |
Recorded | February 18, 1942[2] |
Genre | Jazz |
Label | Decca 18318 |
Songwriter(s) | Johnny S. Black |
"Paper Doll" was a hit song for The Mills Brothers. In the United States it held the number-one position on the Billboard singles chart for twelve weeks,[3] from November 6, 1943, to January 22, 1944. The success of the song represented something of a revival for the group after a few years of declining sales. It is one of the fewer than 40 all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) physical copies worldwide.