Cab Driver

"Cab Driver"
"Cab Driver"
Single by The Mills Brothers
from the album Fortuosity
B-side	"Fortuosity"
Released	September 1967
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:45
Label	Dot
Songwriter(s)	Carson Parks
Producer(s)	Charles Randolph Grean, Tom Mack
The Mills Brothers singles chronology

"Cab Driver" is a song written by Carson Parks and performed by The Mills Brothers featuring Sy Oliver and His Orchestra. It reached #3 on the Easy Listening chart, #21 on the Cashbox chart, and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968.^[1] It was featured on their 1968 album Fortuosity.^[2]

The song was arranged by Sy Oliver and produced by Charles Randolph Grean and Tom Mack.^[3]

Other charting versions

Hank Thompson released a version of the song as a single in 1972 which reached #13 on the Canadian country chart and #16 on the U.S. country chart.^[5]

Mel Tormé released a version of the song on his 1968 album A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde.
Tennessee Ernie Ford released a version of the song on his 1969 album The New Wave.^[6]
The Mom and Dads released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1969 single "Skirts".^[7]
Myrtle K. Hilo released a version of the song on her 1973 album Mahalo Plenty.^[8]
The Gatlin Brothers released a version of the song on their 1993 album Moments to Remember.^[9]
Nancy and Beth released a version of the song on their 2017 album Nancy and Beth.^[10]
Scooter Lee released a version of the song on her 2005 album Test Of Time.

v t e The Mills Brothers
Albums	The Board of Directors The Board of Directors Annual Report
Singles	"Tiger Rag" "Nobody's Sweetheart" "Dinah" "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" "Rockin' Chair" "Shine" "Chinatown, My Chinatown" "St. Louis Blues" "Bugle Call Rag" "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" "I've Found a New Baby" "Darling Nelly Gray" "Sweet Adeline" "Old Black Joe" "Paper Doll" "I'll Be Around" "You Always Hurt the One You Love" "Till Then" "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" "Gloria" "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" "Daddy's Little Girl" "Nevertheless I'm in Love with You" "Be My Life's Companion" "The Glow-Worm" "Lazy River" "Twice as Much" "Say "Si Si"" "Suddenly There's a Valley" "Standing On the Corner" "Get a Job" "Yellow Bird" "Cab Driver"
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v t e Hank Thompson
Singles	"Humpty Dumpty Heart" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rub-A-Dub-Dub" "Wake Up Irene" "Honky Tonk Girl" "Squaws Along the Yukon" "Cab Driver"
Albums	Songs of the Brazos Valley (1956) Hank! (1957) Dance Ranch (1958) Favorite Waltzes (1959) Songs for Rounders (1959) Most of All (1960) At the Golden Nugget (1961) Golden Country Hits (1964) A Six Pack to Go (1966) Where Is the Circus (1966) On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle (1968) Smoky the Bar (1969) Seven Decades (2000)
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