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Cab Driver

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"Cab Driver"
Single by The Mills Brothers
from the album Fortuosity
B-side"Fortuosity"
ReleasedSeptember 1967 (1967-09)
GenreTraditional pop
Length2:45
LabelDot
Songwriter(s)Carson Parks
Producer(s)Charles Randolph Grean, Tom Mack
The Mills Brothers singles chronology
"Honeysuckle Rose Blues Bossa Nova"
(1966)
"Cab Driver"
(1967)
"My Shy Violet"
(1968)

"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]

The song ranked #86 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1968.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "The Mills Brothers, "Cab Driver" Chart Positions". Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Mills Brothers, Fortuosity". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Mills Brothers, "Cab Driver" Single Release". Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1968". Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  5. ^ "Hank Thompson, "Cab Driver" Chart Position". Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "Tennessee Ernie Ford, The New Wave". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  7. ^ "The Mom and Dads, "Skirts" Single Release". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  8. ^ "Myrtle K. Hilo, Mahalo Plenty". Discogs. 1973. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Gatlin Brothers, Moments to Remember". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  10. ^ "Nancy and Beth, Nancy and Beth". Discogs. 7 April 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2019.