All born in the city of Piqua, Ohio between 1910-1915, four brothers, Herbert, Harry, John Jr. and Donald Mills were all musically talented. Growing up in their father’s barbershop watching his shop’s quartet group perform, the boys quickly caught on to the act of harmonizing. It was not long before each boy gravitated towards an instrument that they could imitate vocally, and before they knew it, they had become an impressive quartet group performing on the Cincinnati radio by the 1920s.