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Knees Up Mother Brown by Mrs. Mills

Artist Biography For Mrs. Mills

She Shot To Fame During The Same Period As Her Stable-Mates The Beatles With Whom She Shared Space At Abbey Road Studios As Mentioned In The Beatles Anthology DVD Bonus Materials . After Previously Working As The Superintendent Of The Typing Pool In The Paymaster General's Office In London In December 1961 She Would Become A Household Name By The End Of January 1962 Having Been Spotted By A Talent Scout At A Woodford Golf Club Dance Near Her Home In Loughton Essex. Loughton Town Council Have Commissioned A Blue Plaque To Her Memory On The House Where She Lived For Many Years. Mills Was Signed To A Management Contract By Eric Easton Who Later Went On To Manage The Dave Clark Five And The Rolling Stones. After Signing To Parlophone Her First Release - The "Mrs Mills Medley" Single - Entered The Top Twenty Of The UK Singles Chart And Her Career As An Entertainer Began - A Career That Would Last Well Into The 1970s. She Toured The UK Made Many Appearances OnTV And Radio Throughout This Period. Mrs Mills Was Also A Successful Recording Artist Overseas In Territories Where There Were Large Numbers Of Ex-Pats From The UK Including Australia Canada And Hong Kong. Her Oeuvre Consisted Of Standards British And International Plus Cover Versions Of Contemporary Hits. A 2003 Release The Very Best Of Mrs Mills On EMI Gold Includes Such Hits As "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" "Hello Dolly!" "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" And "Yellow Submarine".
Little Has Been Seen On Television Of Mrs Mills Since Her Heyday. She Was Seen In Person On Two Episodes Of The Morecambe And Wise Show In 1971 And 1974 Where She Performed A Medley Of Favourites With The Studio Orchestra Another Rare Example Of Mrs Mills' Style Of Performance Came In An Edition Of The BBC TV's The Two Ronnies. The Sketch Family Entertainment - John & Mrs Mills Occupied The End-Of-The-Show Musical Slot With Ronnie Barker As The Silk-Laden Mrs Mills At Piano And Ronnie Corbett As A Uniformed Sir John Mills Who Was No Relation . They Performed A Medley Of Mills-Style Classics On The Theme Of Mills' Character In The 1969 Film Oh! What A Lovely War . NB The Show Series 4 Episode 4 Was Originally Broadcast On BBC Two On 23 January 1975. Mrs Mills Is Frequently Heard On Australian Radio Station 8CCC-FM's Long Running Sunday Programme 'Get Out Those Old Records' Where The Host Rufl Can Be Often Heard To Label Mrs Mills As "the Greatest Piano Player In The World".
Mrs Mills Died In February 1978.

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