The Very Best Of Mrs Mills

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In 1975, her distinctive style of performance was satirised in an edition of BBC TV's The Two Ronnies, originally broadcast on BBC Two on 23 January 1975. The sketch, titled "Family Entertainment – John & Mrs Mills", occupied the end-of-the-show musical slot in episode 4 of the fourth series. It featured Ronnie Barker as a silk-laden Mrs Mills at piano and Ronnie Corbett as a uniformed Sir John Mills (who was no relation to Mrs Mills). Barker and Corbett performed a medley of Mills-style classics revolving around John Mills' character in the 1969 film Oh! What a Lovely War.

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Keen to bring the might of Mrs Mills to the masses, the band have embarked on a small tour of unconventional - some may say confrontational - slots at various venues around London. Finally, Mrs Mills on ‘This Is Your Life,’ screened on 24/12/1974, less than four years before her death: The October 1972 release of 'Another Flippin' Party' saw Gladys standing around with a bunch of penguins. Gladys Mills (née Gladys Jordan) then embarked on a career that lasted well into the 1970s, with her jaunty pub piano renditions of popular and traditional songs like, “The Lambeth Walk,”“Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”, “Hello, Dolly!”, “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” and “Yellow Submarine” making her a hit all around the country, Mrs Mills – Am Schräger Klavier ("At the Diagonal Piano") – (German release of Mrs Mills Plays the Roaring 20s)Despite the band serving something very different to what the dubstep-loving crowd normally listen to, the show went down a storm, as he club loved the show as DJ Disastronaut [Dogstar promoter] commented:

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Mrs Mills Plays The Roaring Twenties", also released in 1962 by The World Record Club in Great Britain, on their label, number ST994, showing a portrait cover art In April 2013, we supported the music hall legends Chas and Dave in Brighton, with headline dates following at the London Nocturne and Camberwell Arts festival in June 2013. We'll be posting up more album and single covers shortly. If you've any you'd like to contribute, please drop us a line. Her oeuvre consisted of British and international standards, plus cover versions of contemporary hits. Her covers included " Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", " Hello, Dolly!", " I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" and " Yellow Submarine", all of which were re-released by EMI in their 2003 compilation The Very Best of Mrs Mills. The Mrs Mills Experience, a London based tribute band to the singalong piano thumping genius of Mrs Gladys Mills, pianist extraordinaire. Mrsmills.org. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

Such was the buzz behind this new outfit that a prestigious Saturday night slot at this year's Vintage Festival was secured - without the band even recording a demo! In late June, the band played their biggest show, bringing the full Mrs Mills honky-tonk pub piano thunder to Brixton's legendary dance venue, The Dogstar on Saturday 30th June. At the age of 43, in December 1961, she made her first television appearance on The Billy Cotton Show. By the end of January 1962, she would be a household name, rising to fame during the same period as her stable-mates The Beatles, with whom she had shared space at Abbey Road Studios (as mentioned in the Beatles Anthology DVD bonus materials).

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My Mother the Ragtime Piano Player – 33 rpm 12-inch album, US release of Mrs Mills Plays the Roaring 20s My late mother, God bless her, was an avid fan of Mrs Mills, hence I grew up listening to Gladys ‘tinkling the ivories’– and all these years later, I still enjoy listening! It's Party Time! (reissue). Also released in Scotland, with album art showing Mrs Mills with various cute puppies.

Mrs Gladys Mills was remembered for her sense of fun, and her album covers were rarely serious affairs, as this collection testifies.