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Mrs. Miller
Sign in to saveAlso known as Elva Ruby Miller, Elva Miller, Mrs. Elva Miller
American singer (1907-1997)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1874
- Died
- 1942
- Works
- 127
Top works
- Instruments of darkness, and other stories
- Gowns by Roberta
- Ladies Must Live
- Manslaughter
- Burglar and the Blizzard
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9,516
- Total plays
- 65,114
Tags
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Elva Ruby Connes (October 5, 1907–June 28, 1997), who recorded under the name Mrs. Miller, was an American singer who gained some fame in the 1960s for her versions of popular songs like "Moon River", "Monday, Monday", "A Lover's Concerto", and "Downtown" rendered in an untrained, operatic, vibrato-laden voice, often out of tune and off the beat. Her whistling, which was equally wobbly and apparently preceded by Mrs. Miller chilling her lips with ice to better control the pitch ("to get a really
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Joplin
- Place of death
- Vista
- Occupation
- singer
- Educated at
- Pomona College
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Jimmy Durante Mrs. Miller Hollywood Palace 1966.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1907-10-05
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 1997-07-05
- cause of death
- disease
- birth name
- Elva Ruby Connes
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