Thursday, November 13, 2003
Ohio Moments
Piqua's Mills Brothers sold 50 million records
On Nov. 13, 1999, Piqua native Donald Mills - the youngest and last original member of the singing group the Mills Brothers - died of pneumonia. He was 84.
Mills received a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1998 for a musical career that spanned more than 70 years. He was 7 when he and his brothers - John Jr., Herbert and Harry - began performing in their hometown. They developed a unique style that included mimicking musical instruments.
In 1928, they began performing on WLW-AM in Cincinnati. They auditioned for CBS in New York in 1930. Executive William S. Paley put them on the air immediately. The next day, the brothers signed a three-year contract and became the first African-Americans to have a national radio show. They sold more than 50 million records.
Rebecca Goodman
E-mail rgoodman@enquirer.com or call (513) 768-8361.
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