Kerry Mills

Kerry Mills (né Frederick Allen Mills; 1 February 1869 in Philadelphia – 5 December 1948 in Hawthorne, California), publishing also as F.A. Mills was an American ragtime composer and music publishing executive of popular music during the Tin Pan Alley era. His stylistically diverse music ranged from ragtime through cakewalk to marches. He was most prolific between 1895 and 1918.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 1, 1869 (Philadelphia), Died December 5, 1948 (Hawthorne)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1896 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

Notes: Also known as Frederick Allen Mills and F. A. Mills.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 151-175 of 201 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	77616	10-in.	1/8/1918	I'll come back to you when it's all over	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78126	10-in.	10/17/1918	Whistling Rufus	Sibyl Sanderson Fagan ; Prince's Orchestra	Whistling solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78866	10-in.	12/16/1919	Happy days in Dixie	Peerless Quartet ; Prince's Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal quartet	composer
Columbia	78912	10-in.	1/5/1920	At a Georgia camp meeting	Columbia Saxophone Sextette	Saxophone sextet	composer
Columbia	78935	10-in.	1/17/1920	Whistling Rufus	Columbia Saxophone Sextette	Saxophone sextet	composer
Columbia	79143	10-in.	4/26/1920	Rastus on parade	Columbia Saxophone Sextette	Saxophone sextet	composer
Columbia	81730	10-in.	4/25/1924	Red Wing	Ernest Errott Thompson	Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica (self-accompaniment)	composer
Columbia	81992	10-in.	9/10/1924	At a Georgia camp meeting	Connie Faw Sides ; Ernest Thompson	Instrumental duet	composer
Columbia	140000	10-in.	9/11/1924	Whistling Rufus	Ernest Thompson	Male vocal solo and whistling, with banjo and harmonica	composer
Columbia	140003	10-in.	9/10/1924	Whistling Rufus	Gid Tanner	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	composer
Columbia	30187	12-in.	11/4/1908	Kerry Mills' barn dance	Prince's Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	30188	12-in.	approximately 1908	If you were mine	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30277	12-in.	7/17/1909	Kiss your minstrel boy goodbye	Arthur Collins ; Rambler Minstrel Company	Minstrels, with orchestra ("Kiss your minstrel boy goodbye"); male vocal solo, with vocal quartet ("When a pal of mine steals a gal of mine")	composer
Columbia	37287	12-in.	5/18/1915	At a Georgia camp-meeting	Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson	Band	composer
Columbia	49311	12-in.	2/16/1918	Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack (Hurry back)	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	W143780	10-in.	3/28/1927	Meet me in St. Louis, Louie	Roe Brothers and Morrell	Male vocal trio, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar	composer
Columbia	W145043	10-in.	10/31/1927	Red Wing	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	composer
Columbia	W145177	10-in.	11/9/1927	Whistling Rufus	Cotton and Barfield	Instrumental duet	composer
Columbia	W148319	10-in.	4/16/1929	Georgia camp meeting	Leake County Revelers	String band, with yodeling	composer
Columbia	W151921	10-in.	10/24/1931	Whistlin' Rufus	Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with whistling duet	composer
OKeh	8857	12-in.	Jan. 1925	Georgia camp meeting	Jenkins Family	Female-male vocal duet, with organ and talking	composer, lyricist
OKeh	9300	10-in.	Aug. 1925	Whistlin' Rufus	J.D. McFarlane and Daughter	Fiddle (violin) solo, with piano	composer
OKeh	S-70299	10-in.	Nov. 1921	Della-Rhea	Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71090	10-in.	Dec. 1922	Red Wing	J. Kalani Peterson Instrumental Quartette ; Prince Lei Lani	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	composer
OKeh	W80574	10-in.	3/18/1927	Red Wing	Homer Christopher ; Raney Van Vink	Guitar and accordion duet	composer

(Results 151-175 of 201 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mills, Kerry," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109306.

Mills, Kerry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109306.

"Mills, Kerry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.