Mrs. Miller

Mrs. Miller
Miller with Jimmy Durante during a 1966 appearance on The Hollywood Palace.
Born
Elva Ruby Connes

(1907-10-05)October 5, 1907
DiedJuly 5, 1997(1997-07-05) (aged 89)
Resting placePomona Mausoleum, Pomona, California
Spouse
  • John Richardson Miller
    (m. 1934; died 1968)

Elva Ruby Miller (October 5, 1907 – July 5, 1997), who recorded under the name Mrs. Miller, was an American singer who gained some fame in the 1960s for her series of shrill and off-tempo renditions of popular songs such as "Moon River", "Monday, Monday", "A Lover's Concerto" and "Downtown". An untrained mezzo-soprano, she sang in a heavy, vibrato-laden style; according to Irving Wallace, David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace in The Book of Lists 2, Miller's voice was compared to the sound of "roaches scurrying across a trash can lid."[1]

Nevertheless, "Downtown" reached the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in April 1966, peaking at No. 82. The single's B-side, "A Lover's Concerto", also cracked the Hot 100 that same month at No. 95.[2]

  1. ^ Irving Wallace, David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace, The Book of Lists 2 (1983); ISBN 0-688-03574-4
  2. ^ "Mrs. Miller - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2022.