Mrs. Miller

This article is about the singer. For the television personality known as Miss Miller, see Lillian Miller. For the British pianist, see Mrs Mills.
Mrs. Miller
Miller with Jimmy Durante during a 1966 appearance on The Hollywood Palace.
Born
Elva Ruby Connes

(1907-10-05)October 5, 1907
Joplin, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJuly 5, 1997(1997-07-05) (aged 89)
Vista, California, U.S.
Resting placePomona Mausoleum, Pomona, California
Spouse
  • John Richardson Miller
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    ​
    (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.