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Born in Quebec, Mills began his career as a member of The Bells, a group in which he was a member from 1970 to 1972. He performed piano for the band, whose best-known hit was “Stay Awhile” (1971). After leaving The Bells in 1972, Mills began a solo career.
His first solo efforts hardly made a dent in the music charts, although his 1972 single “Love Me, Love Me, Love” reached as high as #46 on the Billboard charts and a cover of Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” was also successful in Canada (both songs featured Mills singing as well as playing piano). When Polydor Records heard one of his songs, “Music Box Dancer” and saw the potential of the song, Mills released it as a single and it became a smash, reaching #3 in the USA in the spring of 1979. It was Mills’ only U.S. Top 40 hit; the follow-up, another similarly catchy piano instrumental titled “Peter Piper”, peaked at #56.
Mills won two Juno Awards in 1980 for “Peter Piper”, one for Composer of the Year and one for Instrumental Artist of the Year. He again won in the latter category in 1981.
He continued to release albums until the early 1990s, but has now retired from the music business.
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Calbernada
Of course my previous post was about Music Box Dancer.... ;-)
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Calbernada
This song never fails to make me smile and feel happy inside. My father used to play it very frequently when I was a child, so nowadays it's like an instant trip back in time to when there were none of the everyday worries that we all deal with in our adult lives. Thanks for this beautiful composition, Mr. Mills! :-)
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MelodieFM
Musicbox dancer war von 1990-1994 von Leipzig ein und Leipzig mit Hartmut Schulze Gerlach vom MDR heute Damals wars immer ein mal im Monat sonntags im MDR Fernsehen
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AldoRod
This song became an accidental hit in the U.S. when it was sent to a Top 40 Hit Radio station instead of an Adult Contemporary one by mistake. The DJ played it anyway and many requests came in for repeated plays so much so Music Box Dancer became the hit that it was. The rest, as they say, is history...
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VictoriaPL
When I was a little girl my Dad used to play a Frank Mills record and I would dance all around the room. I've never lost my affection for his music because it brings back such fond memories.
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praetorius
erinnert mich an meine Kindheit! Schön!
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charmd40
Frank Mills' Music Box Dancer is one of the few songs I can hear that makes me cry a little bit because it fills me up with joy I can hardly contain it.
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rodneythefish
The same Frank Mills who has a song named after him in Hair?
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