Frank Mills (born June 27, 1942) is a Canadian pianist and recording artist, best known for his solo instrumental hit "Music Box Dancer".
[citation needed] He entertained his Delta Upsilon fraternity brothers with songs from ragtime to Bob Dylan (a new musician at the time).
When he re-signed with executive Michael Hoppé at Polydor Records Canada in 1978, the label released a new song as a single, with "Music Box Dancer" on the B-side.
In Nashville, news producer Bob Parker at WNGE-TV began playing the song over the closing credits of the newscast.
[7] Mills managed one final Adult Contemporary chart entry, "Happy Song", which peaked at number 41 at the beginning of 1981.
[11] "Music Box Dancer" was the theme song of the local Los Angeles CBS half-hour TV documentary show 2 on the Town from 1979 through the early 1980s.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mills made a number of appearances on the annual Telemiracle telethons broadcast from Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan.