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.

[1][2][3][4][5] His stylistically diverse music ranged from ragtime through cakewalk to marches.

[6][7][8][9][10] Mills trained as a violinist and was head of the Violin Department of the University of Michigan School of Music when he began composing.

He moved to New York City in 1895 and started a music publishing firm, F. A.