Mills, May 30, 1928 – July 24, 1988) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues singer, who had a No.
"[2] Her influences included singers Ruth Brown and Annie Laurie.
[3] She recorded three sessions for Vee-Jay and its subsidiary label, Falcon, as a solo singer between 1957 and 1959 but could not repeat her success.
[2] However, in 1958 she was the first to record the song "A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)", with uncredited vocal backing by The Spaniels.
[1] A compilation album of her recordings, An Original Rock & Roll Mama, was released in 1986.