Mrs. Elva Miller

Mrs. Miller, Elva Ruby Connes actually ( born October 5, 1907 in Joplin, Missouri, † June 28, 1997 in Vista, California ) was an American pop singer. Your singing skills are very controversial.

Life

Connes studied sporadically at Pomona College Music. Later she sang in churches around Claremont, California. In 1966, "Mrs. Miller taken " by the music company Capitol Records. The first album, Mrs. Miller 's greatest hits, was over 250,000 sold in the first three weeks after its release times. Three more albums followed.

Known sung by their titles were rock classics such as Downtown, Monday Monday, A Hard Day's Night and Moon River.

Mrs. Miller has appeared in several television shows, and they sang before American troops in Vietnam. It was founded in 1968 dropped by Capitol Records, and brought from now on until 1970 under their direction, singles out.

1999, a compilation of their rehearsed for Capitol Title has been published in the best-of- series Wild, Cool & Swingin '.

Style

Mrs. Miller's largest peculiarity was an excessive vibrato, which can be interpreted as a parody of operatic singing. In addition, they often came out of the clock and often hit the notes very imprecise. Mrs. Miller was also known for her high-pitched little successful attempts.

Thanks to its overwhelming success in the U.S. charts was Mrs. Miller several imitators. In Germany it was a 1965-66 " Mrs. Muller " breaks with a Mrs. Miller - similar and successful version of marble, stone and iron, the super hit of Dorco German.

Mrs. Miller and her imitators can be seen as a culmination of the parody in the pop and pop world. It is not quite clear today whether Mrs. Miller parodied deliberately or whether it was provided by Capitol on display. After all, the singer was trying to improve her singing. It is known that they tried various tricks to keep the sounds better by providing them with a piece of ice sang in the mouth, for example.

Discography

• Mrs. Miller 's Greatest Hits (1966 )
• Will Success Spoil Mrs. Miller? (1966)
• The Country Soul of Mrs. Miller ( 1967)
• Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing ( 1968)
• Ultra - Lounge: Wild, Cool & Swingin ', The Artist Collection Vol 3: Mrs. Miller (1999, compilation )

See also: Florence Foster Jenkins, Ed Wood