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John Mills Jr.
voc, g, *1911 US
Singer / Musician of Pop and Jazz
American singer, guitarist, and tenor ukulele player born in 1911. Original member of The Mills Brothers, in which he provided bass vocals, often imitating tuba or upright bass lines, and at the same time playing a guitar or ukulele, the only instrument in the group at that point. In 1934, The Mills Brothers performed at the Regal Theatre for a special audience: King George V and Queen Mary. While performing in England, John Jr. became ill. He died of tuberculosis at the beginning of 1936, aged just 25, and was replaced by his father, John Mills Sr.
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