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Jack Mills, Jack Mills Music, Jack Mills Inc., and Jacob Minsky should link here
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Jack Mills, born Jacob Minsky, (1891 - 1979) was a music publisher.[1] He co-wrote a few songs himself. The musicians he published included African Americans.[2]
Irving Mills was his brother. They were from Odessa, Ukraine. They worked as song pluggers before establishing Mills Music in July 1919.[3][4]
Life and career edit
They published a song about Enrico Caruso after his death that became a hit.[3] The firm eventually owned 45,000 songs and was one of the biggest independent music producers in the world.[5]
He loaned money to theater producer Henry Creamer.[6]
Discography edit
As songwriter edit
- "I Don't Want a Doctor (All I Want is a Beautiful Girl)"
- "I'll Buy The Ring (And Change Your Name to Mine)" co-wrote with lyricists Ed Rose and William Raskin[2]
As publisher edit
- They Needed a Songbird in Heaven, So God Took Caruso Away
- Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean[3]
References edit
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1979/03/26/archives/jack-mills-87-a-music-publisher-introduced-many-popular-songs-two.html
- ^ a b "Jack Mills". RagPiano.com.
- ^ a b c Harwood, Robert W. (February 13, 2008). I Went Down to St. James Infirmary: Investigations in the Shadowy World of Early Jazz-blues in the Company of Blind Willie McTell, Louis Armstrong, Don Redman, Irving Mills, Carl Moore, and a Host of Others, and where Did this Dang Song Come from Anyway?. Harland Press. ISBN 978-0-9809743-0-0 – via Google Books.
- ^ Diner, Hasia R. (December 14, 2018). Doing Business in America: A Jewish History. Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-61249-560-6 – via Google Books.
- ^ Pressley, Kristin Stultz (January 28, 2021). I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby: Dorothy Fields and Her Life in the American Musical Theater. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4930-5095-6 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jasen, David A.; Jones, Gene (31 October 2013). Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930. Routledge. ISBN 9781135509798.
External links edit
- This draft is in progress as of October 10, 2023.