Chicago/Avalon/Who's Sorry Now/When You're Smiling/Who Were You With Last Night/Margie/I Cried For You/I Only Have Eyes For You/When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful/Just A Wee Deoch & Doris/If You're Irish Come Into The Parlour/She's A Lassie From Lancashire/I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now/In A Shanty On Old Shanty Town/Kiss Me Again/Alexander's Ragtime Band/How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm/Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home/Whispering/Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet/Back Home In Tennessee/For Me & My Gal/Moonlight Bay/Oh You Beautiful Doll/Sweet Rosie O'Grady/Three O' Clock In The Morning/I'll Be Your Sweetheart/September In The Rain/Dinah/You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby/Brown Eyes (Why Are You Blue)/Wait 'Till The Sun Shines Nellie/Don't Dilly Dally On The Way/Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody/ River Stay 'Way From My Door/When Day Is Done
Fancy a knees-up? Just put Mrs Mills on the radiogram and your party is sure to go with a swing. Prolific good time pianist Mrs Mills enjoyed her first hit LP with Everyone’s Welcome At Mrs Mills Party, which reached No. 7 on the NME album chart. Her music was hopelessly outdated in the 1960s but she nevertheless retained a loyal following for her party time releases.
"This is good-time music that brought pleasure to a great many people and that was reflected in Mrs. Mills' popularity and record sales."
"Both sides have two medleys featuring Mrs. Mills on piano with some accompaniment."
"A showcase for Mrs Mills' potent piano skills, its the song selection for the medleys and the creative, new and exciting ways in which they segue into each other that really counts."
"So out of step with the times."
"This is what people seem to forget about 'the sixties' - for the bulk of the people it was a time of continuity, not change, and that was reflected in Mrs. Mills' popularity and record sales."
"Mrs Mills was all about fun, having a laugh and letting everyone join in. Her music harked back to music halls, communal sing-a-longs, the wartime spirit and evenings by a roaring fire in smoky, boozy pubs."
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