Springs, California in 1985 at age 91. In July 1919 Irving's older brother Jack Mills founded Jack Mills Music; mainly motivated to do so out of a desire...

made an agreement with agent-publisher Irving Mills, giving Mills a 45% interest in Ellington's future. Mills had an eye for new talent and published...

specific list of songs. The Great American Songbook includes standards by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Johnny...

That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills. It is now accepted as a jazz standard, and jazz historian Gunther Schuller...

Lorenz Hart) – 3:31 "(In My) Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:31 B side "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack...

by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard and lyrics by Irving Mills. Although Irving Mills—Jack Mills's brother and publishing partner—took credit for the...

lyrics for the Ellington composition were written by Irving Mills. The same year, a rendition by the Mills Brothers rose to the charts. The song's title introduced...

Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington and first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely sung. The first version of the song...

is a 1938 ballad composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Irving Gordon and Irving Mills. This composition is in the key of D-flat major but makes extensive...

3:42 Mood Indigo — 3:57   Co-composer is Barney Bigard with lyrics by Irving Mills. Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me — 2:38   Lyrics by Bob Russell. The...