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...

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...

operated as the Coconut Grove Orchestra. Irving Mills became its manager in 1931 and it subsequently assumed the name Mills Blue Rhythm Band. Compere Jimmy Ferguson...

related hit song Minnie the Moocher. Irving Mills managed the careers of both Calloway and Ellington, and Mills Music published then both. The country...

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...

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...

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...

Paul Weston and His Orchestra Moonglow (1933) - Music by Will Hudson & Irving Mills - Lyrics by Edgar De Lange - Performed by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra...