Millie Scott

Millie Scott is an American R&B singer, who had moderate success in the US Billboard R&B chart during the 1980s.

Biography

Scott was born in Savannah on the coast of Georgia. She first sang gospel, before becoming a jazz singer. After moving to New York, she was enticed to move to Detroit by The Temptations, and she remains in Detroit to this day.^[1]

In 1971 she formed the group Quiet Elegance along with Lois Reeves and Frankie Gearing. They toured with The Temptations and signed to the Hi Records label in 1972, releasing a number of singles. In 1986, she was signed to D&B Productions in Detroit, helmed by Bruce Nazarian, whose recordings led to Scott being signed as a solo artist to Island Records and releasing her debut single, "Prisoner Of Love". It peaked at #52 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986. One of the tracks from her later albums is "Lets Talk It Over" which is a mellow dance track appreciated by those who preferred less of the electronic sound associated with that period.^[2]

Her other songs include "Prisoner of Love", "Automatic" and "Ev'ry Little Bit". Scott made numerous appearances on the UK Channel 4 television programme Solid Soul in the mid-1980s, alongside other R&B acts such as Loose Ends and Ruby Turner.

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