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Irving Mills

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Also known as Isadore Minsky, Joe Primrose, Irving Harold Mills, Goody Goodwin

American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter (1894-1985)

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Type
Group
Origin
United States
Active from
1928
Active to
1982
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Irving Mills (January 16, 1894 – April 21, 1985) was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose." Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919. Between 1919 and 1965, when they sold Mills Music, Inc., they built and became the largest independent music publisher in the world. He died in 1985 in Palm Springs, California. His interment was at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery. <a h

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Odesa
Place of death
Palm Springs
Occupation
bandleader
Languages spoken
English language
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date of birth
1894-01-16
Commons category
Irving Mills
date of death
1985-04-21
birth name
Isadore Minsky
pseudonym
Joe Primrose
name in native language
Irving Harold Mills
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