Dave Mills (20 August 1935 – 14 May 2014) was an English-Australian singer. Mills was born in Bedlington, England and moved to Australia in 1961. He soon relocated to South Africa for six years where he started getting chart success. He move back to Australia in early 1972.
He had an international hit with "Love is a Beautiful Song". which went gold in Australia. Other charting singles in South Africa include "Theresa", "All The Tears In The World", "Home", "I Can't Go Home To Mary", "Tomorrow is Over" and "Mexico". All these songs were written by Terry Dempsey who won the SARI for best song for "Home".
In 1970 he won the SARI awards for best male singer and Country and Western singer. By 1973 he had moved to Australia. Mills died on 14 May 2014, at the age of 78.
Discography Albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsAUSTheresa Released: 1970 Format: LP Label: Storm—Dave Mills Released: 1970 Format: LP Label: Storm—Love Is a Beautiful Released: 1971 Format: LP Label: Albert Productions (APLP 002) 49 Dave Mills Sings His Favourites Released: 1978 Format: LP Label: Universal Summit (SRA-250,589)—Life & Soul Released: 1982 Format: LP Label: Musico (MUS 1002)—
Singles YearSinglePeak chart positions AUSCANNZSAZIM 1969"Theresa" / "Nobody" (SA & ZIM release)———21 1970"Love Is a Beautiful Song" / "All the Tears in the World" (SA & ZIM release)———1 521971"Home" / "Tomorrow Is Over" (SA-only release)———2 15—"Love Is a Beautiful Song" (AUS & NZ release)2—3——"Mexico" (SA-only release)———19—"Theresa" (AUS & NZ release)67———— 1972"If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (AUS & NZ-only release)—————1973"Love Is a Beautiful Song" (US & CAN release)—20———"Bring Back My Yesterdays" (AUS, NZ & CAN-only release) —————"I Can't Go Home to Mary" (SA-only release) ———17— 1974"Jerusalem" (AUS & NZ-only release) ————— 1977"Let the Heartaches Begin" (AUS-only release) —————
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