John Mills Jr.

American singer, guitarist, and tenor ukulele player. Born 19 Okt 1910 , in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, USA Died 23 Jan 1936, in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, USA Original member of The Mills Brothers, in which he provided bass vocals, often imitating tuba or upright bass lines, and at the same time playing a guitar or ukulele, the only instrument in the group at that point. The Mills Brothers performed at the Regal Theatre for a special audience: King George V and Queen Mary. While performing in England, John Jr. became ill. He died of tuberculosis at the beginning of 1936, aged just 25, and was replaced by his father, John Mills Sr.