January 25, 1896 - November 1, 1927


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Musical feature of the Month

While Florence Mills had many hit songs written for her, her first sensational hit was the Shuffle Along number "I'm Craving for that Kind of Love".  Her cheeky way of putting over this sultry number enthralled audiences and raised them to heights of excitement.  Here a young YouTube star of today gives a very creditable impression of how Florence Mills might have sounded doing her specialty number.  Here is Susuemikado on YouTube with:

I'm Craving for that Kind of Love

 

                                                                Florence Mills: Month by Month
                                                                  
February               
    
  
      1910    Playing Grand Theatre, Fishkill, N.Y. With the Mills Sisters
         
1918    Name first linked romantically with Kid Thompson
         
1920    Rejoins Tennessee Ten & Kid Thompson in Chicago
         1921    With Tennessee Ten in Folly Town at Casino Theatre Philadelphia
         1922    Opens in Broadway show Plantation Revue  - First black female !
         1923    Plays hometown Harlem at Lafayette Theatre in Plantation Revue
         1924    Florence & Kid receive  Steinway Baby Grand at new Harlem home
         1924    Plantation Revue plays Harlem again at Lafayette
         1925    Full page portrait appears in Vanity Fair – first black person ever!
         1925    In Dixie to Broadway at Lyric Theatre, Philadelphia
         1926    Gives interview denying play Lulu Belle is based on her life
         1927    Shares British charity concert bill with the great Gracie Fields


          


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