| Dave Mills | |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1935 |
| Birth Place: | England |
| Death Date: | 14 May 2014 |
| Death Place: | Perth, Australia |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Instrument: | Vocals |
Dave Mills was an English 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".[1] 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.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | |||
| Theresa |
| — | |
| Dave Mills |
| — | |
| Love Is a Beautiful |
| 49 | |
| Dave Mills Sings His Favourites |
| — | |
| Life & Soul |
| — |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | CAN [3] | NZ [4] | SA [5] | ZIM | |||
| 1969 | "Theresa" / "Nobody" (SA & ZIM release) | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |
| 1970 | "Love Is a Beautiful Song" / "All the Tears in the World" (SA & ZIM release) | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | |
| 1971 | "Home" / "Tomorrow Is Over" (SA-only release) | — | — | — | 215 | — | |
| "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) | — | — | — | — | — | |
