Millie Scott should not be confused with Milly Scott.
| Millie Scott | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Origin: | Savannah, Georgia |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Years Active: | 1971–1988 |
| Label: | Hi Records |
| Associated Acts: | Quiet Elegance, The Temptations, Bruce Nazarian |
Millie Scott is an American R&B singer who had moderate success in the US Billboard R&B chart during the 1980s.[1]
Scott was born in Savannah on the coast of Georgia. She first sang gospel, before becoming a jazz singer. After moving to New York, she was enticed to move to Detroit by The Temptations, and she remains in Detroit to this day.[2]
In 1971 she formed the group Quiet Elegance along with Lois Reeves and Frankie Gearing. They toured with The Temptations and signed to the Hi Records label in 1972, releasing a number of singles.[3] In 1986, she was signed to D&B Productions in Detroit, helmed by Bruce Nazarian, whose recordings led to Scott being signed as a solo artist to Island Records and releasing her debut single, "Prisoner of Love". It peaked at #52 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986. Follow-up singles "Automatic" and "Ev'ry Little Bit" also charted in the UK.[4]
Scott made numerous appearances on the UK Channel 4 television programme Solid Soul in the mid-1980s, alongside other R&B acts such as Loose Ends and Ruby Turner.
| Year | Album | US R&B [5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Love Me Right | align=center | 57 | ||
| 1988 | I Can Make It Good for You | align=center | — | ||
| "—" denotes the release did not chart. | |||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance | US R&B [6] | UK [7] | |||||
| 1986 | "Automatic" | align=center | — | align=center | 49 | align=center | 56 |
| "Prisoner of Love" | align=center | 13 | align=center | 78 | align=center | 52 | |
| 1987 | "Love Me Right" | align=center | — | align=center | 40 | align=center | — |
| "Ev'ry Little Bit" | align=center | — | align=center | 11 | align=center | 63 | |
| 1988 | "To the Letter" | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |
| "A Love of Your Own" | align=center | — | align=center | 66 | align=center | — | |
| "It's My Life" | align=center | — | align=center | 90 | align=center | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||