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Stephanie Mills is an American singer and songwriter who rose to fame as “Dorothy” in the Broadway musical The Wiz. She had several hit songs in the 1980s, including the signature song “Home”, and won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
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About the Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Dorthea Millsis an American singer and songwriter. She rose to stardom as “Dorothy” in the original seven-time Tony Award winning Broadway run of the musical The Wiz from 1974 to 1979. The song “Home” from the show later became a Number 1 U.S. R&B hit and her signature song.
During the 1980s, she had five Number 1 R&B hits, including “Home”, “I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love”, “I Feel Good All Over”, “(You’re Puttin’) A Rush on Me” and “Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)”. She won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her song “Never Knew Love Like This Before” in 1981. Her albums What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin, Sweet Sensation and Stephanie went gold or platinum, all through 20th Century Fox Records.
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Stephanie Mills is an American singer and songwriter who rose to stardom as ,Dorothy, in the original Broadway run of the musical The Wiz from 1974 to 1979.
Stephanie Mills’ signature song was ,Home, from the musical The Wiz, which later became a number one U.S. R&B hit.
During the 1980s, Stephanie Mills had five number one R&B hits, including ,Home,, ,I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love,, ,I Feel Good All Over,, ,(You’re Puttin’) A Rush on Me,, and ,Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel).
Stephanie Mills won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her song ,Never Knew Love Like This Before, in 1981. Her albums ,What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin,, ,Sweet Sensation,, and ,Stephanie, also went gold or platinum.
Stephanie Mills was born on March 22, 1957.
12 Quotes by Stephanie Mills
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I believe entertainers should know what’s going on and do their own banking.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
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Most women don’t like good men. They say they want a good buy, but most women always wind up with the bad boy.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
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I don’t drink, I don’t smoke and I don’t party.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
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I enjoy being single, but I loved being married.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
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Therapy can help you grow. Fears will just disappear.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
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I don’t know what it takes to make marriage work, but I’m going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven’t given up on love or marriage.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
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I’m about to sing the song for the future.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
- 8.
Millions have been taken from me. If you are not on top of it and you make a lot of money, and you trust business managers, then, yes, money will be taken from you.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
- 9.
This is something I love to do. I’ve never had any other job. I love singing and entertaining.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
- 10.
It’s the best thing ever – I love being a mom. This is my only child. My career was a priority earlier in my life, but now my son is definitely the priority.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
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I’m 47 years old. I couldn’t compete with Beyonce. I’m not competing with anyone. I’ve already established myself as an artist. I’ve been in this business for 30 years. There’s no reason for me to compete with anyone.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)
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Everything that’s old is new, and everything that’s new is old.
Stephanie MillsAfrican-American musician (born 1957)