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'''Millie Scott''' is an American R&B singer who had moderate success in the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart during the 1980s.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last1=Wynn|first1=Ron |title=Artist Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/millie-scott-mn0000490747/biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref>

==Biography== 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Millie%20Scott.html|title=Millie Scott Page|website=Soulwalking.co.uk|access-date=December 28, 2010}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/quiet-elegance-mn0000375487/biography|title=Quiet Elegance &#124; Biography & History|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=August 10, 2022|first=Andrew|last=Hamilton}}</ref> 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.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> Follow-up singles "Automatic" and "Ev'ry Little Bit" also charted in the UK.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=485}}</ref>

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.

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Album ! style="width:45px;"|<small>US R&B</small><br><ref name="Awards">{{cite web|title=Millie Scott - Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/millie-scott-mn0000490747/awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513165151/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/millie-scott-mn0000490747/awards|archive-date=May 13, 2013}}</ref> |- | 1987 | ''Love Me Right'' | align=center | 57 |- | 1988 | ''I Can Make It Good for You'' | align=center | — |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes the release did not chart. |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Single ! scope="col" colspan="3"|Peak chart positions |- ! style="width:45px;"|<small>US Dance</small><br><ref name="Music VF"/> ! style="width:45px;"|<small>US R&B</small><br><ref name="Music VF">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Millie+Scott.art|title=Millie Scott Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|work=Music VF|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref> ! style="width:45px;"|<small>UK</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23212/millie-scott/|title=MILLIE SCOTT - full Official Chart History|work=Official Charts Company|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"| 1986 | "Automatic" | align=center | — | align=center | 49 | align=center | 56 |- | "Prisoner of Love" | align=center | 13 | align=center | 78 | align=center | 52 |- |rowspan="2"| 1987 | "Love Me Right" | align=center | — | align=center | 40 | align=center | — |- | "Ev'ry Little Bit" | align=center | — | align=center | 11 | align=center | 63 |- |rowspan="3"| 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 | — |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/64135-Millie-Scott Album and singles discography] at Discogs.

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