The Miller Sisters

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Elsie Jo Miller and Midred Miller (Wages) were actually sisters-in-law; Elsie married Mildred's brother, guitarist Roy Miller, and the three of them worked as the Miller Trio and were on WTUP Radio in Tupelo, Mississippi for about a year before auditioning for Sun Records[1] in 1954. Producer Sam Phillips[2] believed that the Millers' vocal harmonies, complimented by the steel guitar solos of Stan Kesler and the percussive electric guitar of Quinton Claunch, would translate into significant record sales. However, the group did not score a hit.[1] Elvis' first record was released a week after Jo & Milly recorded their first session. His release was his first hit, "That's Alright Mama". Around that time the music genre was shifting more away from country and toward the rockabilly style. Phillips decided not to release their 1957 recording of the R&B song "Got You on My Mind", but The Miller Sisters still sang at various places and events before splitting up around 1960. Mildred moved to Indiana and Roy and Elsie Jo became active participants in the Oneness Pentecostal Church in 1976.[2] The CD "Sun's Singing Sweethearts", a collection of Miller Sister's songs, was released in 1996 by AVI Entertainment. The compilation rounds up at least one extant take of every song Milly and Jo recorded at Sun, their backup work behind Cast King and Glenn Honeycutt and as a special bonus, an early demo by the original Miller Trio. "They were wonderful," Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Recor

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albums

Ten Cats Down / Finders Keepers

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Essential Sun Rockabillies Vol.1

Sun Records Originals: Ten Cats Down

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Complete Sun Records

Got You On My Mind

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Rockabilly Dance Party

The Sun Records Collection

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Good Girls Gone Bad

The Best of Sun Rockabilly

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Rock 'n' roll Love Songs

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Hillbilly Fillies & Rockin' Chicks

Good Girls Gone Bad: Wild, Weird & Wanted

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