Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Elva Ruby Miller (née Connes; October 5, 1907 – July 5, 1997), who recorded under the name \"Mrs. Miller,\" was an American singer who gained some fame in the 1960s for her series of shrill and off-key renditions of popular songs such as \"Moon River\", \"Monday, Monday\", \"A Lover's Concerto\", and \"Downtown\". Singing in an untrained, Mermanesque, vibrato-laden style, according to Irving Wallace, David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace in The Book of Lists 2, Miller's voice was compared to the sound of \"roaches scurrying across a trash can lid.\" Nevertheless, \"Downtown\" reached the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in April 1966, peaking at No. 82. The single's B-side, \"A Lover's Concerto,\" barely cracked the Hot 100 that same month at No. 95."@en }
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- Mrs._Miller abstract "Elva Ruby Miller (née Connes; October 5, 1907 – July 5, 1997), who recorded under the name \"Mrs. Miller,\" was an American singer who gained some fame in the 1960s for her series of shrill and off-key renditions of popular songs such as \"Moon River\", \"Monday, Monday\", \"A Lover's Concerto\", and \"Downtown\". Singing in an untrained, Mermanesque, vibrato-laden style, according to Irving Wallace, David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace in The Book of Lists 2, Miller's voice was compared to the sound of \"roaches scurrying across a trash can lid.\" Nevertheless, \"Downtown\" reached the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in April 1966, peaking at No. 82. The single's B-side, \"A Lover's Concerto,\" barely cracked the Hot 100 that same month at No. 95.".