Kerry Mills (né Frederick Allen Mills; 1 February 1869 in Philadelphia – 5 December 1948 in Hawthorne, California), publishing also as F.A. Mills was an American ragtime composer and music publishing executive of popular music during the Tin Pan Alley era. His stylistically diverse music ranged from ragtime through cakewalk to marches. He was most prolific between 1895 and 1918. Career Mills trained as a violinist and was head of the Violin Department of the University of Michigan School of Music when he began composing. He moved to New York City in 1895 and started a music publishing firm, (F. A. Mills Music Publisher), publishing his own work and that of others. Selected works "Impecunious Davis" "In The City Of Sighs And Tears" "Just For The Sake Of Society" "Let's All Go Up To Maud's" "The Longest Way 'Round Is The Sweetest Way Home" "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" (words by Andrew B. Sterling) 1895 : Rastus on Parade - Characteristic Two Step March for Piano 1895 : Shandon Bells - Two Step March 1896 : Happy Days in Dixie - Characteristic March 1897 : At A Georgia Camp Meeting - A Characteristic March listen to:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLR2ZI0evgs 1899 : Whistling Rufus - Characteristic Two Step March, Polka & Cakewalk 1899 : Impecunious Davis - A Characteristic March 1900 or before: Cake-Walk 1900 : Kerry Mills Medley - Themes from Previous Cake Walk and Songs 1902 : Harmony Moze - Characteristic Two Step 1902 : A Brand Plucked from the Burning (words by Alfred Bryan) 1902 : I Know She Waits for Me (words by Alfred Bryan) 1903 : Valse Hèléne 1903 : Petite Causerie - A Quiet Chat 1903 : Valse Primrose - Les Primevères 1903 : 'Leven Forty-Five From The Hotel - Two Step March 1903 : Me and Me Banjo - Characteristic Piece 1903 : Petite Causerie (A Quiet Chat) 1903 : Valse Helene 1903 : L'amour Aux Bois (Cupid's Bower) 1903 : Valse Primrose (Les Primeveres) 1903 : Like A Star That Falls From Heaven (words by Alfred Bryan) 1904 : We'll Be Together When the Clouds Roll By (words by Alfred Bryan) 1906 : Old Heidelberg: - Characteristic Two Step March 1906 : While The Old Mill Wheel Is Turning (words by Will D. Cobb) 1907 : Red Wing" - An Indian Intermezzo (words by Thurland Chattaway). Mills adapted the melody from Schumann's "The Happy Farmer"