African-American musician
R&B singer and stage performer Stephanie Mills got off to an early start. By age nine, Mills had taken first prize at the Apollo Theater’s Amateur Hour and scored a role in the Broadway play MAGGIE FLYNN. Not long after, she toured with the Isley Brothers as their opening act, and released her solo debut, MOVIN’ IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, in 1974. In 1975, Mills was cast as... Wikipedia