Stephanie Mills

Stephanie Mills (born March 22, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American R&B and soul singer and former Broadway star. Mills began her journey as an actress-singer-entertainer appearing in her first play at the age of 9. Two

Stephanie Mills (born March 22, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American R&B and soul singer and former Broadway star. Mills began her journey as an actress-singer-entertainer appearing in her first play at the age of 9. Two years later, Mills won Amateur Night at the world-famous Apollo Theater where she won over a record six times.

In 1972, Mills' career took a rise when she first played Dorothy in an African American adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz called The Wiz on Broadway. Filled with a more urban style of music and scenery, The Wiz made Mills a star particularly because of her stellar performance of the song, "Home". It would become her signature tune for years and would be covered later by Diana Ross for the big-screen adaptation six years later and by Whitney Houston for her dramatic musical performance debut on TV in the early 1980s.