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60s Rhythm And Blues Duets - Blue Beats - Ska - from the Various Artists LP "Ska At The Jamaica Playboy Club" Island Records - ILP 930 (1966)
"Millie" Millicent Dolly May Small (6 October 1947 - 5 May 2020)
Was a Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known for her 1964 recording of the Robert Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts song "My Boy Lollipop", which reached number two in both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.
On her UK records, she was usually credited mononymously as Millie.
She was the Caribbean's first international recording star, and its most successful female performer.
She's made a Commander in the Order of Distinction for her contribution to the Jamaican music industry in 2011.
After her contract with Island ran its course, Small recorded for Trojan Records,
her first single for the label was an interpretation of Nick Drake's "Mayfair," but it was the B-side, "Enoch Power," that received the most attention for its potent criticism of the anti-immigration stance of British right-wing politician Enoch Powell.
Millie Small retired from music in the early 1970s and died on May 5, 2020, following a stroke.
60s Rhythm And Blues Duets - Blue Beats - Ska - from the Various Artists LP "Ska At The Jamaica Playboy Club" Island Records - ILP 930 (1966)
"Millie" Millicent Dolly May Small (6 October 1947 - 5 May 2020)
Was a Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known for her 1964 recording of the Robert Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts song "My Boy Lollipop", which reached number two in both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.
On her UK records, she was usually credited mononymously as Millie.
She was the Caribbean's first international recording star, and its most successful female performer.
She's made a Commander in the Order of Distinction for her contribution to the Jamaican music industry in 2011.
After her contract with Island ran its course, Small recorded for Trojan Records,
her first single for the label was an interpretation of Nick Drake's "Mayfair," but it was the B-side, "Enoch Power," that received the most attention for its potent criticism of the anti-immigration stance of British right-wing politician Enoch Powell.
Millie Small retired from music in the early 1970s and died on May 5, 2020, following a stroke.
