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Remember "Little Millie" ?


Remember Little Millie from Jamaica and the song "My Boy Lollipop"?

Always wondered what happened to her, she made a few more songs than what I thought, (also appeared in an episode of Miami Vice) here's her most famous song, reached No 1 on Ozzie music chart;

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCUcbRTB6Rs 

Some history on her, now lives in the UK....

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061015/ent/ent4.html 

Millie Small CD (born 6 October 1946),[1] also known simply as Millie is a Jamaican singer-songwriter, best known for her 1964 cover version of "My Boy Lollipop". Her other stage names include Little Millie Small.

 Career

Born Millicent Dolly May Small in Clarendon, Jamaica, Millie was the daughter of a sugar plantation overseer.[1] In her teens, she and Roy Panton recorded for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One record label as "Roy and Millie".[1] They had a minor local hit with "We'll Meet".[1]

In late 1963 she went to Forest Hill, London, to make her fourth recording, an Ernest Ranglin rearrangement of "My Boy Lollipop", originally released by Barbie Gaye in late 1956. Released in March 1964, Small's cover was a massive hit, reaching number two both in the UK Singles Chart[2] and in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also topped the chart in Australia. Initially it sold over 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[3] Including singles sales, album usage and compilation inclusions, the song has since sold more than seven million copies worldwide.[1][4] She also had minor UK hits with two follow-up singles, peaking at number 30 with "Sweet William" and number 48 with "Bloodshot Eyes".

"My Boy Lollipop" was doubly significant in British pop music history. It was the first major hit for Island Records (although it was actually released via Fontana Records because Chris Blackwell, Island's owner, did not want to overextend the label's then-meagre resources; in the U.S. the record appeared on the Smash Records subsidiary of Mercury Records), and Small was the first artist to have a hit that was recorded in the bluebeat style. (She was billed as "The Blue Beat Girl" on the single's label in the U.S.)[1] This was a music genre that had recently emerged from Jamaica, and was a direct ancestor of reggae.

She appeared on the 1964 Beatles TV special Around The Beatles.

Millie continued to tour and perform up to the early 1970s.

On 6 August 2011, being the 49th anniversary of the country's independence, the Governor-General of Jamaica conferred the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD) upon Millicent (Millie) Dolly May Small, for her contribution to the Jamaican music industry.[5] The award was accepted on her behalf by former Prime Minister Edward Seaga.[6]

In July 2012 she stated that she had been recording again and planned to perform in Jamaica for the first time in over 40 years.[6]

 Personal life

She had a brief relationship with Peter Asher of the 1960s duo Peter & Gordon.[7]

She lived in Singapore from 1971 to 1973 before returning to the UK which is now her home.[8] She has an adult daughter, who studied art and the music industry.[8]

 Discography

 Albums

 Selected singles

YearSingleLabel
1963"Don't You Know" / "Until You're Mine"Fontana
1964"My Boy Lollipop"
"Sweet William"
"I Love the Way You Love" / "Bring It on Home to Me"
1965"I've Fallen in Love with a Snowman" / "What Am I Living For"
"See You Later, Alligator" / "Chilly Kisses"
"My Street" / "It's Too Late"
"Bloodshot Eyes" / "Tongue Tied"
1966"My Street" / "A Mixed Up Fickle Moody Self-Centred, Spoiled Kind of Boy"Brit
"Killer Joe" / "Carry Go Bring Come"Fontana
1967"You Better Forget" / "I Am in Love"Island
"Chicken Feed" / "Wings of a Dove"Fontana
1968"When I Dance with You" / "Hey Mr. Love"
1969"Readin' Writin' Arithmetic" / "I Want You Never to Stop"Decca
  • Millie was not a one-hit wonder. For example, subsequent recordings such as "Sweet William" and "Bloodshot Eyes", both charted in the UK at numbers 30 and 48, respectively.[2]  

 

 



 



 



-- Edited by Duh on Saturday 6th of April 2013 11:30:40 AM

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You're a wicked man Gary.....wink biggrin 

 



-- Edited by Duh on Saturday 6th of April 2013 12:21:09 PM

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I remember playing that song on the air in the early '70s and calling it My Boy's Lollipop. Tsk, tsk.

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it made her heart go giddyup......

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