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Millicent Dolly May Small CD (6 October 1947 – 5 May 2020) was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who is best known for her 1964 hit "
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". The song reached number two in both the UK and US charts and sold over seven million copies worldwide. It was also the first major hit for
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and helped to achieve the label its mainstream success. She was the Caribbean's first international recording star, and its most successful female performer.


Early life and career

Millicent Dolly May Small was born on 6 October 1947 in Clarendon,
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, the daughter of a
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overseer. She was one of 13 siblings, with seven brothers and five sisters. Like many Jamaican singers of the era, her career began by winning the ''
Vere Johns Joseph Vere Everette Johns (28 November 1893–10 September 1966
Opportunity Hour'' talent contest at the age of twelve. Wishing to pursue a career as a singer, she moved to live with relatives in Love Lane in Kingston. She auditioned for Studio One
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, who was struck by the similarity of her voice to that of
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of the American duo Shirley and Lee. He paired her with singer
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, and they made several records together, including "Sugar Plum", which became a local hit. Laurence Cane-Honeysett, "Millie Small, the Lollipop Girl", ''Record Collector''
Retrieved 7 May 2020

, ''
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'', 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013
When Gray resumed his solo career, Small began
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with another singer, Samuel Augustus "Roy" Panton. Working with producer Roy Robinson, the duo of Roy & Millie had a run of local hits, including "We'll Meet". They had further successes working with Dodd, as well with producer Lindon Pottinger, including the local hit "Marie" in 1963; and then with
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. Her popularity brought her to the attention of Anglo-Jamaican entrepreneur
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, who was convinced of her wider international potential, and became her manager and legal guardian. In late 1963 he took her to Forest Hill, London, where she was given intensive training in dancing and
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.


International success

Her first recording in London, "Don't You Know", made little impact when released by
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in late 1963, but for her next recording Blackwell recruited guitarist and arranger
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to oversee the session. Ranglin and his musicians adopted the newly-popular
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style, and his rearrangement of "
My Boy Lollipop "My Boy Lollipop" (originally "My Girl Lollypop") is a song written in the mid-1950s by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs, and usually credited to Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts. It was first recorded in 1956 by American s ...
", a song originally released in the US by teenager
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in late 1956, became immediately successful. Released in March 1964, Small's version (on which she was credited simply as "Millie") was a massive hit. She appeared on British TV shows including ''
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'', and the single reached number two in the
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, in the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and in Canada.Grizzle, Shereita (2014)
Millie Small's 'My Boy Lollipop' Introduces Teenager To The World
, ''
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'', 20 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014
It also topped the
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in
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. Initially it sold over 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Including
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sales, album usage, and
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inclusions, the song has since sold more than seven million copies worldwide and made Small an international star at the age of 17. "My Boy Lollipop" was doubly significant in British pop history. It was the first major hit for
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(although it was actually released on the Fontana label because Chris Blackwell, Island's owner, did not want to overextend its then-meagre resources; in the US, the record appeared on the
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subsidiary of
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). Small was the first artist to have a hit that was recorded in the bluebeat style, a
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that was a direct ancestor of
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. She was billed as "The Blue Beat Girl" on the single's label in the US. She toured in Britain and appeared frequently on British television, before collapsing from exhaustion and food poisoning; she was also involved in a traffic accident. Although her next single, "Sweet William", was less successful, reaching number 30 in the UK, number 40 in the US, and number 22 in Canada, she had become an international celebrity. She was given a gold disc in New York, and was driven in an open-top car on her return to Kingston where she performed in several major shows, on one occasion topping the bill over
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,
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, and
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. She also performed in a Ska Spectacular show at the
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. Her first album, ''More Millie'', contained a varied selection of songs arranged by Ranglin. In the US it was issued as ''My Boy Lollipop'', with a slightly different selection of tracks. Her early Jamaican recordings were also reissued to take advantage of her popularity. She appeared on the 1964
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TV special ''
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''. On 28 December 1964 she also appeared in
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''
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'' episode "The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown", playing the role of Selina Brown. The play features a number of songs composed by
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and performed by Small. In early 1965, she featured in a '' Ready, Steady, Go!'' special, ''Millie in Jamaica'', and soon afterwards she embarked on a world tour, with concerts in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, the US, Brazil and Argentina. On 6 March 1965, Small appeared on the Australian television programme ''
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''. This was as part of a concert at the
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in Kings Domain, Melbourne, part of the
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Festival. She performed "My Boy Lollipop", "
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", and "
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". She recorded several duets with Jackie Edwards in 1965, as well as solo material, but sales were disappointing. She also released her second
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, ''Millie Sings Fats Domino'', but it failed to reach the charts. Her eighth single in Britain, a version of
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' "Bloodshot Eyes", was her last UK chart success, reaching number 48 in late 1965, but she continued to tour successfully in Australia and Africa. After returning to Britain she made further recordings with Jackie Edwards, including the album ''Pledging My Love'', and also appeared on the
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''Ska at the Jamaica Playboy Club'', singing on one track with the then-unknown
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. However, her popularity in Britain appeared to dwindle as she spent more time touring abroad. In 1968, after two albums of ''The Best of Jackie & Millie'', her recording contracts with Island and Fontana ended. The emergence of reggae in the United Kingdom in 1969 prompted a return to recording for Small, with the single "My Love and I", on which she was backed by the band
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. She then recorded for the
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label, her first single combining a version of
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's "Mayfair" with her own song, the politically-inspired and defiant "Enoch Power", which faced a radio ban but re-established her profile among the
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. However, after a short period with
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, she ended her recording career soon afterwards. Small continued to tour and perform in Jamaica, but in 1971 decided to move to
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to live. She returned to Britain in 1973, to coincide with the release of another compilation album, ''Lollipop Reggae''. Thereafter, she largely stayed out of the public eye, even when "My Boy Lollipop" was reissued and re-charted in the UK in 1987 at no. 46 to celebrate Island Records' 25th anniversary.


Later life

In 1987, during a rare interview with
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, it was revealed that Small was destitute and had taken to living in a hostel with her toddler daughter Jaelee. In November 1987, she made a rare public appearance in Jamaica to receive the Medal of Appreciation from Prime Minister
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made Small a Commander in the
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for her contribution to the Jamaican music industry. The award was accepted on her behalf by Seaga. In July 2012, she again stated that she had been recording again and planned to perform in Jamaica for the first time in over 40 years.Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2012)
LOLLIPOP DREAMS – Millie Small plans JA concert
, ''
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'', 8 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012
After nearly forty years away from the limelight and refusing most interview requests, Small granted U.S. journalist
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the first ever in-depth interview in the August 2016 edition of '' Goldmine''. Previous interviews were typically short and based on press releases. In the interview she discusses fully her early career and the full impact of "My Boy Lollipop". She also insisted, against the denials of
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, that it was Stewart who played harmonica on "My Boy Lollipop". She said she remembered the sessions well and recalls Stewart being asked to play. Small also said in 2016 that she had not received any royalties for the single.


Personal life

She had a brief relationship with
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of the 1960s duo
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. In her August 2016 interview with U.S. journalist Tom Graves she said the relationship had been
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. She lived in Singapore from 1971 to 1973 before returning to the United Kingdom, where she lived for the remainder of her life. In 1984, she had a daughter, Jaelee, who studied art and music and is a singer-songwriter.


Death

Small died on 5 May 2020 in London, from a stroke, aged 72. News of her death was first announced to the ''
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'' by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, who last met Small some 12 years before her death. He remembered her as "a very special sweet person" with a "great sense of humour". Blackwell also credited her for popularising
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on an international level from 1964 as "it was her first hit record".


Discography


Albums

* ''
My Boy Lollipop "My Boy Lollipop" (originally "My Girl Lollypop") is a song written in the mid-1950s by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs, and usually credited to Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts. It was first recorded in 1956 by American s ...
'' (1964, UK: Fontana, US: Smash) * ''
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'' (1970/2004,
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) * ''My Boy Lollipop and 31 Other Songs'' (1994, DE: Combo Records)


Singles

Source:


See also

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Caribbean music in the United Kingdom People from the Caribbean have made significant contributions to British Black music for many generations. Trinidadian Calypso Large-scale Caribbean migration to England recommenced following the Second World War in 1948. The ''Empire Windrus ...
*
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*
List of reggae musicians This is a list of reggae musicians. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label). Bands are listed by the first lett ...
*
List of ska musicians This is a list of notable bands and musicians who performed primarily ska or ska-influenced music for a significant portion of their careers. Original (starting in late 1950s) *Aubrey Adams * Laurel Aitken * Roland Alphonso * Theophilus Beckfor ...
*
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*
Music of Jamaica The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Reggae is especially popular through the international fame of Bob Marley ...


References


External links


1964 biographical article from Teenville magazine



Discography at MusicMatch website


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