Everything about Millie Singer totally explained
Millie (born Millicent Small,
6 October 1946,
Clarendon,
Jamaica) — often known as "Little Millie Small," and in the
United States as "Millie Small" — is best known as the
singer of the 1964
hit, "
My Boy Lollipop".
Career
Millie was the daughter of a
sugar plantation overseer. 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. Including
singles sales, album usage and
compilation inclusions, the song has since sold more than seven million copies worldwide.
"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, didn't 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 so-called "
bluebeat" style. (She was billed as "The Blue Beat Girl" on the single's label in the U.S.)
This was a "
music genre" that had recently emerged from Jamaica, and which, as with
ska, was a direct ancestor of
reggae.
Millie continued to tour and perform up to the early 1970s. She lived in
Singapore from 1971 to 1973 before returning to the
UK which is now her home. She has an adult daughter, who is studying
art and the
music industry.
Discography
Albums
Image:Millie_Small_Time_Will_Tell.jpg |Time Will Tell
2004
Trojan
Singles
- Shenley Duffas: "Give To Get" b/w Shenley & Millie: "What You Gonna Do", 7": Island WI 036, 1963
| Year |
Single |
Label |
| 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 wasn't 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.
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