FROM TROJAN WEBSITE:The long-awaited ‘Best of Millie/My Boy Lollipop’ CD has arrived. It features many of the singer’s most sought after material from her Island and Fontana Records periods of 1963 to 1968.
Here’s the track listing:
1. My Boy Lollipop
2. Tom Hark
3. Sweet William
4. Chilly Kisses
5. Ooh Ooh (aka Ooo-Ooo) – Jackie & Millie
6. Wings Of [...]
There was an interesting piece in the Jamaica Observer about the classic Count Prince Miller cut “Mule Train”. This was a hit back in the day and still gets a spin sporadically in the clubs today.
As the story states: his involvement in the 1972 recording session was somewhat impromptu. “I came down here with, Millie [...]
Millie Small may only be truly known as a one hit wonder for the ska song heard round the world “My Boy Lollipop” but as mentioned in previous posts she was WAY more then that.
She was a leader and trailblazer for JA women and women in general as singers and songwriters. After her major hit [...]
All the Millie Smalls talk last week and I didn’t post the cover by 2 Tone act Bad Manners that was an 80’s hit. Here’s the video below from Buster and crew giving their take on the 1964 hit “My Boy Lollipop”. Classic – Enjoy!
Seems we’re on a Millie Small kick lately. To further illustrate the point that Millie wasn’t a one hit wonder here is a video with her playing Wembly Stadium in 1970 with a powerfully proactive political song “Enoch Power” coming out against Mr. Powell. This was before the real positive roots reggae took hold of reggae [...]
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