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| name = Millie Small | image = Millie Small (1964).jpg | caption = Millie Small in 1964 | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Millicent Dolly May Small | alias = Little Millie Small, Millie Small | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Gibralter, Clarendon, Jamaica | death_date = | instrument = Vocals | genre = Blue beat, ska, reggae | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1962–72 | label = Fontana, Island, Trojan | associated_acts = | website = }} Millicent Dolly May Small, CD (born 6 October 1946),[1] is a Jamaican singer-songwriter, best known for her 1964 recording of "My Boy Lollipop." CareerSmall was born at Gibraltar in Clarendon, Jamaica, the daughter of a sugar plantation overseer.[1] Like many Jamaican singers of the era, her career began by winning the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour talent contest, which she won at the age of twelve.[3] Wishing to pursue a career as a singer she moved to live with relatives in Love Lane in Kingston.[3] In her teens, she recorded a duet with Owen Gray ("Sugar Plum") in 1962 and later recorded with Roy Panton for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One record label as 'Roy and Millie'.[1][2] They had a local hit with "We'll Meet".[1][2] These hits brought her to the attention of Chris Blackwell who became her manager and legal guardian, who in late 1963 took her to Forest Hill, London, where she was given intensive training in dancing and diction.[2] There she made her fourth recording, an Ernest Ranglin rearrangement of "My Boy Lollipop", a song originally released by Barbie Gaye in late 1956.[2] Released in March 1964, Small's version was a massive hit, reaching number two both in the UK Singles Chart[3] and in the US Billboard Hot 100, and number three in Canada.[4] It also topped the chart in Australia. Initially it sold over 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[5] Including singles sales, album usage and compilation inclusions, the song has since sold more than seven million copies worldwide.[1][6] Her later recordings, "Sweet William" and "Bloodshot Eyes", also charted in the UK, at numbers 30 and 48 respectively, [3] and "Sweet William" also peaked at number 40 in the US, her only other American chart single. "My Boy Lollipop" re-charted in the UK in 1987 at no. 46.[7] "My Boy Lollipop" was doubly significant in British pop history. It was the first major hit for Island Records (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 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 US).[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. On 6 March 1965, Small appeared on the Australian television programme Bandstand. This was as part of a concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Kings Domain, Melbourne, part of the Moomba Festival. She performed "My Boy Lollipop", "What Am I Living For" and "See You Later, Alligator".[8] The popularity of reggae in the United Kingdom in 1969 prompted a return to recording for Small, with the single "My Love and I".[9] Small continued to tour and perform up to the early 1970s. On 6 August 2011, the 49th anniversary of Jamaica's independence, the Governor-General created Small a Commander in the Order of Distinction, for her contribution to the Jamaican music industry.[4][10] The award was accepted on her behalf by former Prime Minister Edward Seaga.[23] 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.[11] After nearly forty years away from the limelight and refusing all interview requests, Small granted U.S. journalist Tom Graves the first in-depth interview ever in the August, 2016 edition of Goldmine. Previous interviews in the 1960s 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 Rod Stewart, that it was Stewart who played harmonica on "My Boy Lollipop." She claims to remember the sessions well and recalls Stewart being asked to play. Personal lifeShe had a brief relationship with Peter Asher of the 1960s duo Peter & Gordon.[12] However, in her August 2016 interview with U.S. journalist Tom Graves she denied there had been anything other than a platonic relationship. She lived in Singapore from 1971 to 1973 before returning to the United Kingdom, which is now her home.[2] She has an adult daughter, born in 1984, who studied art and the music industry.[13][14] DiscographyAlbums
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|author=Bruce Eder |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/millie-small-mn0000489606/biography |title=Millie Small | Biography |publisher=AllMusic |date=1946-10-06 |accessdate=2014-01-27}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Woman Who Started It All", Jamaica Gleaner, 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013 3. ^1 {{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited| location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 367}} 4. ^1 Grizzle, Shereita (2014) "Millie Small's 'My Boy Lollipop' Introduces Teenager To The World", Jamaica Gleaner, 20 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014 5. ^{{cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| edition= 2nd| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| location= London| pages= 178–79| isbn= 0-214-20512-6}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061015/ent/ent4.html |title=Jamaica Gleaner News - Millie not so 'small' anymore - Sunday | October 15, 2006 |publisher=Jamaica-gleaner.com |date=2006-10-15 |accessdate=2014-01-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624043941/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061015/ent/ent4.html |archivedate=June 24, 2013 |df= }} 7. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11030/millie/ | title=Millie Full Chart History | publisher=www.officialcharts.com | accessdate=22 March 2016}} 8. ^DVD: The Best of Bandstand 1965-66 Volume Three 9. ^{{cite news |title=Remember Little Millie? |work=Newcastle Journal |date=19 December 1969 |accessdate=30 November 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19691219/163/0010| via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dancehall.mobi/2011/08/06/dennis-brown-millie-small-dobby-dobson-get-national-awards/ |title=Dennis Brown, Millie Small & Dobby Dobson Get National Awards |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Dancehall.mobi |accessdate=23 September 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004142527/http://www.dancehall.mobi/2011/08/06/dennis-brown-millie-small-dobby-dobson-get-national-awards/ |archivedate=4 October 2011 |df= }} 11. ^1 Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2012) "LOLLIPOP DREAMS - Millie Small plans JA concert", Jamaica Observer, 8 July 2012, retrieved 2012-07-12 12. ^{{Cite book | author=Harry, Bill| authorlink= | coauthors= | title=The Beatles Encyclopaedia (2000 paperback edition; first published 1992) | year=2000 | publisher=Virgin Publishing, London W6 9HA | location=London | isbn=0-7535-0481-2 | page=403}} 13. ^ {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106165058/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061015/ent/ent4.html |date=November 6, 2006 }} 14. ^[https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/700689/My-Boy-Lollipop-singer-Millie-Small-where-is-she-now] 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Millie-Sings-Fats-Domino/release/4513079 |title=Millie* - Sings Fats Domino (Vinyl, LP, Album) |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2015-05-16}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/397328-Millie-Small |title=Millie Small Discography |website=Discogs.com |date=2012-12-27 |accessdate=2016-07-17}} Bibliography
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