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Millie Small

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Jamaican singer whose 1964 hit "My Boy Lollipop" took ska/blue beat into the international pop charts.

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Type: person →
Era: Ska and independence-era culture →
Confidence: Well supported

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Millie Small — My Boy Lollipop (official audio)

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Millie Small — My Boy Lollipop (1964 archival performance footage)

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Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop (Live HD)

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BBC News — Millie Small: My Boy Lollipop singer dies aged 72

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In stories

Story · ProbableFrom ska's first pop hit to dancehall's sample afterlife

A path from Millie Small's 1964 crossover to Sister Nancy and Marcia Griffiths in global dance memory.

Story · Well supportedRiddim and Reign: The Women Who Shaped Reggae and Dancehall

From the rocksteady queens and the first female producer to the I-Threes, the lovers-rock pioneers and the dancehall crown, women have carried Jamaican music from the studio floor to the world stage.