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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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Millie Small — My Boy Lollipop (official audio)

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Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop (Live HD)

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In stories

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

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

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