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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1947-10-06
- Active to
- 2020-05-05
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Discography
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Millie Small (born Millicent Dolly May Small in Clarendon, Jamaica, on 6 October 1946; died 5 May 2020 in England) — often known as "Little Millie Small" — was a Jamaican singer-songwriter best known as the singer of the 1964 hit, My Boy Lollipop. Small was the daughter of a sugar plantation overseer. In her teens, she was part of a duo called Roy & Millie (with Roy Panton) and was recording for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One record label. They had a minor local hit with "We'll Meet." <a href="https
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dolly
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Clarendon Parish
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Image
- Millie Small (1964).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1947-10-06
- Commons category
- Millie Small
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- birth name
- Millicent Dolly May Small
- date of death
- 2020-05-05
- end of work period
- 1972-00-00
- unmarried partner
- Peter Asher
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