![]() ![]() She was a true legend and an incredible human, She will be dearly missed. "We are incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Millie Small. Island Records paid tribute to Small in a tweet Wednesday. She started recording music as a teenager and was discovered by Blackwell, who became her manager.īlackwell took Small to London, where the singer gained fame with her 1964 recording of Barbie Gaye's song "My Boy Lollipop." She released three albums during her career: My Boy Lollipop (1964), Sings Fats Domino (1965) and Time Will Tell (1970). Small, the daughter of a sugar plantation overseer, was born in Jamaica in 1946. "She was such a really sweet person, very funny, great sense of humor. "It became a hit pretty much everywhere in the world." "Millie opened the door for Jamaican music to the world," Island Records founder Chris Blackwell said in a statement. Island Records said Small died "after having been taken ill" over the weekend. ![]()
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