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‘My Boy Lollipop’ singer Millie Small has died
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nme.comTributes are being paid to the singer who "lit the fuse for Jamaican ska music" The singer Millie Small has died at the age of 73.
Best known for her 1964 recording of ‘My Boy Lollipop’ — which peaked at number two in the UK singles chart in May of that year, and remains one of the biggest-selling ska songs of all time — the Jamaican singer is credited as being one of the first artists to popularise ska internationally.
Small passed away yesterday (May 5) in the UK, according to the Jamaica Observer. Speaking to the Observer, her friend and Island Records co-founder Chris Blackwell — who said he had been informed that Small had died after suffering a stroke — praised Small as being “very funny, [with a] great sense of humour” and adding
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