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Millie Small

1947 - 2020

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Millicent Dolly May Small CD (6 October 1947 – 5 May 2020) was a Jamaican singer who is best known for her international hit "My Boy Lollipop" (1964). The song reached number two in both the UK and US charts and sold over seven million copies worldwide. It was also the first major hit for Island Records and helped to achieve the label its mainstream success. She was the Caribbean's first international recording star and its most successful female performer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Millie Small is the 685th most popular singer (up from 2,017th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Jamaican Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Millie Small ranks 685 out of 4,381. Before her are Julian Lennon, Teresa Carreño, Richard Cheese, Francis Rossi, Miley Cyrus, and Elena Obraztsova. After her are Niall Horan, Heidi Brühl, Manolo Escobar, Pat Boone, Lorde, and Ava Max.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Millie Small ranks 285. Before her are Staffan de Mistura, Mile Mrkšić, David Blunkett, Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, John Powell, and Tim Buckley. After her are Danilo Popivoda, Martin Winterkorn, Uli Edel, Co Adriaanse, Jiří Kylián, and Kim Campbell. Among people deceased in 2020, Millie Small ranks 224. Before her are Claude Bolling, Sonja Ziemann, Gene Deitch, David Graeber, Pentti Linkola, and Abderrahmane Youssoufi. After her are José Bonaparte, McCoy Tyner, Jack Sherman, Dyanne Thorne, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, and Guido Messina.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Millie Small ranks 18 out of 189. Before her are Violet Brown (1900), Stuart Hall (1932), Liz Mitchell (1952), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Trevor Berbick (1954), and Madge Sinclair (1938). After her are George Rhoden (1926), Jacob Miller (1952), George Kerr (1937), Cedella Booker (1926), Merlene Ottey (1960), and Stephen Hopkins (1958).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Millie Small ranks 5. Before her are Grace Jones (1948), Max Romeo (1944), Jimmy Cliff (1948), and Liz Mitchell (1952). After her are Jacob Miller (1952), Cedella Booker (1926), Shaggy (1968), Bunny Wailer (1947), Burning Spear (1945), Carl Douglas (1942), and Gregory Isaacs (1951).

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