Happy 65th birthday today to the chirpiest of early reggae/ska singers, Miss Millie Small!
One wonders if the seventeen-year-old Millie realised quite how suggestive this song was when she recorded it...
Millie on Wikipedia
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It's simply amazing how so many of our cherished stars are becoming pensioners of late. J-Jx
ReplyDeleteLoved the edgier ska in the black and white version, compared to the more slicker studio backing
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I never thought I'd hear "My Boy Lollipop" described as "edgy" :-)
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Hehehe - well, in a way it was. I remember hearing it when I was just a kid, thinking "my god, what a dirty song!".
ReplyDeleteI like this song but can't hear it now without thinking of Miss Ross who does a version of it (after a fashion).
ReplyDeleteTopping & Butch used to do a great old song, from the 20's I think - about having the right key but working on the wrong keyhole - about the joys of anal sex - they got away with so much then with a little imagination.
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Ma Rainey (I believe) originated that song (see my first blog about The Vinyl Closet - they covered that era in great detail). Needless to say, George Melly was a fan.
ReplyDeleteMichael Topping (as we discovered when we went to see him in a one-to-one interview on stage for Gay History Month a couple of years ago) is a great admirer of both... Jx