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Millie Small

Jamaican singer

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history of ska

In ska
…for “My Boy Lollipop” by Millie Small, a Jamaican singer based in London, and for hits by Prince Buster and by Desmond Dekker and the Aces. In the 1970s ska was a significant influence on British pop culture, and so-called groups (whose name derived from both the suits they wore…
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novelty song

In novelty song
disco, and hip-hop, respectively, with Millie Small’s “My Boy Lollipop” (1964), Rick Dees’s “Disco Duck” (1976), and the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” (1979). It is also true, however, that records that initially sound peculiar cease to as people learn their language. It is in this way—as an entry point—that novelty…
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