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Jamaica’s first singing superstar, Desmond Dekker notched up a series of international hit singles between 1967 and 1975, bringing him celebrity status long before Bob Marley’s rise to pre-eminence.

Sadly, personal problems resulted in a spell in the musical wilderness, but by the late seventies renewed interest in his...

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Best Of Millie Now On Sale

Best Of Millie Now On SaleThe long-awaited 'Best of Millie/My Boy Lollipop' CD is finally in the shops, with copies currently available from all good music stockists, including Amazon UK and Play.Com.

As previous announced, the 20 track collection features many of the singer’s most sought after material from her spell with Island and Fontana Records, from 1963 to 1968.

The majority of the recordings make their official CD debut and have been unavailable on any format for over thirty years, with highlights including her UK chart hits, ‘My Boy Lollipop’, ‘Sweet William’ and ‘Bloodshot Eyes‘. Also of note are a wonderful version of ‘Hey Boy – Hey Girl’ on which she is accompanied by a youthful Jimmy Cliff, some sublime recordings featuring Jamaican Jazz legend, Ernest Ranglin, and the previously unissued original backing track to the singer’s signature tune, replete with the original (unused) harmonica break, performed by British R&B hero, Jimmy Powell.

1. My Boy Lollipop
2. Tom Hark
3. Sweet William
4. Chilly Kisses
5. Ooh Ooh (aka Ooo-Ooo) – Jackie & Millie
6. Wings Of A Dove
7. Killer Joe
8. Be My Guest
9. Since I Met You Baby – Jackie & Millie
10. Don‘t You Know
11. My Street
12. You Better Forget
13. Pledging My Love – Jackie & Millie
14. Bloodshot Eyes
15. Sugar Dandy
16. What Am I Living For
17. Hey Boy, Hey Girl – Millie & Jimmy Cliff
18. I’m Blue – Spencer Davis Group, featuring Millie
19. Oh Henry
20. My Boy Lollipop (instrumental) – Ernest Ranglin & the Five Dimensions.

Once again, our thanks goes out to all the following who have so far kindly supplied material for the set: Charles LaRocco @ lotsofrecords, Kevin and Stephen Nye, Chris Wheal, Paloma & Pedro García (Cool Club DJs), John Paley, John Vaccaro of on-line Ska Fanzine, ‘Hoi Polloi’ (HPSKA.COM), Ulrich Stark, Peter Roth of http://www.radiojamaica.de and the excellent Jamaican music website skaville.de, Max Grogen, Tony Rounce and Record Collector’s Ian Shiirley.

Meanwhile, the release date scheduled for ’Ska Madness‘ has been set for January 25th, although copies can also be pre-ordered now via Amazon UK and Play.Com for under £4.00.




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