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My Boy Lollipop

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history of ska

In ska
…and is remembered 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…
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In Island Records: Chris Blackwell’s Rock and Reggae Circus
…including his production of “My Boy Lollipop” by Millie Small, which became the first international hit with the distinctive back-to-front beat of Jamaican ska music, and a string of hits by the Spencer Davis Group, the Birmingham band whose teenage organ player, Stevie Winwood, had one of the most…
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