The Island Records founder - who was speaking from New York - told the publication he hadn't seen Millie, who died in England, in over a decade.Ĭhris discovered Millie's music early on and persuaded her father, an overseer on a sugar plantation in Jamaica, to allow him to become her manager and take her to England in late 1963 when she was old enough to travel by herself. "She was such a sweet person, really a sweet person.
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"I went with her around the world because each of the territories wanted her to turn up and do TV shows and such, and it was just incredible how she handled it. "It became a hit pretty much everywhere in the world.
He told the Jamaica Observer: "I would say she's the person who took ska international because it was her first hit record.
The 'My Boy Lollipop' hitmaker suffered a stroke, according to her friend and manager, Chris Blackwell, who also co-produced the 1964 hit, which became one of the top-selling ska songs of all time.Ĭhris paid a touching tribute to Millie, who he described as "a really sweet person", "very funny" and "really special".
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