Millie Small - "Oh Henry" (1964)

Please excuse the mispelled word at beginning of video.It should be, "Millie" not "Minnie" Thank God for the spelling detectives out there...

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents. As owner of the Ford Motor Company he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He is credited with "Fordism", that is, the mass production of large numbers of inexpensive automobiles using the assembly line, coupled with high wages for his workers. Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace. Ford did not believe in accountants; he amassed one of the world's largest fortunes without ever having his company audited under his administration. Henry Ford's intense commitment to lowering costs resulted in many technical and business innovations, including a franchise system that put a dealership in every city in North America, and in major cities on six continents. Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation but arranged for his family to control the company permanently.

Henry Ford, c. 1919
Born July 30, 1863(1863-07-30)
Greenfield Township, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Died April 7, 1947 (aged 83)
Fair Lane, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation Business, Engineering
Net worth ▲$188.1 billion, based on information from Forbes February 2008.
Religion Protestant Episcopal
Spouse(s) Clara Jane Bryant
Children Edsel Ford
Parents William Ford and Mary Ford

Millie (born Millicent Small, 6 October 1946, Clarendon, Jamaica was often known as "Little Millie Small", and in the United States as "Millie Small", and is best known as the singer of the 1964 hit, "My Boy Lollipop".

Millie is the daughter of a sugar plantation overseer.[1] In her teens, she and Roy Panton recorded for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One record label as 'Roy and Millie.'[1] They had a minor local hit with "We'll Meet".

In late 1963 she went to Forest Hill, London to make her fourth recording, an Ernest Ranglin rearrangement of "My Boy Lollipop", which had seen original release by Barbie Gaye in late 1956. Released in March 1964, Small's cover was a massive hit, reaching number two both in the UK Singles Chart and in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also topped the chart in Australia. Initially it sold over 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[3] Including singles sales, album usage and compilation inclusions, the song has since sold more than seven million copies worldwide.

"My Boy Lollipop" was doubly significant in British pop music history. It was the first major hit for Island Records (although it was actually released via Fontana Records because Chris Blackwell, Island's owner, did not want to overextend the label's then-meagre resources; in the U.S. the record appeared on the Smash Records subsidiary of Mercury Records), and Small was the first artist to have a hit that was recorded in the bluebeat style. (She was billed as 'The Blue Beat Girl' on the single's label in the U.S.)This was a music genre that had recently emerged from Jamaica, and which, as with ska, was a direct ancestor of reggae.
Millie continued to tour and perform up to the early 1970s.

Birth name Millicent Dolly May Small
Also known as Millie Small
Born 6 October 1946 (1946-10-06) (age 63)
Origin Clarendon, Jamaica
Genres Blue beat, ska, reggae
Occupations Singer, songwriter
Years active 1963 - 1972
Labels Fontana, Trojan

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[sandykress156]

great clip .. keep it up thanks

[undergroundpredator]

I'm only guessing all of these pics are of Henry Ford.....lol

[prettyprincess1997]

aww i saw here and her dog henry on a old swing tv, he was cute ;)

[allaboard70]

Very nice cars! I really like this video :) Cool song.

[hrpman]

It's Milly Small, isn't it, Joe! Not Minnie ...

[bze2nlz1]

Never heard this one, but that voice is unmistakeable! Good vid!

[431516020205]

love these oldies!! thanks joe!!!

[anitashelby]

What A Cute Song!!! Never heard this one before! Always a Great vid to match!!!...5*s Thankyou Joe....Anita..

[somersetgal1]

Nice and bouncy Joe.. Thanks

[LousFool]

Is Minnie Small REALLY someone's name? How odd.