Millie Jackson

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Millie Jackson is an African-American R&B singer. Her powerful vocal performances are also distinguished by long, humorous, and explicit spoken sections in her music; her work from the 1970s and 80s, is often cited as an influence on female rappers.

Millie Jackson was born in the small town of Thompson, Georgia, on 15 July 1944; she was the daughter of a sharecropper. Her mother died while Jackson was still a child, and subsequently she and her father moved to Newark, New Jersey. By the time she was in her mid-teens, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, and lived with an aunt. She occasionally worked as a model for magazines like Jive and Sepia.

Her career is said to have begun on a dare to enter a 1964 Harlem nightclub talent contest, which she soundly won.

Though she first recorded for MGM records, she soon left and began her long association with Spring records. Among her early hits was Hurts So Good which was featured in the blaxploitation film Cleopatra Jones.

She is a former Grammy Award nominee for If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Want to Be Right) from the album Caught Up. On that album, the follow-up Still Caught Up, and others, she was backed by the renowned Muscle Shoals rhythm section. Her voice is frequently compared to Gladys Knight’s.

Jackson wrote and starred in the touring play “Young Man, Older Woman,” based on her album of the same title.

Jackson now runs her own record label, Weird Wreckuds. For the past several years Jackson has had her own radio show in Dallas, Texas. Broadcasting via remote from her home in Atlanta, Jackson can be found working in afternoon drive time from 3-6 pm on KKDA 730 AM.

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chilled-out-777 wrote:
September 2009

One of the very best 70's singers but yet so underrated.

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thepoetlucy wrote:
July 2009

She's awesome.

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LarkCGN wrote:
July 2009

Amazing voice, one of my absolute favourite soul singers of all time...

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VincentVanGogh wrote:
July 2009

@Sirwaz: the last.fm listening demographic is unfortunately heavily skewed aware from Millie's genre of music. e.g. when you look at say "funk" and RHCP have 110M plays and Prince has 10M, you know something's odd. <br> Millie Jackson is awesome.

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discotequedude wrote:
April 2009

There is not a Millie album I have heard that I do not like. She is an excellent singer-songwriter. "Not For Church Folk!" marks the return of the more unrestricted side of her songs.

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trueiopian wrote:
April 2009

<3

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BALALEMBERT wrote:
April 2009

really a tender-hearted woman as we hope to meet

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Sirwaz wrote:
March 2009

Only 115k plays for someone as phenomenally great as Millie J?? That's just wrong :)

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daniel_martman wrote:
February 2009

Phuuuuck you nanana phuck you phuck you phuck you (8)

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Deckard_1979 wrote:
February 2009

Caught Up, undoubtedly Millie's best record. Blew me away first time I heard it, and still listen to it years on.

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dv8guyboston wrote:
January 2009

Been loving Millie for 30 plus years!

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brasmeta01 wrote:
December 2008

Take a trip to the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s! Go now: http://www.youtube.com/brasmeta01 http://brasmeta01.blogspot.com http://www.lastfm.com.br/user/brasmeta01 http://www.lastfm.com.br/user/brasmeta01/personal http://www.imeem.com/brasmeta01 http://www.youtube.com/playtv10 My MP3 Shared Virtual Disk on 4shared Site: http://www.4shared.com/dir/10428534/42b27ca7/sharing.html Jr. and sons

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blackambition wrote:
November 2008

Put something down on it! <3

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TheDazman wrote:
August 2008

Thats a very good song, my name is Millie aswell, from Millie

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foxyluva wrote:
July 2008

I've always preferred "Still Caught Up" to "Caught Up"

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rubycrush wrote:
July 2008

Divine. I'd like to think I'm 1/4 as phenomenal as she :)

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Jochibara wrote:
June 2008

"Caught Up" is one of the better records I´ve ever heard

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mixedbill wrote:
June 2008

Caught Up for sure!

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afterlife_party wrote:
May 2008

What a great artist. One of the best soul-wise. What's the best album?

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Sillyneilly05 wrote:
April 2008

Sweet P Pauline!!! yes!!!!!!!!!!

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