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Millie Jackson is tagged as: soul, funk, female vocalists, rhythm and blues, rnb

Millie Jackson is an African-American R&B/Soul singer-songwriter and actress whose music has also explored Disco, Hip-Hop, Pop, Rock and even Country. Her powerful vocal performances are also distinguished by long, humorous, and explicit spoken sections in her music; her work from the 1970s and 1980s, is often cited as an influence on female rappers. She is the mother of Contemporary R&B singer, Keisha Jackson.
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. During the 1970’s, she travelled the Southern club circuit along with other bands like The Mighty Majors. She is a former Grammy Award n...
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Top 10 Millie Jackson Songs
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right
It Hurts So Good
I Cry
The Rap
All The Way Lover
My Man, A Sweet Man
Love Is A Dangerous Game
Summer (The First Time)
It's All Over But The Shouting
Hot! Wild! Unrestricted! Crazy Love
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Top 10 Millie Jackson Albums
Caught Up
It Hurts So Good
The Very Best Of Millie Jackson
Millie Jackson
Live & Unsensored
Caught Up/Still Caught Up
Still Caught Up
Feelin' Bitchy
21 Of The Best 1971-83
Rock N Soul
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