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Millie Jackson



Genres: R&B / Soul
Decades Active: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Biography

15 July 1944, Thompson, Georgia, USA. A former model, Millie Jackson's controversial singing career began professionally in 1964 at a club in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. Her first recordings followed in 1970; over the next three years she made several excellent, if traditional, soul singles, which included two US R&B Top 10 entries, with "Ask Me What You Want" and "My Man, A Sweet Man". "Hurts So Good", a song from a pseudo-feminist "blaxploitation" movie, Cleopatra Jones, was Jackson's biggest hit to date, reaching US number 24, but her subsequent direction was more fully shaped in 1974 with the release of Caught Up. With backing from the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, the tracks included a fiery interpretation of "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right'. The accompaniment intensified the sexual element in her work as Millie embraced either the pose of adulteress or of wronged wife. A further collection, Still Caught Up, continued the saga, but...

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Totally Unrestricted! The Millie Jackson Anthology (2-CD) Boxart

Caught Up / Still Caught Up Boxart

21 Of The Best Boxart
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Very Best of Millie Jackson Boxart

Live & Uncensored (2-CD) Boxart
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Get It Out 'Cha System Boxart

I Got to Try It One Time Boxart

Royal Rappin's Boxart
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