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1 Little Milton September 17 1934—August 4 2005 Was The Stage Name For Milton Campbell Jr. A Blues Vocalist And Guitarist Best Known His Hits "Grits Ain't Groceries" And "We're Going To Make It." Most Popular In The Sixties He Became One Of The Lesser Known Greats Of The Genre Combining Traditional Lyrical Structure With Smoother Production.
Milton Was Born James Milton Campbell Jr. In The Mississippi Delta Town Of Inverness And Raised In Greenville By A Farmer And Local Blues Musician. 2 By Age Twelve He Had Learned The Guitar And Was A Street Musician Chiefly Influenced By T-Bone Walker And His Blues And Rock And Roll Contemporaries. 2 In 1952 While Still A Teenager Playing In Local Bars He Caught The Attention Of Ike Turner Who Was At That Time A Talent Scout For Sam Phillips' Sun Records. He Signed A Contract With The Label And Recorded A Number Of Singles. None Of Them Broke Through Onto Radio Or Sold Well At Record Stores However And Milton Left The Sun Label By 1955. 2 After Trying Several Labels Without Notable Success Including Trumpet Records 3 Milton Set Up The St. Louis Based Bobbin Records Label Which Ultimately Scored A Distribution Deal With Leonard Chess' Chess Records. 2 As A Record Producer Milton Helped Bring Artists Such As Albert King And Fontella Bass To Fame While Experiencing His Own Success For The First Time. 2 After A Number Of Small Format And Regional Hits His 1962 Single "So Mean To Me " Broke Onto The Billboard R&B Chart Eventually Peaking At #14. Following A Short Break To Tour Managing Other Acts And Spending Time Recording New Material He Returned To Music In 1965 With A More Polished Sound Similar To That Of B.B. King. After The Ill-Received "Blind Man" R&B #86 He Released Back-To-Back Hit Singles. The First "We're Gonna Make It " A Blues-Infused Soul Song Topped The R&B Chart And Broke Through Onto Top 40 Radio A Format Then Dominated Largely By White Artists. He Followed The Song With #4 R&B Hit "Who's Cheating Who?" All Three Songs Were Featured On His Album We're Gonna Make It Released That Summer. Throughout The Late 1960s Milton Released A Number Of Moderately Successful Singles But Did Not Issue A Further Album Until 1969 With Grits Ain't Groceries Featuring His Hit Of The Same Name As Well As "Just A Little Bit" And "Baby I Love You". With The Death Of Leonard Chess The Same Year Milton's Distributor Checker Records Fell Into Disarray And Milton Joined The Stax Label Two Years Later. 2 Adding Complex Orchestration To His Works Milton Scored Hits With "That's What Love Will Make You Do" And "What It Is" From His Live Album What It Is Live At Montreux. He Appeared In The Documentary Film Wattstax Which Was Released In 1973. 4 Stax However Had Been Losing Money Since Late In The Previous Decade And Was Forced Into Bankruptcy In 1975. 2 After Leaving Stax Milton Struggled To Maintain A Career Moving First To Evidence Then The MCA Imprint Mobile Fidelity Records Before Finding A Home At The Independent Record Label Malaco Records Where He Remained For Much Of The Remainder Of His Career. 2 His Last Hit Single "Age Ain't Nothin' But A Number " Was Released In 1983 From The Album Of The Same Name. 2 In 1988 Little Milton Was Inducted Into The Blues Hall Of Fame And Won A W.C. Handy Award. 2 His Most Final Album Think Of Me Was Released In May 2005 On The Telarc Imprint And Included Writing And Guitar On Three Songs By Peter Shoulder Of The UK-Based Blues-Rock Trio Winterville. The Name 'Little Milton' Was Reused For Gerald Bostock The Fictional Boy Poet Central To Jethro Tull's 1972 Record Thick As A Brick. Milton Died On August 4 2005 From Complications Following A Stroke.
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1 Little Milton September 17 1934—August 4 2005 Was The Stage Name For Milton Campbell Jr. A Blues Vocalist And Guitarist Best Known His Hits "Grits Ain't Groceries" And "We're Going To Make It." Most Popular In The Sixties He Became One Of The Lesser Known Greats Of The Genre Combining Traditional Lyrical Structure With Smoother Production.
Milton Was Born James Milton Campbell Jr. In The Mississippi Delta Town Of Inverness And Raised In Greenville By A Farmer And Local Blues Musician. 2 By Age Twelve He Had Learned The Guitar And Was A Street Musician Chiefly Influenced By T-Bone Walker And His Blues And Rock And Roll Contemporaries. 2 In 1952 While Still A Teenager Playing In Local Bars He Caught The Attention Of Ike Turner Who Was At That Time A Talent Scout For Sam Phillips' Sun Records. He Signed A Contract With The Label And Recorded A Number Of Singles. None Of Them Broke Through Onto Radio Or Sold Well At Record Stores However And Milton Left The Sun Label By 1955. 2 After Trying Several Labels Without Notable Success Including Trumpet Records 3 Milton Set Up The St. Louis Based Bobbin Records Label Which Ultimately Scored A Distribution Deal With Leonard Chess' Chess Records. 2 As A Record Producer Milton Helped Bring Artists Such As Albert King And Fontella Bass To Fame While Experiencing His Own Success For The First Time. 2 After A Number Of Small Format And Regional Hits His 1962 Single "So Mean To Me " Broke Onto The Billboard R&B Chart Eventually Peaking At #14. Following A Short Break To Tour Managing Other Acts And Spending Time Recording New Material He Returned To Music In 1965 With A More Polished Sound Similar To That Of B.B. King. After The Ill-Received "Blind Man" R&B #86 He Released Back-To-Back Hit Singles. The First "We're Gonna Make It " A Blues-Infused Soul Song Topped The R&B Chart And Broke Through Onto Top 40 Radio A Format Then Dominated Largely By White Artists. He Followed The Song With #4 R&B Hit "Who's Cheating Who?" All Three Songs Were Featured On His Album We're Gonna Make It Released That Summer. Throughout The Late 1960s Milton Released A Number Of Moderately Successful Singles But Did Not Issue A Further Album Until 1969 With Grits Ain't Groceries Featuring His Hit Of The Same Name As Well As "Just A Little Bit" And "Baby I Love You". With The Death Of Leonard Chess The Same Year Milton's Distributor Checker Records Fell Into Disarray And Milton Joined The Stax Label Two Years Later. 2 Adding Complex Orchestration To His Works Milton Scored Hits With "That's What Love Will Make You Do" And "What It Is" From His Live Album What It Is Live At Montreux. He Appeared In The Documentary Film Wattstax Which Was Released In 1973. 4 Stax However Had Been Losing Money Since Late In The Previous Decade And Was Forced Into Bankruptcy In 1975. 2 After Leaving Stax Milton Struggled To Maintain A Career Moving First To Evidence Then The MCA Imprint Mobile Fidelity Records Before Finding A Home At The Independent Record Label Malaco Records Where He Remained For Much Of The Remainder Of His Career. 2 His Last Hit Single "Age Ain't Nothin' But A Number " Was Released In 1983 From The Album Of The Same Name. 2 In 1988 Little Milton Was Inducted Into The Blues Hall Of Fame And Won A W.C. Handy Award. 2 His Most Final Album Think Of Me Was Released In May 2005 On The Telarc Imprint And Included Writing And Guitar On Three Songs By Peter Shoulder Of The UK-Based Blues-Rock Trio Winterville. The Name 'Little Milton' Was Reused For Gerald Bostock The Fictional Boy Poet Central To Jethro Tull's 1972 Record Thick As A Brick. Milton Died On August 4 2005 From Complications Following A Stroke. read less
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Milton Was Born James Milton Campbell Jr. In The Mississippi Delta Town Of Inverness And Raised In Greenville By A Farmer And Local Blues Musician. 2 By Age Twelve He Had Learned The Guitar And Was A Street Musician Chiefly Influenced By T-Bone Walker And His Blues And Rock And Roll Contemporaries. 2 In 1952 While Still A Teenager Playing In Local Bars He Caught The Attention Of Ike Turner Who Was At That Time A Talent Scout For Sam Phillips' Sun Records. He Signed A Contract With The Label And Recorded A Number Of Singles. None Of Them Broke Through Onto Radio Or Sold Well At Record Stores However And Milton Left The Sun Label By 1955. 2 After Trying Several Labels Without Notable Success Including Trumpet Records 3 Milton Set Up The St. Louis Based Bobbin Records Label Which Ultimately Scored A Distribution Deal With Leonard Chess' Chess Records. 2 As A Record Producer Milton Helped Bring Artists Such As Albert King And Fontella Bass To Fame While Experiencing His Own Success For The First Time. 2 After A Number Of Small Format And Regional Hits His 1962 Single "So Mean To Me " Broke Onto The Billboard R&B Chart Eventually Peaking At #14. Following A Short Break To Tour Managing Other Acts And Spending Time Recording New Material He Returned To Music In 1965 With A More Polished Sound Similar To That Of B.B. King. After The Ill-Received "Blind Man" R&B #86 He Released Back-To-Back Hit Singles. The First "We're Gonna Make It " A Blues-Infused Soul Song Topped The R&B Chart And Broke Through Onto Top 40 Radio A Format Then Dominated Largely By White Artists. He Followed The Song With #4 R&B Hit "Who's Cheating Who?" All Three Songs Were Featured On His Album We're Gonna Make It Released That Summer. Throughout The Late 1960s Milton Released A Number Of Moderately Successful Singles But Did Not Issue A Further Album Until 1969 With Grits Ain't Groceries Featuring His Hit Of The Same Name As Well As "Just A Little Bit" And "Baby I Love You". With The Death Of Leonard Chess The Same Year Milton's Distributor Checker Records Fell Into Disarray And Milton Joined The Stax Label Two Years Later. 2 Adding Complex Orchestration To His Works Milton Scored Hits With "That's What Love Will Make You Do" And "What It Is" From His Live Album What It Is Live At Montreux. He Appeared In The Documentary Film Wattstax Which Was Released In 1973. 4 Stax However Had Been Losing Money Since Late In The Previous Decade And Was Forced Into Bankruptcy In 1975. 2 After Leaving Stax Milton Struggled To Maintain A Career Moving First To Evidence Then The MCA Imprint Mobile Fidelity Records Before Finding A Home At The Independent Record Label Malaco Records Where He Remained For Much Of The Remainder Of His Career. 2 His Last Hit Single "Age Ain't Nothin' But A Number " Was Released In 1983 From The Album Of The Same Name. 2 In 1988 Little Milton Was Inducted Into The Blues Hall Of Fame And Won A W.C. Handy Award. 2 His Most Final Album Think Of Me Was Released In May 2005 On The Telarc Imprint And Included Writing And Guitar On Three Songs By Peter Shoulder Of The UK-Based Blues-Rock Trio Winterville. The Name 'Little Milton' Was Reused For Gerald Bostock The Fictional Boy Poet Central To Jethro Tull's 1972 Record Thick As A Brick. Milton Died On August 4 2005 From Complications Following A Stroke. read less
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