Little Milton Album Guide and Bio

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James Milton Campbell Jr. (September 7, 1934 – August 4, 2005), better known as Little Milton, was an American blues singer and guitarist, best known for his number-one R&B single "We're Gonna Make It". His other hits include "Baby, I Love You", "Who's Cheating Who?", and "Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World)".  A native of the Mississippi Delta, Milton began his recording career in 1953 at Sun Records before relocating to St. Louis and co-founding Bobbin Records in 1958. It was not until Milton signed to Checker Records that he achieved success on the charts. Other labels Milton recorded for included Meteor, Stax, Glades, Golden Ear, MCA, and Malaco. Milton was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1988.

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00:00Little Milton, born James Milton Campbell Jr. in Inverness, Mississippi in 1934, was a soul,

00:12blues, and R&B singer and guitarist who enjoyed popularity during the 1960s.

00:20Little Milton made his first recordings in 1953 for Delta Records with Little Milton's Boogie

00:27and Boogie Woogie Woogie Baby.

00:33Milton would remain a minor figure in R&B until he scored a big soul hit in 1965 with We're Gonna Make It.

00:43The hit would appear on a full-length album of the same name in 1965,

00:48the first of several fine, full-length albums that Milton would record in the 1960s and early 1970s.

01:02In 1972, the fine album Grits Ain't Groceries was released.

01:09The album was a blend of soul and funk, which saw Milton moving away from the straight-ahead blues sound

01:24that he had become known for earlier in his career.

01:28The title track became a minor hit.

01:31Milton would consolidate his new, funky sound on his next release,

01:37If Walls Could Talk, from 1970.

01:41The album proved to be another gem, featuring fine tracks such as

01:46The Title Track and Your Precious Love,

01:50a cover of Guitar Slim's Things I Used to Do.

01:55Milton continued to record until the early 90s

02:00and recorded several more solid albums in the 70s and early 80s,

02:04such as

02:05Waiting for Little Milton

02:07from 1973,

02:10Blues and Soul from 1974,

02:14Friend of Mine from 1976,

02:17and Walk in the Back Streets from 1981.

02:21Milton died in 2005.

02:25There is a Star-Grow Nice House Cars.

02:26Thanks for showing that it's dead.

02:28You'd mentioned one

02:30brand of lost song.

02:31I'll do this to my rehearsal time to montrer

02:38how it–

02:38You'll see the xu feet Boom Liebe

02:42Alive—

02:44Oh, to say You'll see the pitched

02:47with Crown Item,

02:50what happens?

02:52It has been delivered as well.

02:53It's kind of a brew moi.

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