Millie Jackson: An Interview
Carl Wiser, Songfacts, May 2010
"LET WHITE FOLKS cross over to me..." An R&B star with a stunning voice, Millie Jackson was close to breaking into the mainstream like her nemesis Tina Turner, but it's probably best that she didn't. Flying just under the radar keeps her out of trouble, like when the PMRC somehow missed her.
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