Li’l Millet & His Creoles
Li’l Millet & His Creoles
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About Li’l Millet & His Creoles
Li'l Millet & the Creoles were an American rock'n'roll group. Millet (b. McKinley "Mac" Millet, 1935, New Orleans, Louisiana) was a founding member of The Hawketts in 1952 or 1953, but he left this group before they had a chance to record. He then formed Li'l Millet and the Creoles, who were heard by Bumps Blackwell at a club in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Blackwell gave them a contract with Specialty Records and also signed the group's trombone player, Edgar "Big Boy" Myles (formerly of the Sha-Weez) as a singer in his own right. A session at Cosimo's J&M Studios on September, 1955, with Edgar Myles (vocals, trombone), McKinley "Li'l" Millet (vocals, bass), Lee Allen (tenor sax), Ernest Mare (guitar), Bartholomew Smith (drums), James Victor Lewis (tenor sax) and Warren Myles (piano), the brother of "Big Boy" Myles, yielded four tracks under the supervision of Bumps Blackwell. It resulted in two singles, both of which were released in November 1955. "Who's Been Fooling You" / "That Girl I Married" was credited to Big Boy Myles and the Sha-Weez (Specialty 564) and "Rich Woman"/"Hopeless Love" was issued as by Li'l Millet & His Creoles (Specialty 565). "Rich Woman" was co-written by Millet and Dorothy LaBostrie, of "Tutti Frutti" fame, and was later recorded by Canned Heat and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. With Bumps Blackwell, Millet also co-wrote Little Richard's rock 'n' roll anthem "All Around the World". Little was heard of Millet after 1956, though he was apparently still performing on occasion in New Orleans as late as the 1980s.
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