James Milton Campbell (1934 - 2005)

Born 7 Sep 1934 in Inverness, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States

Died 4 Aug 2005 at age 70 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

James Campbell is Notable.

James Milton Campbell Jr., 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".

James was born in 1934 in Inverness, Mississippi, the son of Pearlie Tarden and "Big Milton," a farmer and guitar player in local juke joints. Little Milton was raised in Greenville, Mississippi.

In 1953, he began to appear live on the radio in Greenville in a musical lineup that often included acts such as Delta Rhythm, Charlie Booker, Southern Sons, and Little Milton. ^[1]

He died in 2005.

Sources

1. ↑ "Greenville Radio - TV Log," The Delta Democrat-Times, 16 Nov 1953, p.5, col. 1. Web (newspapers.com, accessed 11 Jan 2023). link to clipping.

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q153802, en:Wikipedia
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKLD-N7FY : accessed 10 January 2023), Milton Campbell, Michigan, United States, 05 Aug 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Grand Rapids Press, The, born-digital text.
• All About Blues bio of Little Milton

• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQS-FTHT : 10 February 2023), Milton Campbell in entry for James Milton Campbell, .