Questlove Supreme Podcast | Millie Jackson & Keisha Jackson (Part 1)

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0:00 - rollcall
2:01 - Questlove's introduction for Millie Jackson and Keisha Jackson
10:11 - Millie and Keisha Jackson's first musical memories
14:31 - Millie Jackson remembers meeting Richard Pryor and Miles Davis
17:01 - Millie Jackson recalls the support of her Spring Records label-mate Joe Simon and songwriting collaborator Billy Nichols
19:01 - Millie Jackson discusses her brief stint at MGM Records, before rebranding herself as an artist with profanity and adult-themed content at Spring Records
20:51 - Mille Jackson explains her writing and recording process, as it applies to her biggest hit "If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right"
22:51 - Millie Jackson argues that she unfairly competed against Aretha Franklin for a Grammy
24:21 - The time Millie Jackson confronted Aretha Franklin in a hallway of Queens Booking Agency
25:21 - Millie Jackson speaks about juggling her recording career with a dayjob
28:21 - Millie Jackson explains what genre she feels her music belongs in, and recalls working with Isaac Hayes
29:01 - Millie Jackson recalls being signed to Spring Records, and working with Roy and Jules Rifkind
31:11 - Mille Jackson reveals that she always managed herself and shares why she did it
37:31 - Millie and Keisha Jackson describe their time in New York and New Jersey. Keisha recalls selling items at her mother's concerts
40:16 - Millie Jackson speaks more about her dayjob, and when she quit
41:01 - Millie Jackson sings "A Child Of God (It's Hard To Believe)" and discusses the confusion surrounding one of her breakthrough songs
43:00 - Millie Jackson remembers her time at Jive Records and cutting songs in England
46:21 - Millie Jackson remembers her live album and recording "Give It Up"
49:35 - Millie Jackson's business acumen began long before her recording career
52:30 - QLS - Millie and Keisha Jackson Part 1 conclusion

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