George Jackson

There Is More Than One Artist With This Name Including 1 George Jackson Born George Henry Jackson On 12 March 1945 Died 14 April 2013 Was An American Blues Rhythm & Blues Rock And Soul Songwriter And Singer 2 George Jackson Is An American Old Time Musician Based In Nashville TN 3 George Jackson Was An American House Music Artist Active In The 2000s 4 George Jackson Was An American Doo-Wop Artist Active In The 1960s. 1 George Jackson Born George Henry Jackson In Indianola Mississippi On 12 March 1945 Died 14 April 2013 Was An American Blues Rhythm & Blues Rock And Soul Songwriter And Singer. His Prominence Was As A Prolific And Skilled Songwriter He Wrote Or Co-Wrote Many Hit Songs For Other Musicians Including "Down Home Blues " "One Bad Apple" "Old Time Rock And Roll" And "The Only Way Is Up". As A Southern Soul Singer He Recorded Fifteen Singles Between 1963 And 1985 With Some Success. Jackson Moved With His Family To Greenville At The Age Of Five. He Started Writing Songs While In His Teens And In 1963 Introduced Himself To Ike Turner. Turner Took Him To Cosimo Matassa's Studios In New Orleans To Record "Nobody Wants To Cha Cha With Me" For His Prann Label But It Was Not Successful. Jackson Then Traveled To Memphis To Promote His Songs But Was Rejected By Stax Before Helping To Form Vocal Group The Ovations With Louis Williams At Goldwax Records. Jackson Wrote And Sang On Their 1965 Hit "It's Wonderful To Be In Love" Which Reached No.61 On The Billboard Hot 100 And No.22 On The R&B Chart. He Also Wrote For Other Artists At Goldwax Including Spencer Wiggins And James Carr And Recorded With Dan Greer As The Duo George And Greer. After The Ovations Split Up In 1968 He Recorded Briefly For Hi Records And Also For Decca Using The Pseudonym Bart Jackson. As A Singer He Had A Versatile Tenor That Was Influenced By Sam Cooke And Released Many Records Over The Years For A Host Of Different Labels But His Recordings Never Made Him A Star. At The Suggestion Of Record Producer Billy Sherrill Jackson Moved To Rick Hall's FAME Studios At Muscle Shoals In The Late 1960s Alabama Where He Wrote For Leading Singers Including Clarence Carter - Whose "Too Weak To Fight" Reached No.13 On The Pop Chart And No.3 On The R&B Chart In 1968 - Wilson Pickett And Candi Staton. Some Of Jackson's Songs For Staton Including Her First Hit In 1969 "I'd Rather Be An Old Man’s Sweetheart Than A Young Man’s Fool " Are "widely Regarded As Examples Of Some Of The Finest Southern Soul Ever Recorded By A Female Artist With Lyrics That Were Full Of Meaning And Innuendo A Hallmark Of Jackson’s Best Work." Jackson Also Recorded For Fame Records And Had His First Chart Success As A Singer In 1970 With "That's How Much You Mean To Me" Which Reached No. 48 On The R&B Chart. The Osmonds Visited The FAME Studio In 1970 And Heard And Liked Jackson's Song "One Bad Apple" Which He Had Originally Written With The Jackson 5 In Mind. The Osmonds Recorded The Song And It Became The Group's First Hit Rising To The Top Of The Hot 100 In February 1971 It Also Reached No.6 On The R&B Chart. In 1972 He Briefly Rejoined The Hi Label And Had His Second And Last Solo Recording Success With "Aretha Sing One For Me" An Answer Song To Aretha Franklin's "Don't Play That Song" Jackson's Song Reached No.38 On The R&B Chart. He Then Released Several Singles For MGM Records While Continuing To Write For Other Artists. In The Early 1970s He Began Working As A Songwriter For The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio And With Thomas Jones III Wrote "Old Time Rock And Roll" Which Bob Seger Recorded In 1978 Seger's Version Reached No.28 On The Pop Chart. While With Muscle Shoals Sound He Also Wrote "Down Home Blues" Recorded By Z.Z. Hill Which Became A Theme Tune For Malaco Records In The 1980s "Unlock Your Mind" Recorded By The Staple Singers And A No.16 R&B Hit In 1978 And "The Only Way Is Up" Originally Recorded By Otis Clay In 1980. A Version Of "The Only Way Is Up" By Yazz & The Plastic Population Reached No.1 On The UK Singles Chart And No.2 On The Billboard Dance Chart In 1988. In 1983 Jackson Formed His Own Publishing Company Happy Hooker Music Before Joining Malaco Records As A Staff Songwriter. There He Wrote Hits For Johnnie Taylor Bobby Bland Latimore Denise LaSalle And Z.Z. Hill. He Recorded An Album Of His Own Songs Heart To Heart Collect In 1991 For Hep' Me Records. In 2011 A Compilation CD Of His FAME Recordings Don't Count Me Out Was Released. Jackson Died On April 14 2013 At His Home In Ridgeland Mississippi From Cancer At The Age Of 68. He Left A Son And Two Grandchildren.
Discography Albums 1991 Heart To Heart Collect
2002 George Jackson In Muscle Shoals
2006 What Would Your Mama Say
2009 In Memphis 1972-77
2010 All Because Of Your Love
2011 Don't Count Me Out The Fame Recordings Volume 1 2012 Let The Best Man Win The Fame Recordings Volume 2 2013 Old Friend The Fame Recordings Volume 3 2 George Jackson Is An American Old Time Musician Based In Nashville TN. He Released "Hair & Hide" In 2021 And "George Jackson's Local Trio" In 2023. 3 George Jackson Was An American House Music Artist Active In The 2000s. He Began His Career In House Music As The Label Manager For Steve “Silk” Hurley’s Record Label Silk Entertainment. Under Hurley’s Guidance Jackson Learned The Music Business From The Executive Side As Well As The Creative Side. While At Silk Entertainment Jackson Remixed Ann Nesby’s “Lovin’ Is Really My Game”. He Also Assisted Hurley On The Remix Of “Soul Shakedown” By Bob Marley Which Was Released On Koch Records Canada And Grammy Nominated In 2002. 4 George Jackson Was An American Doo-Wop Artist Active In The 1960s. While Also A Member Of The Plants Jackson Recorded A Few Singles For Lescay Double R And Mercury. read less