Millie Jackson

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Millie Jackson (* 15. July 1944 as Mildred Jackson in Thomson , Georgia ) is an American R & B - singer and songwriter , which celebrated its greatest success in the 1970s. By 1988, "one of the best soul singers ever" ( Sounds ) had 39 hits in the American R&B charts. Her most successful albums include Caught Up (1974), Feelin 'Bitchy (1977) and Get It Out'cha System (1978), each of which has been sold over 500,000 times in the United States and has been awarded gold.

Career

After the early death of her mother, Jackson moved to Newark with her father , and as a teenager she lived with her aunt in Brooklyn . At first she worked as a photo model. In 1969 she got her first record deal with MGM Records , but the only single for the label, Little Bit of Something , was unsuccessful. She then moved to Spring Records, a small division label of Polydor , and in 1971 she placed her first single in the US R&B charts with A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe) , the highest rating was 22nd in 1972 followed with Ask Me What You Want and My Man, a Sweet Man , two singles in the R&B top ten. Jackson stated in interviews that her voice was pitched higher on the recordings of her early years .

In 1973 Jackson celebrated their most successful single with Hurts so Good , the title not only reached number 3 on the R&B charts, but also number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song also appeared on the soundtrack of the blaxploitation - feature film A Cleopatra Jones , who by JJ Johnson was composed and in addition to Jackson and Joe Simon , her male counterpart at Spring Records, presented.

In 1974, Jackson received a Grammy nomination for (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right for the only time in her career . This was followed by R&B hits such as Leftovers (1975), Bad Risk (1976) and If You're Not Back in Love by Monday (1977), which Jackson also made the US pop charts for the last time. 1979 she took with Isaac Hayes the album Royal Rappin’s on. Until the mid-1980s Jackson more singles on the R & B charts was able to place, including cover versions of songs by artists as diverse as Merle Haggard and Boney M . In 1986 she signed with Jive Records and with Hot! Wild! Unrestricted! Crazy Love (1986, 9th place) and Love Is a Dangerous Game (1987, 6th place) other singles in the R&B charts. She last placed there in 1988 with Something You Can Feel .

Jackson has not had any major sales successes since the late 1980s, but she is still in conversation because of her album cover motifs. The cover picture of Back to the Shit was selected as one of the worst album covers of all time by The Guardian , among others . In 1986 Jackson released a cover version of the song I Feel for You, written by Prince , on her album An Imitation of Love .

Since the mid-2000s, Jackson works as a presenter of a weekday afternoon show at the radio station KKDA AM in Dallas . In 2015 she was inducted into the R&B Hall of Fame.

Private

Millie Jackson is the mother of the singer Keisha Jackson (* 1965) and also has a son. She was married once. The marriage lasted only eight months.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US R&B R&B
1972 Millie Jackson - US166 (11 weeks)
US 		-
First published: September 1972
Producer: Raeford Gerald
1973 It hurts so good - US175 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B13 (14 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1973
Producers: Raeford Gerald, Brad Shapiro
1974 Caught Up - US21st
gold
gold

(21 weeks)US 		R&B4 (16 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1974
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
1975 Still Caught Up - US112 (16 weeks)
US 		R&B27 (15 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1975
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
1976 Free and in love - - R&B17 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: April 1976
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
1977 Lovingly Yours - US175 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B44 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 1977
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
Feelin 'bitchy - US34
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US 		R&B4 (38 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1977
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
1978 Get It Out'cha system - US55
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US 		R&B14 (19 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1978
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
1979 A moment's pleasure - US144 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B47 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: April 1979
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
Royal Rappin's - US80 (19 weeks)
US 		R&B17 (24 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1979
with Isaac Hayes
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
1980 For men only - US100 (10 weeks)
US 		R&B23 (15 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1980
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
1981 I had to say it - US137 (4 weeks)
US 		R&B25 (23 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 1980
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
Just a Lil 'Bit Country - - R&B43 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1981
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
1982 Hard Times - - R&B29 (16 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1982
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
1983 ESP (Extra Sexual Persuasion) UK59 (5 weeks)
UK 		- R&B40 (18 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1983
Producers: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
1986 An imitation of love - US119 (17 weeks)
US 		R&B16 (32 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1986
Producers: Timmy Allen, Bryan Chuck New,
Larry Smith, Jolyon Skinner, Wayne Brathwaite, Jonathan Butler
1989 Back to the S..t! - - R&B79 (12 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1989
Producer: Millie Jackson

More studio albums

  • 1973: Cleopatra Jones (with Joe Simon and JJ Johnson ; soundtrack for A Case for Cleopatra Jones )
  • 1974: I Got to Try It One Time
  • 1988: The Tide Is Turning
  • 1991: Young Man, Older Woman
  • 1993: Young Man, Older Woman: Cast Album
  • 1994: Rock 'n' Soul
  • 1995: It's Over! ?
  • 1997: The Sequel: It Ain't Over
  • 2001: Not for Church Folk!

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US R&B R&B
1979 Live and uncensored UK81 (2 weeks)
UK 		US94 (18 weeks)
US 		R&B22 (27 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 1979
Recording: The Roxy , Los Angeles
Chart entry in UK in April 1985
1982 Live and Outrageous (Rated XXX) - US113 (13 weeks)
US 		R&B11 (22 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 1982
Recording: Mr. Vees Figure 8, Atlanta

More live albums

  • 1976: Live in Tokyo

Compilations

  • 1976: The Best of Millie Jackson
  • 1985: By Popular Demand Millie Jackson's Greatest Hits
  • 1994: The Very Best of Millie Jackson
  • 1994: 21 of the Best (1971-1983)
  • 1997: Anthology Totally Unrestricted! (2 CDs)
  • 1999: Between the Sheets
  • 2004: Don't Walk Away
  • 2008: Millie Jackson's Soul for the Dancefloor
  • 2013: The Moods of Millie Jackson: Her Best Ballads
  • 2014: On the Soul Country Side

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks [↑]: treated together with the previous entry;
[←]: placed in both charts
UK UK US US R&B R&B
1971 A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe)
Millie Jackson 		- - R&B22 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1971
Authors: Don French, Millie Jackson
1972 Ask Me What You Want
Millie Jackson 		- US27 (14 weeks)
US 		R&B4 (15 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 1972
Authors: Billy Nichols, Millie Jackson
My Man, a Sweet Man
Millie Jackson 		UK50 (1 week)
UK 		US42 (10 weeks)
US 		R&B7 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1972
Author: Raeford Gerald
I Miss You Baby
Millie Jackson 		- US95 (4 weeks)
US 		R&B22 (10 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1972
Author: Raeford Gerald
1973 Breakaway
It Hurts So Good 		- - R&B16 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 1973
Author: Raeford Gerald
Hurts so good
It hurts so good 		- US24 (12 weeks)
US 		R&B3 (18 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1973
Author: Phillip Mitchell
1974 I Got to Try It One Time
I Got to Try It One Time 		- - R&B21 (14 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 1974
Authors: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson
How Do You Feel the Morning After
I Got to Try It One Time 		- US77 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B11 (14 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1974
Authors: Luther Lynch, Raeford Gerald
1975 If Loving You Is Wrong Don't Want to Be Right
Caught Up 		- US42 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B42 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 1974
Authors: Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
The Rap
Caught Up 		- -[R&B: ↑]
B-side of If Loving You Is Wrong Don't Want to Be Right
Author: Millie Jackson
I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You
Caught Up 		- - R&B58 (4 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1975
Author: Bobby Womack
Leftovers
Still Caught Up 		- US87 (2 weeks)
US 		R&B17 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1975
Author: Philip Mitchell
Loving Arms
Still Caught Up 		- - R&B45 (1 week)
R&B
B-side of Leftovers
Author: Tom Jans
Original: Dobie Gray , 1973
1976 Bad Risk / There You Are
Free and in Love 		- - R&B24 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1976
Authors: Billy Clements / King Sterling, Millie Jackson
Feel Like Making Love
Free and in Love 		- - R&B71 (4 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1976
Authors: Mick Ralphs , Paul Rodgers
Original: Bad Company , 1975
1977 I Can't Say Goodbye
Lovingly Yours 		- - R&B40 (12 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 1977
Authors: Allen Williams, Billy Nichols
A Love of Your Own
Lovingly Yours 		- - R&B87 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1977
Authors: Hamish Stuart , Ned Doheny
If You're Not Back in Love by Monday
Feelin 'Bitchy 		- US43 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B5 (23 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1977
Authors: Glenn Martin, Sonny Throckmorton
1978 All the Way Lover
Feelin 'Bitchy 		- - R&B12 (15 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 1978
Author and original: Benny Latimore , 1976
Sweet Music Man
Get It Out'cha System 		- - R&B33 (10 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1978
Author: Kenny Rogers
Original: Anne Murray , 1976
Keep the Home Fire Burnin '
Get It Out'cha System 		- - R&B83 (4 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 1978
Author: Benny Latimore, Steve Alaimo
Original: Latimore , 1975
1979 Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night
A Moment's Pleasure 		- - R&B33 (12 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 1979
Authors: Keith Forsey , Mats Bjorklund
Original: Boney M. , 1978
A Moment's Pleasure
A Moment's Pleasure 		- - R&B70 (4 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1979
Author: George Jackson
We Got to Hit It Off
A Moment's Pleasure 		- - R&B56 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1979
Author and original: Benny Latimore , 1978
Do You Wanna Make Love
Royal Rappin’s 		- - R&B30 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1979
with Isaac Hayes
Author and original: Peter McCann, 1977
1980 Didn't I Blow Your Mind
 - - R&B49 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 1980
Authors: Thom Bell , Wilbert Hart
Original: The Delfonics , 1969
You Never Cross My Mind
Royal Rappin’s 		- - R&B78 (4 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 1980
with Isaac Hayes
Authors: Curly Putman, Deborah Allen , Rafe van Hoy
Original: Louise Mandrell, 1978
Despair
For Men Only 		- - R&B61 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1980
Authors: Brad Shapiro, Millie Jackson, Randy McCormick
This Is It
For Men Only 		- - R&B88 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1980
Authors: Kenny Loggins , Michael McDonald
Original: Kenny Loggins, 1979
1981 I Can't Stop Loving You
Just a Lil 'Bit Country 		- - R&B62 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1981
Author and original: Don Gibson , 1957
1982 Special Occasion
Hard Times 		- - R&B51 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1982
Original: Dorothy Moore , 1978
1983 I Feel Like Walking in the Rain
E. SP (Extra Sexual Persuasion) 		UK55 (4 weeks)
UK 		- R&B58 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1983
Authors: A. Graham, Wayne Perkins
1986 Hot! Wild! Unrestricted! Crazy Love
An Imitation of Love 		UK99 (1 week)
UK 		- R&B9 (16 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1986
Authors: Timmy Allen, Millie Jackson
1987 Love Is a Dangerous Game
An Imitation of Love 		UK81 (3 weeks)
UK 		- R&B6 (16 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 1987
Authors: Jolyon Skinner, Jonathan Butler,
Leslie Sebastian Charles , Wayne Brathwaite
An Imitation of Love
An Imitation of Love 		- - R&B58 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: April 1987
Authors: Jolyon Skinner, Jonathan Butler, Millie Jackson
It's a Thang
An Imitation of Love 		- - R&B79 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1987
Authors: Larry Smith, Millie Jackson
Be Yourself
Open Sesame 		- - R&B20 (11 weeks)
R&B
First release: September 1987
Whodini feat. Millie Jackson
Authors: Jalil Hutchins, Kirth Atkins
1988 Something You Can Feel
The Tide Is Turning 		- - R&B45 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1988
Authors: Eddie Levert , Gerald Levert , Marc Gordon

Other chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE CH CH UK UK
1985 Act of War
Ice on Fire 		DE39 (7 weeks)
DE 		CH16 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK32 (5 weeks)
UK
First publication: June 1985
with Elton John
Authors: Elton John, Bernie Taupin

More singles

  • 1969: A Little Bit of Something (released April)
  • 1976: A Love of Your Own
  • 1976: A House for Sale (Release: Augustl)
  • 1977: Help Me Finish My Song (release: February)
  • 1978: Go Out and Get Some
  • 1979: Didn't I Blow Your Mind
  • 1979: Kiss You All Over (release: July)
  • 1980: I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again
  • 1980: I Had to Say It
  • 1981: Rose Colored Glasses
  • 1982: Passion
  • 1984: ESP
  • 1984: Sister in the System
  • 1987: Wanna Be Your Lover (released May)
  • 1988: You Knocked the Love (Right Outta My Heart)
  • 1988: The Tide Is Turning
  • 1989: Will You Love Me Tomorrow
  • 1991: Young Man, Older Woman
  • 1994: Love Quake
  • 1995: The Lies That We Live
  • 1996: Breaking Up Somebody's Home
  • 1997: Did You Think I Wouldn't Cry (with Douglas Knight-Smith)
  • 2001: Butt-a-Cize

swell

  1. ↑ a b c d gold / platinum database US
  2. ↑ JJ Johnson / Joe Simon / Millie Jackson - Cleopatra Jones (Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture). Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Thomas O'Neil: The Grammys - The Ultimate Unofficial Guide to Music's Highest Honor. A Variety Book, USA 1999, p. 223.
  4. ^ Guardian
  5. ^ Virgin Media
  6. ↑ billie1225: Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Millie Jackson Set for R & B Music Hall of Fame. In: EURweb. May 9, 2015, Retrieved May 13, 2020 (American English).
  7. ↑ Music Sermon: Millie Jackson - The Original Bad Girl. March 17, 2019, accessed on May 13, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles UK US
  9. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  10. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
  11. ↑ Chart data for Act of War : DE CH UK

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personal data
SURNAME Jackson, Millie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jackson, Mildred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Thomson , Georgia