JJ Jackson

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JJ Jackson (actually Jerome Louis Jackson ; born November 8, 1942 in Brooklyn , New York ) is a former American-British soul and R&B singer.

Life

Jackson was born in New York. In the 1950s he was initially part of the Jackaels , later Jackson worked as an arranger for Jack McDuff , Jimmy Witherspoon and others. He also appeared as a songwriter and is listed as the author of the Shangri-Las song It's Easier to Cry . Coming to England at the behest of his manager, he was the songwriter of the Pretty Things number Come See Me (I'm Your Man) from 1966 for the first time under the name JJ Jackson , before that he performed under his real name or as J. Jackson up. The talent of the 150 kg belter in the style of Otis Redding was recognized in 1966 and earned him a contract with Calla. In the same year he recorded But It's Alright with British musicians (co-author: Pierre Tubbs). The single was to be a great success and soon became one of the most defining dance numbers of the 1960s. It reached number 22 on the Billboard pop charts and number 4 on the R&B charts. Jackson worked during this period with British jazz musicians including Dick Morrissey , Terry Smith , Stu Hamer , Brian Henderson , John Marshall and Larry Steele .

After his great success, he released the single Dig Girls (Billboard # 83), a year later with his companion band The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land an album that again contained the eponymous title song But It's Alright , and two in 1969 and 1970 further albums, with which he could no longer build on the success of But It's Alright . In 1969, however, the hit single was re-released by Warner Brothers , who had secured the rights to the Calla catalog, again in the charts at number 45.

Appreciation

Allmusic author Richier Unterberger describes Jackson as "one of the most interesting characters of the 60s soul who have disappeared into oblivion", who with But It's Alright one of the most infectious dance smashes of the decade "( one of the most infectious dance smashes of the decade ). Critic Don Waller attested that the guitar riff of But It's Alright was able to "levitate a block of communists" ( strong enough to levitate a bloc of communists ) JJ Jackson is still high in the Northern soul scene today estimated.

Discography (selection)

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
But it's alright
  US 22nd 10/01/1966 (23 weeks)
I dig girls
  US 83 October 31, 1966 (3 weeks)

Albums

  • 1967: But It's Alright
  • 1969: The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land
  • 1970: JJ Jackson's dilemma

Singles

  • 1966: But It's Alright
  • 1966: I Dig Girls

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Rick Simmons: Carolina Beach Music. History Press, Charleston 2011, ISBN 9781609492144 , p. 92 ( available online ( memento of the original from April 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and remove then this note. from Google Books , accessed on April 26, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / books.google.es
  2. ↑ a b c d Richie Unterberger: JJ Jackson at Allmusic (English), accessed on April 26, 2016
  3. ↑ Chart sources: US
personal data
SURNAME Jackson, JJ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jackson, Jerome Louis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-British soul and R&B singer, arranger and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York , USA