La Toya Jackson
La Toya Yvonne Jackson (born May 29, 1956 in Gary , Indiana ) is an American pop singer . She is a member of the musically successful Jackson family and the sister of Michael and Janet Jackson .
Life
La Toya is the fifth of nine children in the Jackson family. Her parents are Joseph (1928–2018) and Katherine Jackson (* 1930). La Toya was the first Jackson sister to start a solo career. She wrote her first single Night Time Lover with her brother Michael. The accompanying album La Toya Jackson , which was released in 1980, worked among others. a. Stevie Wonder and Ray Parker Jr. with. Except for their early work, however, their albums were judged rather negatively by critics. It was not very successful commercially. In 1980 she had a minor success in the German single charts with If You Feel the Funk . In the USA she made it to a middle position in the American pop charts with the single Heart Don't Lie in 1984 . The best-selling board on which their voice is heard, but Thriller by Michael Jackson . Here she sang in the background on PYT (Pretty Young Thing) ; the record sold a total of around 100 million times and is still the most successful album worldwide.
La Toya Jackson is not only a singer but also a composer. She mostly wrote half of her own tracks herself. She also wrote Reggae Night for the 1983 album The Power and the Glory by reggae musician Jimmy Cliff . The title became a huge success worldwide. She later wrote two more tracks for Cliff's album Cliff Hanger , which won a Grammy Award in February 1986 .
Jackson's career in the 1980s was heavily guided and controlled from Europe (especially Germany). In 1987 she signed a record deal with the Hamburg company Teldec (now East / West Records ), which coordinated her 1988 album La Toya . For this album, Jackson also worked with British hit producer trio Stock Aitken Waterman . Tony Monn even recorded her follow-up album Bad Girl in Munich. Four compositions also came from the German songwriting duo Klarmann / Weber .
Her musical career has been accompanied by headlines again and again. She was portrayed naked in Playboy , wrote a shocking autobiography, Growing Up in the Jackson Family , in which she accused her father of incest , went shopping with a boa constrictor around her neck, and announced that all suspicions were against her brother Michael Jackson correspond to the truth. At least she did so in 1993, but later said she was under the influence of her manager at the time. In the renewed allegations against her brother in 2004, she backed him. In the meantime, she has made up with her family. According to her, the image of the family's black sheep was an invention of her ex-husband and manager Jack Gordon , who died in 2005 .
After her Playboy photos, La Toya performed at the Moulin Rouge in Paris for half a year and gave the well-known theater two sold-out performances six days a week and standing applause after each performance. The multi-million dollar fee was the Moulin Rouge's most expensive engagement in its more than 100-year history. However, Jackson left the Moulin Rouge six months before the contract expired and was later sued by the theater.
La Toya has also got involved in social matters; together with the former First Lady Nancy Reagan she appeared in 1987 in the anti-drug program Just Say NO .
A successful petition from their fans, the self-proclaimed Toy Soldiers of the "Church of La Toya", prompted the Cherry Pop label to re-release their debut album on May 22, 2006. It was the first time her debut was released in the UK.
For 2009 the release of their eighth album Startin 'Over was announced, which was postponed again and again from mid-2002. La Toya Jackson released two singles from the album in 2004, which were only sent to radio stations and clubs for promotional purposes: Just Wanna Dance climbed to number 13 on the American Billboard Dance Charts; Free the World , based on Michael Jackson's Heal the World , made it to number 24. On July 28, La Toya released the single Home , which she dedicated to her brother Michael Jackson , who died on June 25, 2009 . After the death of her brother, the album was postponed indefinitely.
On June 4, 2014, La Toya Jackson announced on the television show Good Morning America that she was engaged to her longtime manager.
In February 2019, Jackson reached fifth of a total of twelve places as Alien in the first season of the US version of The Masked Singer .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1980 | LaToya Jackson Polydor 6291 |
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US116 (13 weeks) US |
R&B26 (20 weeks) R&B |
First published: September 1980
Producer: Ollie Brown |
| 1981 | My Special Love Polydor 6328 |
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US175 (3 weeks) US |
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First published September 1981
Producers: Ollie Brown, Randy Jackson |
| 1984 | Heart Don't Lie Private I. 39361 |
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US149 (6 weeks) US |
R&B65 (3 weeks) R&B |
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more publishments
- 1986: Imagination
- 1988: La Toya / You're Gonna Get Rocked
- 1990: Bad Girl
- 1991: No Relations
- 1992: Formidable
- 1994: From Nashville to You
- 1995: Stop in the Name of Love
- 2002: Startin 'Over (only published as a promo)
Compilations
- 1993: World of LaToya Jackson: Sexual Feeling (released March 15)
- 1996: Sexual Feeling (release: June 24th)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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R&B
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Dance
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| 1980 | Night Time Lover LaToya Jackson |
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R&B59 (8 weeks) R&B |
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First published: August 1980
Authors: La Toya Jackson, Michael Jackson |
| If You Feel the Funk LaToya Jackson |
DE42 (7 weeks) DE |
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R&B40 (14 weeks) R&B |
Dance17 (20 weeks) Dance |
First published: October 1980
Authors: Dorie Pride, Kamau Peterson |
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| 1981 | Stay the Night My Special Love |
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R&B31 (11 weeks) R&B |
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| 1983 | Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin ' Heart Don't Lie |
- | - |
R&B22 (11 weeks) R&B |
Dance55 (7 weeks) Dance |
First published: July 1983
Authors: Amir Bayyan, Cynthia Huggins, Kelly Barretto |
| 1984 | Heart Don't Lie Heart Don't Lie |
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US56 (8 weeks) US |
R&B29 (11 weeks) R&B |
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First published: April 1984
Author: Amir Bayyan |
| Hot Potato Heart Don't Lie |
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R&B43 (11 weeks) R&B |
Dance38 (9 weeks) Dance |
First published: August 1984
Authors: Amir Bayyan, La Toya Jackson |
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| 1986 | He's a Pretender Imagination |
- | - |
R&B76 (4 weeks) R&B |
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First published: January 1986
Authors: Gary Goetzman , Mike Piccirillo |
| Oops, Oh No! Cerrone's Collection |
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R&B89 (2 weeks) R&B |
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| 1988 | You're Gonna Get Rocked La Toya |
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R&B66 (5 weeks) R&B |
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First published: October 1988
Authors and original: Full Force , 1988 |
| 2005 | Free the World (Jason Randolph Remix) Startin 'Over |
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Dance24 (11 weeks) Dance |
First published: December 2004
Authors: La Toya Jackson, Jeffré Phillips, Peter Roberts |
More singles
- 1981: Giving You Up
- 1981: Mi amor te hizo a un lado (My Love Has Passed You By)
- 1981: I Don't Want You to Go (release: October)
- 1984: Private Joy
- 1985: Baby Sister
- 1986: Imagination (Remix)
- 1986: Yes, I'm Ready
- 1987: (Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do
- 1988: (Tell Me) He Means Nothing to You at All
- 1988: You Blew
- 1989: Such a Wicked Love (release: February)
- 1989: Bad Girl
- 1990: Sexual Feeling (La Toya Remix)
- 1990: You and Me
- 1991: Sex box
- 1991: Why Don't You Want My Love?
- 1991: Wild Side
- 1992: Let's Rock the House
- 1996: I Can't Help Myself
- 1998: Don't Break My Heart (with Tom Beser)
- 2004: Just Wanna Dance (Jason Randolph Remix)
- 2007: I Don't Play That
- 2009: Home (release: July 28th)
- 2011: Starting Over (Songs That Inspired the Book) (EP with 7 AAC files; release: June 21)
- 2014: Feels Like Love (release: July 21)
- 2015: Trouble (La Remixes) (release: September 22nd)
- 2016: Tehran ( Andy feat. La Toya Jackson; release: March 11th)
Video albums
- 1989: A Sizzling Spectacular!
- 1989: Latoya Jackson
- 1995: Exotic Club Tour
- 1995: Step Up Workout
Filmography
Guest appearance on "A Colt for All Cases" - "Appearance for Valerie"
swell
- ↑ Jimmy Cliff, The Power And The Glory. In: Discogs .
- ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jimmy-cliff
- ↑ La Toya Jackson: "Yes, I am very engaged" In: Kreiszeitung , June 4, 2014, accessed on June 5, 2014.
- ^ Natalie Stone: The Masked Singer Reveals Its Alien Celebrity Contestant. In: People . February 13, 2019, accessed on July 13, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of July 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- La Toya Jackson at Allmusic (English)
- La Toya Jackson at Discogs (English)
- Literature by and about La Toya Jackson in the catalog of the German National Library
- La Toya Jackson at theInternet Movie Database(English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Jackson, La Toya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jackson, La Toya Yvonne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gary , Indiana , United States |