Born on 2nd October 1956, Harlem, New York, USA, Freddie Jackson is a singer
songwriter, who was especially successful in the late 80's. Jackson
was brought up in Harlem, and sang at the White Rock Baptist church
while he was still a young child. Later, he worked in a bank before
joining the group LJE, along with the singer, songwriter and producer
Paul
Laurence. In the early 80's, Jackson moved to California and became
lead singer with the R & B vocal / instrumental group Mystic Merlin.
He sang on their Full moon album, which featured the popular soul
/ dance track Mr Magician. In 1984, Jackson returned to the east coast
where he was spotted singing in a New York club by Melba Moore. After
serving as a backing vocalist for Melba
Moore, Evelyn 'Champagne' King,
and others, Jackson signed a solo contract with Capitol Records, and
issued Rock me Tonight in 1985. Both the album, and its title track,
Rock me tonight, which Jackson had written together with Paul
Laurence, made the US Top 20, and did well in the UK. Subsequent
singles from his first solo album, such as You are my lady and He'll
never love you, proved to be ideally suited for the soul club scene
on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1986, Jackson duetted with Melba
Moore on A little bit more from her album A lot of love, and issued
his own Just like the first time, which included three more successful
dance sides, Have you ever loved somebody, Tasty love, and Jam tonight.
Jackson's subsequent albums did not fare so well, and were sometimes
critized for their 'sameness'. Nevertheless, Don't let love slip away
contained two UK hits and Time for love was given extra interest by
the inclusion of guest artists such as Audrey
Wheeler, Will Downing and Najee.
With the making of the Here it is-album Jackson changed from Capitol
to RCA Records. Jackson's songwriting activities, mostly in collaboration
with Paul
Laurence, resulted in numbers such as Trust me for Lillo
Thomas, Keepin' my lover satisfied' for Melba
Moore, and Jam song for Howard Johnson.
In 2000 appeared the long awaited live album for Orpheus records.
.gif "Freddie Jackson - He'll never love you (like i do) (1985)")
.gif "Freddie Jackson - Do me again (1990) (extended)")
