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Freddie Jackson
12+ albums
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Frederick Anthony Jackson (born 2 October 1956) is an American R&B singer. He began his professional music career in the late 1970s with the California funk band Mystic Merlin. Among his best-known songs are "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)", "Have You Ever Loved Somebody", "Jam Tonight", "Do Me Again" and "You Are My Lady". He also contributed the duet "Love Survives", with Irene Cara, to the soundtrack of the film "All Dogs Go to Heaven", and appeared in the film "King of New York". Jackson was born in the Harlem area of New York City and was trained as a gospel singer from an early age, performing at the White Rock Baptist Church of Harlem. There he met Paul Laurence, who later became his producer and songwriting partner. After completing his education, he joined Laurence’s group LJE (Laurence Jones Ensemble) and performed on the New York nightclub circuit. In the late 1970s, he moved to the West Coast, where he became the lead singer of Mystic Merlin, recording three studio albums with the group between 1980 and 1982, before returning to New York to work with Laurence at Hush Productions. Jackson worked as a demo singer for Laurence’s compositions and as a backing vocalist for Melba Moore before securing a recording contract with Capitol Records in 1984. His debut album, "Rock Me Tonight", was released in 1985. Its title track reached number one on the R&B chart, as did "You Are My Lady", while additional singles from the album also reached the R&B top ten. The alb
