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George Jackson
12+ albums
souljazzblues70s60s
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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) George Jackson (born George Henry Jackson on 12 March 1945; died 14 April 2013) was an American blues, rhythm & blues, rock and soul songwriter and singer; 2) George Jackson is an American old time musician based in Nashville, TN; 3) George Jackson was an American house music artist active in the 2000s; 4) George Jackson was an American doo-wop artist active in the 1960s. 1) George Jackson (born George Henry Jackson in Indianola, Mississippi, on 12 March 1945; died 14 April 2013) was an American blues, rhythm & blues, rock and soul songwriter and singer. His prominence was as a prolific and skilled songwriter; he wrote or co-wrote many hit songs for other musicians, including "Down Home Blues," "One Bad Apple", "Old Time Rock and Roll" and "The Only Way Is Up". As a southern soul singer he recorded fifteen singles between 1963 and 1985, with some success. Jackson moved with his family to Greenville at the age of five. He started writing songs while in his teens, and in 1963 introduced himself to Ike Turner. Turner took him to Cosimo Matassa's studios in New Orleans to record "Nobody Wants to Cha Cha With Me" for his Prann label, but it was not successful. Jackson then traveled to Memphis to promote his songs, but was rejected by Stax before helping to form vocal group The Ovations with Louis Williams at Goldwax Records. Jackson wrote and sang on their 1965 hit "It's Wonderful To Be In Love", which reached
