Walter Jackson

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WALTER JACKSON (March 19, 1938, Pensacola, Florida - June 20, 1983, Chicago, Illinois) Walter Jackson was an R&B singer with a big band pop soul sound. When first starting to perform he seemed destined to make a tremendous impact, but for some reason fell just short of this prediction. Never the less some feel the Walter left a collection of some of the finest R&B music from that era. Crippled from childhood with Polio, Walter was on crutches most of his life. Yet his disability enhanced his performances more than detract from them. It seemed to give him an ability to interpret and project his music with a much deeper emotion and never dampened his ambition or enthusiasm. During his lifetime, as with so many artist of that era, he never found a way to connect with more than a few fans outside R&B circles. Whether “not in tune with the times” or perhaps “ahead of the times” he none-the-less has left us with a collection of unbelievable music. Walter and his parents moved to Detroit when he was still a baby and there he later attended Northwestern High School singing whenever he had the opportunity. His first recording experience came in 1959 as lead singer with a local group, the Velvetones (Ronald Head, Neil Magby, Bobby Jones and Mary Nicholson). After the group broke up, he unsuccessfully auditioned for Motown. Then in 1962 he got his first real break. Okeh Records A&R director, Carl Davis was in a local piano bar one evening and by chance heard Walter performing

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The Best of Walter Jackson

Late Night Tales: Belle & Sebastian

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R&B: From Doo-Wop To Hip-Hop

Welcome Home / The Okeh Years

A Portrait Of Walter Jackson

Late Night Tales - Belle & Sebastian [Remastered Edition]

Speak Her Name (Expanded)

LateNightTales: Belle & Sebastian

Right Track - Best Of Okeh Northern Soul

It's All Over

Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian

Curtis Mayfield's Chicago Soul

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