K-Bee
12-19-2003, 03:23 AM
Along with Luther and Eugene Wilde, singer Freddie Jackson was largely responsible for bringing the smooth and soulful ballad style into the 80s - a decade otherwise influenced by uptempo dance music, hip-hop and freestyle/HI-NRG.
Freddie Jackson's carear in th last 10 years has been somehow uneven, I'm not even sure he has a deal anymore
Nevertheless, he still deserves a place in this artist thread series
Bio from Yahoo:
"R&B singer Jackson shares a unmistakable resemblance, both physically and vocally, to Luther Vandross; he also shares Vandross's inability to locate a workable uptempo groove in his work. But that's been of little consequence to either man--Jackson, like Vandross, has made the soul ballad his bread and butter. And like Vandross, he's also weathered the growing indifference of pop fans in recent years.
Jackson took a practical path to success: After singing in his Harlem church choir as a boy, he graduated high school and worked as a bank computer operator, saving enough money to start a singing career. Jackson pursued that career in top 40 bands in New York and California before returning to the Big Apple in 1984 to do background singing for several established R&B artists. One, Melba Moore, helped Jackson get a deal with Capitol Records. That deal paid off for Capitol the next year; Jackson's debut, Rock Me Tonight, was a huge hit, mostly on the strength of the slow-grooving title cut and ballad "You Are My Lady." Jackson returned in 1986 with a successful follow-up, Just Like The First Time, which spawned the smashes "Tasty Love" and the lovely, moody "Have You Ever Loved Somebody." Those tracks were just two of Jackson's record six straight R&B No.1s, a string Jackson added to with "Nice And Slow" (featuring pop-jazzer Najee on saxophone), "Hey Lover," and the title track from his 1988 album, Don't Let Love Slip Away. But Jackson's fortunes began to decline with 1990's Do Me Again, buoyed only by its new jack swing-laced title hit.
Jackson released Time For Love and the funkier Here It Is (on a new label) to little acclaim; a 1995 effort on yet another label garnered even less attention. Yet his regular touring and consistent repertoire of slow jams have insured Jackson a certain level of success that poor record sales likely won't diminish.
This Biography was written by Dan Leroy"
I know Timster got a soft spot for some of freddies songs ;)
Anyone else??
Freddie Jackson's carear in th last 10 years has been somehow uneven, I'm not even sure he has a deal anymore
Nevertheless, he still deserves a place in this artist thread series
Bio from Yahoo:
"R&B singer Jackson shares a unmistakable resemblance, both physically and vocally, to Luther Vandross; he also shares Vandross's inability to locate a workable uptempo groove in his work. But that's been of little consequence to either man--Jackson, like Vandross, has made the soul ballad his bread and butter. And like Vandross, he's also weathered the growing indifference of pop fans in recent years.
Jackson took a practical path to success: After singing in his Harlem church choir as a boy, he graduated high school and worked as a bank computer operator, saving enough money to start a singing career. Jackson pursued that career in top 40 bands in New York and California before returning to the Big Apple in 1984 to do background singing for several established R&B artists. One, Melba Moore, helped Jackson get a deal with Capitol Records. That deal paid off for Capitol the next year; Jackson's debut, Rock Me Tonight, was a huge hit, mostly on the strength of the slow-grooving title cut and ballad "You Are My Lady." Jackson returned in 1986 with a successful follow-up, Just Like The First Time, which spawned the smashes "Tasty Love" and the lovely, moody "Have You Ever Loved Somebody." Those tracks were just two of Jackson's record six straight R&B No.1s, a string Jackson added to with "Nice And Slow" (featuring pop-jazzer Najee on saxophone), "Hey Lover," and the title track from his 1988 album, Don't Let Love Slip Away. But Jackson's fortunes began to decline with 1990's Do Me Again, buoyed only by its new jack swing-laced title hit.
Jackson released Time For Love and the funkier Here It Is (on a new label) to little acclaim; a 1995 effort on yet another label garnered even less attention. Yet his regular touring and consistent repertoire of slow jams have insured Jackson a certain level of success that poor record sales likely won't diminish.
This Biography was written by Dan Leroy"
I know Timster got a soft spot for some of freddies songs ;)
Anyone else??