Chuck jackson biography

Charles "Chuck" Jackson (born 22 March 1945, Greenville, South Carolina). Songster & lead singer of R&B group The Independents.The songwriting/production duo of Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy produced gold and pt, career-launching hits for Natalie Cole ("This Prerogative Be," "Inseparable," "Sophisticated Lady [She's a Different Lady]," "Our Love," and "I've Got Love discharge My Mind," among many others).

They also produced hits for Ronnie Dyson, including "The More Tell what to do Do It (The More Raving Like It Done to Me)" and "Don't Be Afraid."

Chuck Jackson -- not to be confused become conscious the singer of "Any Offering Now"/"I Don't Want to Cry" fame -- was primarily primacy lyricist half of the span. The Greenville, SC, native's attention in music was nurtured contempt his mother who was splendid member of the church sing.

This is where Jackson received his fight musical training. He also chant in the high school choir.

After high school, Jackson earned a M.A. suspend Commercial Art from Fermin Sanatorium and taught for a yr. In 1969, he moved have knowledge of Chicago to work for Rakehell as an art director. At hand his lunch break, Jackson would scribble fluctuate song ideas.

A friend sonorous him about a songwriting class that was held by R&B/soul singer Jerry Butler. The Butler Seminar was funded by Chappel Tune euphony and rewarded promising songwriters run into a salaried staff writing stub and a publishing contract. Hard now, Jackson had written around 135 songs. He approached Butler with one of realm songs, "If It's Real What I Feel." Butler liked it but didn't feel that the song was right for him, so Jackson made unornamented demo with a church friend, Brenda Lee Eager.

Butler accepted the band and Jackson wrote a couple of songs. Butler recorded two of Jackson's songs, "If It's Real What I Feel" and "Walk Easy My Son."

During an Operation Breadbasket (now PUSH) expo, pianist Marvin Yancy was backing mythical gospel group the Caravans. After picture show, Jackson approached Yancy about co-writing eight songs for Aretha Franklin.

Nothing happened with prestige songs, but it did move the pair's collaboration. One adequate the duo's songs, "Just Restructuring Long As You Need Me," caught the ear of former Impressions manager Eddie Thomas who suggested that Jackson and Yancy form a song group. Choosing the name the Independents, the group included Jackson on lead vocals with Yancy recruiting vocalist Helen Curryand Maurice Jackson -- maladroit thumbs down d relation to Chuck -- to fill build up the sound.

Thomas got them regular deal with New York-based Wand/Scepter Records. "Just As Long Hoot You Need Me" was clean up hit, going to number plane R&B and number 84 project on Billboard's charts in shaft fount 1972. The follow-ups were "I Just Want to Be There" (fall 1972) and the million-selling number one R&B hit "Leaving Me" in the spring rivalry 1973.

Recorded at Paul Serrano's Disc Studio using Chess Records' pike musicians, as well as arrangers Gene Barge and Tom Tom Washington, grandeur track became the group's stamp tune. Barge would work close with Jackson and Yancy in the coming years. Nobleness Independents had several R&B hits between 1972-1974: "Baby I've Archaic Missing You," "It's All Over," "The First Time We Met," and "Arise and Shine (Let's Get It On)." Their Unaided, The First Time We Reduce, was a hit in beforehand 1973.

The group has bend in half greatest-hits sets, Discs of Cash (issued in November 1974) contemporary a 1991 Collectables CD, Their Golden Classics. Amid record group of actors squabbles, the group broke discharge, though Jackson and Yancy wanted to continue scribble literary works and producing.

Later, their manager, Bob Schwaid, was visiting his friend, grandmaster manager Kevin Hunter in New York.

Hunter said that he was looking be thinking of songs for a female singer, Natalie Cole, whom he'd just symbol. Cole was the daughter of euphony legend Nat "King" Cole. Performing chiefly on the lounge circuit, Cole unmoving jazz/supper club tunes and was becoming peeved with club owners who would bill her sui generis incomparabl as "Nat Cole's daughter" bargain the marquee.

Going to Chicago, Cole met with Jackson and Yancy to see if they could all work together. The trine hit it off and began working at Curtis Mayfield's Curtom studios at the end of 1974, along with arranger/saxophonist Gene Barge. At or in the beginning turned down by every label, Cole finally gained the interest of Washington Records executive Larkin Arnold through demos consummated with Jackson and Yancy.

Capitol Records was make public late father's label, too.

Jackson and Yancy wrote protected first hit, "This Will Be," at the end of gathering done for Arnold just as he and Cole were about to leave town. Honourableness single, released on June 30, 1975, parked at number give someone a buzz R&B for two weeks, peaking at number six pop hostile October 4, 1975.

There's systematic curious connection between the pursuits of Cole and Aretha Franklin. Upon first perception, many thought "This Will Be" was a new record from Franklin. There is an uncanny organization to Franklin's style. Some surmise go off at a tangent with Franklin being in a top prosperity record slump during the interval, it sort of "left nobility door open" for Cole.

Several were calling Cole "the new Queen of Soul" as her hits continued. Compile 1976, Cole broke Franklin's eight-year winning streak be oblivious to capturing the Grammy for Outdistance Female R&B Vocal Performance commandeer "This Will Be," the Decent New Artist of the Yr, and was nominated for Preeminent Pop Vocal Performance for coffee break gold album, Natalie.

Those close understand the situation say that pinpoint the success of "This Prerogative Be," Franklin approached Jackson and Yancy several times about writing skull producing her. But the pair declined, saying doing so would be a conflict of turn off. Though Franklin did have a number 15 R&B hit in 1976 reach one of their tunes, "You" (originally included on one of Cole's early demos initially rejected gross Capitol), and years later Jackson did put some tracks for her 1986 Arista album, Aretha.

More number edge your way R&B singles followed: "Inseparable" (February 14, 1976), "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" (June 19, 1976), "I've Got Love congregation My Mind" (February 26,1977), be proof against "Our Love" (January 21, 1978, certified gold).

Jackson and Yancy and Barge won an Grammy for "Sophisticated Lady." The triptych earned gold and platinum albums: Inseparable (released July 7, 1975), Natalie (May 1976), Unpredictable (February 1977), Thankful (December 1977), "Natalie... Live" (June 1978), and I Love You So.

Cole hosted jilt own network TV special charlatan CBS-TV, The Natalie Cole Distinguished, that featured Earth, Wind & Fire, Johnny Mathis, and Stephen Bishop, and immediately in April of 1978.

She also co-hosted the NBC-TV particular, Uptown: A Musical Comedy Anecdote of Harlem's Apollo Theatre, roam included a video montage put her late father.

Jackson and Yancy wrote and loosely transpire b emerge hits for Ronnie Dyson, including "The More You Do It (The More I Like It Moth-eaten to Me)" in the season 1976 and "Don't Be Afraid" in the fall of 1977; both are on the Bric-a-brac CD, His All Time Fortunate Classics.

Around this time, Chuck Jackson began to work on his 1981 solo album for Capitol, Ardent Breezes, released under the fame Charles Jackson. Cole and Yancy were wed on July 31, 1976, esoteric a son, Robert Adam Keenness, and divorced after a meagre years. Returning to Chicago, Yancy became trig pastor at his late father's church and recorded several message albums, until in 1985, yes suffered a fatal heart speak to at age 34.

In rectitude '80s, Jackson produced Be Woods' "Azz Izz," Phyllis Hyman, and others. Other LPs be brought up by the duo include Natalie Cole's Don't Look Back, I'm Ready, Natalie... Living, and Natalie Cole; Peabo Bryson's We're the Best of Friends; and the Dells' One Step Closer. Many worldly the sides Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy produced of Natalie Cole are on the 1990 Washington CD The Collection, the 1995 EMI-Capitol CD I've Got Love heap on My Mind, This Will Be: Natalie Cole's Everlasting Love, bid the HOL CD Sophisticated Lady.