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Freddie Jackson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Keith Washington, Billy Paul, Linda Jones, McFadden & Whitehead and Osunlade. Those roots explain a lot about how Freddie Jackson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gerald Levert, Miki Howard, Jeffrey Osborne, The Whispers and Surface, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Darwin Hobbs, Lorenzo, Osunlade and George Michael, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Freddie Jackson, reaching back through Keith Washington and forward to Darwin Hobbs. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Frederick Anthony Jackson is an American R&B singer. Originally from New York, Jackson began his professional music career in the late 1970s with the California funk band Mystic Merlin. Among his well–known R&B/soul hits are "Rock Me Tonight " (1985), "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" (1986), "Jam Tonight" (1986), "Do Me Again" (1990), and "You Are My Lady" (1985). He contributed to the soundtrack for the 1989 film, All Dogs Go to Heaven with the Michael Lloyd-produced duet "Love Survives" alongside Irene Cara. He also appeared in the movie King of New York.
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Freddie Jackson connections
Freddie Jackson grew out of Keith Washington, Billy Paul, Linda Jones and McFadden & Whitehead, shares an orbit with Gerald Levert, Miki Howard, Jeffrey Osborne and The Whispers, went on to shape Darwin Hobbs, Lorenzo, Osunlade and George Michael. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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