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| | Andrew Jackson |
 | | Jackson's mother, Elizabeth ("Betty") Hutchison Jackson, was by all accounts a strong, independent woman. | | | Jackson took the position he was the people's candidate and never lost an opportunity to point out that the people's choice in 1824 had been disregarded by the elite. | | | Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was born in the Waxhaws area near the border between North and South Carolina on March 15, 1767. |
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| | Jackson DJ Software :: News :: Day to Day |
| | Jackson 1.31b, which we've released today can automatically select and mix your beat-mapped songs. | | | Today Orbit in Brussels has started selling Jackson as a physical product (an actual CD in a box). | | | Jackson now comes with an installer, but note that different versions can still be installed side by side. |
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| | Michael Jackson |
| | May 20, 1997 Epic Records releases Michael Jackson's album, Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix, containing new remixes of eight songs from HIStory and five new original songs. | | | Thus, Jackson breaks his own record for highest debut which he set with "Scream." September 8, 1995 Michael Jackson's 15-minute performance opens the MTV Music Video Awards telecast, live from Radio City Music Hall in New York. | | | The Michael Jackson Award is presented to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony for "The Crossroads." May 1, 1997 Michael begins a major European tour in Bremen, Germany with dates running through August 24, 1997. |
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| | Wanda Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Wanda Jackson (born October 20, 1937 in Maud, Oklahoma) was the first female Rock And Roll singer in the United States, releasing her debut record in 1956. | | | Wanda Jackson was still in high school when country singer Hank Thompson heard her sing on an Oklahoma City radio show and asked her to record with his band. | | | In 1996 Wanda Jackson was invited by alt-country singer Rosie Flores to duet with her on an upcoming album. |
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| | Randy Jackson (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Randy was prepping for his own solo album around that time and one of his singles, "How Can I Be Sure?", featured the first recording of sister Janet, on the b-side of the song, titled "Love Song For Kids". | | | After one last album with the Jacksons, the group split up for good in 1990. | | | Steven Randall "Randy" Jackson on October 29, 1961 in Gary, Indiana) is an African-American singer and musician, a member of the Jacksons, and is the youngest son in the Jackson family. |
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| | Randy Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Randy Jackson (born on June 23, 1956 Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American musician and record producer, now best known to the general public for being a judge on the television show American Idol. | | | Jackson grew up in Baton Rouge and became interested in music from an early age. | | | Contrary to a widely circulated story, Randy Jackson is not a cousin of the actor Samuel L. Jackson, nor is he related to any other famous Jackson, nor is he the brother of Michael Jackson with the same name. |
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| | Janet Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Janet was nominated for Album of the Year for her "Control" album in 1986 and she shared the Producer of the Year nomination with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for her work on the "Rhythm Nation 1814" album. | | | Jackson performed brilliantly at both the American Music Awards (where she won two out of an unbelievable nine nominations) and Grammy Awards (where the album was up for Album of the Year) and was now in the same levels of success that had once eluded her. | | | Jackson apologized at first, calling it an accident and claiming that Timberlake was supposed to pull away the bustier and leave the red-lace bra intact, however, she later said to an interviewer for Genre magazine that she wishes she hadn't apologized at all. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Michael Jackson |
| | Jackson's latest album Invincible was released in October 2001. | | | Thriller is an album by Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records December 1, 1982. | | | Jackson began his musical career at the age of five as lead singer of The Jackson 5 and made his first solo recordings in 1971 while remaining a member of the group. |
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| | CNN.com - Jackson not guilty - Jun 14, 2005 |
| | Jackson stared starkly at jurors with no visible signs of emotion, she said. | | | Jackson's family members accompanied him to the courthouse to hear the verdict and flanked him as he exited the courthouse to the cheering of supporters. | | | Jackson's lawyers, however, consistently portrayed the singer as a naive victim of the accuser's family, who, they claimed, were grifters -- schemers -- with a habit of wheedling money out of the rich and famous. |
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| | Tito Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In 2003, Tito released his first album and reinvented himself as a blues musician. | | | Joseph was impressed by Tito's talents and equally impressed with 11-year-old Jackie and 7-year-old Jermaine's vocal talents. | | | Tito Jackson (born Toriano Adaryll Jackson on October 15, 1953 in Gary, Indiana) is an African-American singer and guitarist, formerly a member of The Jackson 5. |
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| | Jackson Browne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock musician, whose introspective lyrics made him the long-haired, Southern Californian poster child of the confessional singer-songwriter movement. | | | Three of Browne's albums were selected by Rolling Stone magazine as among its choices for the 500 best albums of all time. | | | Breaking the usual conventions for a live album, it was truly made on the road, including tracks recorded on buses and in hotel rooms, with none of the songs having appeared on any of his prior albums. |
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| | Tony Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Jackson also wrote many original tunes, a number of which he sold rights to for a few dollars or were simply stolen from him; some of the old time New Orleans musicians said that some well known Tin Pan Alley pop tunes of the era were actually written by Jackson. | | | Jackson unfortunately never recorded, but portions of his style are no doubt to be found in the recordings of younger musicians he influenced, like Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence Williams, and Steve Lewis. | | | One of the few tunes published with Jackson's name on it, "Pretty Baby" came out in 1916, although he was remembered performing the song before he left New Orleans. |
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| | LaToya Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Jackson constantly struggled to make a dent musically releasing several cover albums of country music and Motown standards in the mid-1990s. | | | Neither the album nor the single failed to make an impact even as it was Jackson's first album without the leadership of her father, Joseph, who was manager of her career until that year. | | | To this day, the Bad Girl album is one the only album in her catalog that is still in print, and it can be found under various titles and covers. |
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| | Alan Jackson - definition of Alan Jackson in Encyclopedia |
| | Although Jackson has been characterised as a "hat act", his influences go deep into the roots of country music and his songs have been recorded by some of the greats like Charley Pride, who recorded "Here In The Real World". | | | After a few more hit albums, Jackson again rocketed to fame with "Where Were You", a song about the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks, which became a hit single despite much criticism for jingoism and hollow patriotism; including an unflattering portrayal in an episode of South Park. | | | Alan Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer, and songwriter, originally from Newman, Georgia. |
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| | Janet Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Jackson performed at both the American Music Awards (where she won two out of nine nominations) and Grammy Awards (where the album was up for Album of the Year). | | | Jackson released the album in May 1993, and the first song, "That's The Way Love Goes", became an unexpected hit; Jackson's new label Virgin had originally wanted the hard-edged "If" to be the album's lead single, but Jackson successfully protested the decision. | | | Jackson apologized at first, calling it an accident and claiming that Timberlake was supposed to pull away the bustier and leave the red-lace bra intact, however, she later said to an interviewer for Genre magazine that she wishes she had not apologized at all. |
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| | Katherine Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In 1969, the Jackson 5 signed with Motown and released four successive #1 hit singles within a year - "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There". | | | Katherine Jackson (born Katherine Esther Scruse May 4, 1930 in Barbour County, Alabama) is the matriarch of the Jacksons musical dynasty and the mother of pop music legends The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. | | | In 1947, Katherine was in high school playing several instruments in a high school band and was practicing to be a nurse until she first met a handsome 18-year-old man named Joseph Jackson. |
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| | Michael Jackson News |
| | Jackson plans new album Michael Jackson has returned to the studio and plans to release a new album next year for a record label owned by the son of Bahrain's king. | | | Michael Jackson is about to hit the studio to begin work on his first studio album since 2001's "Invincible," which was a relative flop for Jackson in comparison to his previous albums. | | | Michael Jackson has returned to the studio and plans to release a new album next year for a record label owned by the son of Bahrain's king. |
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| | The Jackson 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Jackson 5 albums declined somewhat in critical acclaim and financial success during the latter part of their Motown tenure, although LPs such as Lookin' Through the Windows (1972) and G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973) frequently included successful album tracks, including their version of "Hum Along and Dance", a popular number in their live act. | | | The Jacksons released the album Victory in 1984, featuring the hit single "State of Shock" with guest star Mick Jagger, and supported the album with the massively successful Victory tour. | | | Joseph and the Jackson Five stayed on the floor of Bobby Taylor’s Detroit apartment the night of July 22, while Taylor and Motown executive Suzanne de Passe arranged for the Jackson Five to audition for the label. |
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| | Michael Jackson - Free Encyclopedia |
| | Jackson was awarded a record breaking $890 million contract by Sony and released an album Dangerous in 1991. | | | Jackson was in Las Vegas, Nevada at the time recording a music video for his most recent single "One More Chance", from his Number Ones greatest hits album, which had been released at midnight, just hours before the warrants were issued and the allegations broke to the media. | | | In the 1980s Jackson released a progression of solo albums of slickly-produced synthesizer-heavy pop. |
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| | The Jackson 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Jermaine started a solo career of his own in early 1973, and had a Top Ten hit with his Shep and the Limelites cover "Daddy's Home." Jackie also recorded a solo album, but his releases failed to chart. | | | Jackson 5 albums declined somewhat in critical acclaim and financial success during the latter part of their Motown tenure, although LPs such as Lookin' Through the Windows (1972) and G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973) frequently included successful album tracks, including their version of "Hum Along and Dance", a popular number in their live act. | | | Joseph and the Jackson Five stayed on the floor of Bobby Taylor's Detroit apartment the night of July 22, while Taylor and Motown executive Suzanne de Passe arranged for the Jackson Five to audition for the label. |
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| | Michael Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Jackson owns half of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which includes most of The Beatles and Elvis Presley's hits. | | | Jackson's latest album Invincible was released in October 2001. | | | Michael Jackson was born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson in Gary, Indiana. |
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| | The Jackson 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Jackson 5 albums declined somewhat in critical acclaim and financial success during the latter part of their Motown tenure, although LPs such as Lookin' Through the Windows (1972) and G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973) frequently included successful album tracks, including their version of "Hum Along and Dance", a popular number in their live act. | | | Joseph and the Jackson Five stayed on the floor of Bobby Taylor's Detroit apartment the night of July 22, while Taylor and Motown executive Suzanne de Passe arranged for the Jackson Five to audition for the label. | | | While Ross was active in the Jackson 5's early development, and housed Michael and Marlon for several months until Joseph Jackson found the family a home, there is no truth to the story involving her discovering the group at a benefit show for the mayor. |
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| | Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The website Request-a-Song [3] recorded and released "I saw Janet Jackson's Boob," which is one of the most popular songs on that site. | | | In D12's music video "My Band", the event is re-enacted as a parody, with Bizarre as Jackson, and Eminem as Timberlake, and also in the form of puppets in Eminem's music video of "Ass Like That". | | | As the song reached the final line, "I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song", Timberlake pulled off a part of Jackson's costume, revealing her right breast (adorned with a large, sun-shaped nipple shield, a piece of jewelry worn to accentuate the appearance of a nipple piercing). |
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| | Amazon.com: Janet: Music: Janet Jackson |
| | Janet Jackson proved the whole world that she is the queen of R&B with this album; an album charged with fun, rhythm, very nice lyrics and excellent slow and fast songs. | | | janet jackson took a huge gamble and step with her 5 studio album intitled "janet." she tested all kinds of music with this album (hip hop, funk, disco, jazz, rock, opera, country, etc.) there was no holding back and that is why i think this album was so successful... | | | The crass and almost pornographic Janet Jackson of late is barely noticalbe on this album. |
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| | Jackson Browne :: Biography |
| | Browne’s latest album release is 2005’s Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. | | | Jackson Browne’s overall body of work was celebrated in 2004 with the release of Elektra-Rhino’s 2CD compilation The Very Best of Jackson Browne, featuring 32 songs selected from throughout his career. | | | Browne’s next project was the all-star series of concerts organized by Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash, John Hall and Jackson in 1979 to benefit MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy). |
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| | Jackson Browne Ecard |
| | Browne's fifth album is a life-on-the-road concept album that spawned the Top 40 singles "Stay," "The Load-Out," and the title track. | | | Rhino's new CD+DVD version is an incredible sonic reinvention, visually augmented with the brilliant photography of Joel Bernstein, shot during the historic tour on which the album is based. |
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| | Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame 2000 Inductee |
| | Wanda Lavonne Jackson was born October 20, 1937, in Maud, Oklahoma. | | | Wanda recorded 15 country tracks for Decca, one of which, "You Can't Have My Love," a duet with Billy Gray, made the country top ten charts. | | | It was Elvis who advised Wanda to consider changing her style to the new rock and roll- or rockabilly. |
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| | Cordell Jackson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Cordell Jackson was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American guitarist thought to be the first woman to produce, engineer, arrange and promote music on her own (A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western) rock and roll music label. | | | Jackson's first solo full length album, Cordell Jackson — Live in Chicago was released on Bughouse Records in 1997. | | | Jackson founded the Moon Records label in Memphis in 1956 after a few years of recording demos at (Click link for more info and facts about Sam Phillips) Sam Phillips ' Memphis Recording Service and (Click link for more info and facts about Sun Records Studio) Sun Records Studio. |
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| | Jackson Guitars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Jackson is a guitar manufacturer originally owned and operated by Grover Jackson, a partner of Wayne Charvel of Charvel Guitar Repair. | | | Jackson Guitars has become most famous for its slender and elegant models, often with an aggressive look popular with harder rock and metal music. | | | Almost all Jackson (and many Charvel) guitars share the typical pointed, roughly triangular headstock, which is simply a Gibson Explorer style headstock modified to avoid lawsuits. |
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