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Joseph Walter Jackson (July 26, 1928 – June 27, 2018) was an American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers. He was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
Jackson's first band, formed in Gosport, was called Edward Bear, [note 1] later renamed Arms and Legs. [5] The band broke up in 1976 after two unsuccessful singles. He was still known as David Jackson when he joined Arms and Legs, but picked up the nickname "Joe" based on his perceived resemblance to the British television puppet character Joe 90, a genius child spy.
Jackson was inducted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2002. [42] Jackson's first relative to play professional baseball since his banishment was catcher Joseph Ray Jackson. The great-great-grandnephew of Shoeless Joe batted .386 for The Citadel in 2013 and was then drafted by the Texas Rangers.
Joseph Jackson (screenwriter) (1894–1932), American screenwriter of The Barker; Joe Jackson (manager) (1928–2018), father and manager of Michael Jackson and The Jacksons; Joe Jackson (musician) (born 1954), British singer-songwriter "Little Joe" Jackson, fictional character in the Broadway show and film Cabin in the Sky
Jackson's recording career as a solo artist began in 1979, with the release of his debut album Look Sharp!. The album was recorded with the Joe Jackson Band, with whom he would release two more albums, I'm the Man and Beat Crazy, the latter of which was credited to the full band rather than simply Jackson.
Joseph Harrison Jackson (January 11, 1900 [1] – August 18, 1990) was an American pastor and the longest serving President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s was highly controversial in many black churches, where the minister preached spiritual salvation rather than political activism.
Joseph Jackson was born October 4, 1793, [1] [2] in Minisink, New York, the son of James Alexander Jackson and Martha Drake. [3] When he was a few years old, his family moved to the area of present-day Rochester, New York, which at the time consisted of a single log house.
Joseph Ashurst Jackson (June 8, 1894 – May 26, 1932) was an American screenwriter, playwright and publicist who was nominated for the now dead category of Best Story at the 4th Academy Awards. He was nominated alongside Lucien Hubbard .