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Gerald Anderson Lawson (December 1, 1940 – April 9, 2011) was an American electronic engineer.Besides being one of the first African-American computer engineers in Silicon Valley, Lawson was also known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console, leading the team that refined ROM cartridges for durable used as commercial video game cartridges.
Jerry Lawson was the original lead singer, arranger and producer of the a cappella group the Persuasions.In the 1970s, with Lawson on lead vocals, the Persuasions had five albums in the Billboard Top R&B Albums charts and four in the Billboard 200 charts:
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Jerry Lawson (engineer) (1940–2011), American electronic engineer and videogame pioneer Jerry Lawson (musician) (1944–2019), American singer, producer, musical arranger, and performer Jerry Lawson (runner) (born 1966), former American long-distance runner
USC Games has announced an endowment named for Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer who created the first console to store video games on cartridges.
Herbert "Toubo" Rhoad, one of the original members of the Persuasions, died in 1988 while on tour, and Raymond Sanders came in as an additional voice. Sweet Joe Russell died in 2012, bass singer James Caldon Hayes died in May 2017, Jerry Lawson died in July 2019 and Jayotis Washington currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
1 Jerry Lawson & Talk of the Town. 1 comment. 2 Performances on other artists' recordings. 3 comments. 3 Julie Lawson's ... 1 comment. 5 Career - Record company ...
The duo attempted to interest several television manufacturers in the system, but were unsuccessful. Next, they contacted a buyer at Fairchild, which sent engineer Jerry Lawson to evaluate the system. Lawson was impressed by the system and suggested Fairchild license the technology, which the company did in January 1976. [1] [4]