George Jackson

George Jackson may refer to:

People

  • George Jackson (animator) (1920–1986), British animator
  • George Jackson (baseball) (1882–1972), American Major League Baseball player from 1911–1913
  • George Jackson (Black Panther) (1941–1971), U.S. Black Panther, prisoner, and author
  • George Jackson (botanist) (1790–1811), English botanist
  • George Jackson (Canadian politician) (1808–1885), Canadian mill operator, MP from Ontario
  • George Jackson (conductor) (born 1987), British conductor
  • George Jackson (cricketer), English cricketer of the mid-18th century
  • George Jackson (footballer, born 1952), footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City
  • George Jackson (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1985), English footballer for Merthyr Town, Tranmere Rovers and South Liverpool
  • George Jackson (Irish politician) (1761–1805), Member of Parliament for Mayo 1801–1802
  • George Jackson (plasterwork) (1766–1840), British plasterwork innovator
  • George Jackson (producer) (1958–2000), U.S. movie producer
  • George Jackson (singer), George Jackson (songwriter) (1945–2013), American songwriter, singer and musician
  • George Jackson (songwriter)

    George Henry Jackson (March 12, 1945 – April 14, 2013) was an American blues, rhythm & blues, rock and soul songwriter and singer. His prominence was as a prolific and skilled songwriter; he wrote or co-wrote many hit songs for other musicians, including "Down Home Blues," "One Bad Apple", "Old Time Rock and Roll" and "The Only Way Is Up". As a southern soul singer he recorded a mere 15 singles between 1963 and 1985, with some success.

    Biography

    Jackson was born in Indianola, Mississippi, and moved with his family to Greenville at the age of five. He started writing songs while in his teens, and in 1963 introduced himself to Ike Turner. Turner took him to Cosimo Matassa's studios in New Orleans to record "Nobody Wants to Cha Cha With Me" for his Prann label, but it was not successful. Jackson then traveled to Memphis to promote his songs, but was rejected by Stax before helping to form vocal group The Ovations with Louis Williams at Goldwax Records. Jackson wrote and sang on their 1965 hit "It's Wonderful To Be In Love", which reached no.61 on the Billboard Hot 100 and no.22 on the R&B chart. He also wrote for other artists at Goldwax, including Spencer Wiggins and James Carr, and recorded with Dan Greer as the duo George and Greer. After the Ovations split up in 1968, he recorded briefly for Hi Records, and also for Decca using the pseudonym Bart Jackson. As a singer, he had a versatile tenor that was influenced by Sam Cooke, and released many records over the years, for a host of different labels, but his recordings never made him a star.

    George Jackson (song)

    "George Jackson" is a song by Bob Dylan, written in 1971, in tribute to the Black Panther leader, George Jackson, who had been shot and killed by guards at San Quentin Prison on August 21, 1971, during an attempted escape from prison. The event indirectly provoked the Attica Prison riot.

    Dylan recorded the song at Columbia Studio B, on November 4, 1971 and it was quickly released as a 45 rpm single, Columbia 4-45516, on November 12, 1971. The single consisted of a "Big Band version" of the song on Side A and an "Acoustic version" on Side B.

    The song was a Top 40 hit in Canada, the Netherlands, and on the US Billboard charts. The "Big Band version" was later included on the 1978 album Masterpieces, released in Japan and Australia. Both versions were available on iTunes as part of Bob Dylan: The Collection. This package was removed from iTunes in December of 2009. The acoustic version is available on the Side Tracks double album, included in the box set Bob Dylan - The Complete Album Collection Vol.1, released in 2013.

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    George Jackson

    Died: 2013-04-14

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    George Jackson

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    Born: 1954-06-09

    Died: 1998-07-08

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    George Jackson

    by: Bob Dylan

    I woke up this morning
    There were tears in my bed
    They killed a man I really loved
    Shot him through the head
    Lord, Lord, they cut George Jackson down
    Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
    Sent him off to prison
    For a seventy dollar robbery
    Closed the door behind him
    And they threw away the key
    Lord, Lord, they cut George Jackson down
    Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
    He wouldn't take shit from no one
    He wouldn't bow down or kneel
    Authorities, they hated him
    Because he was just too real
    Lord, Lord, they cut George Jackson down
    Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
    Prison guards, they cursed him
    As they watched him from above
    But they were frightened of his power
    They were scared of his love
    Lord, Lord, so they cut George Jackson down
    Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
    Sometimes I think this whole world
    Is one big prison yard
    Some of us are prisoners
    The rest of us are guards
    Lord, Lord, they cut George Jackson down




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