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Joe Jackson
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Born
August 11, 1954 in Burton-upon-Trent, England

Years Active:
70s | 80s | 90s | Current

 
In his 1999 memoir, "A Cure for Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage", Joe Jackson writes approvingly of George Gershwin as a musician who kept one foot in the popular and one in the classical realms of music. Like Gershwin, Jackson possesses a restless musical imagination that has found him straddling musical genres unapologetically, disinclined to pick one style and stick to it. The word "chameleon" often crops up in descriptions of him, but Jackson prefers to be though of as "eclectic." Is he the Joe Jackson he appeared to be upon his popular emergence in 1979, a new wave singer/songwriter with a
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Selected Discography:
  Album Title Released Label Price
The Best Of Joe Jackson - The Millennium Collection



2001 A&M $6.99
Steppin' Out: The Very Best Of Joe Jackson



2001 A&M $13.98 2-CD Set
Greatest Hits



1996 A&M $6.99
Night And Day



1982 A&M $6.99
I'm The Man (Remastered)



1979 A&M $6.99
Look Sharp! (Remastered)



1979 A&M $6.99
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Influences
Cole Porter The Beatles The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan

Formal Connections
William Shatner

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