My Man A Sweet Man - Music

Mildred Virginia Jackson Born July 15 1944 Better Known As Millie Jackson Is An African-American R&B And Soul Singer-Songwriter And Actress Whose Music Has Also Explored Disco Hip-Hop Pop Rock And Even Country. Her Powerful Vocal Performances Are Also Distinguished By Long Humorous And Explicit Spoken Sections In Her Music Her Work From The 1970s And 1980s Is Often Cited As An Influence On Female Rappers. She Is The Mother Of Contemporary R&B Singer Keisha Jackson. Born In The Small Town Of Thompson Georgia Jackson Was The Daughter Of A Sharecropper. Jackson's Mother Died While She Was Still A Child And Subsequently She And Her Father Moved To Newark New Jersey. By The Time She Was In Her Mid-Teens She Moved To Brooklyn New York And Lived With An Aunt. Jackson Occasionally Worked As A Model For Magazines Like Jive And Sepia. Her Career Is Said To Have Begun On A Dare To Enter A 1964 Harlem Nightclub Talent Contest Which She Soundly Won. Though Jackson First Recorded For MGM Records She Soon Left And Began Her Long Association With Spring Records. Among Her Early Hits Was Hurts So Good Which Was Featured In The Blaxploitation Film Cleopatra Jones. During The 1970s She Travelled The Southern Club Circuit Along With Other Bands Like The Mighty Majors. Jackson Is A Former Grammy Award Nominee For If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right From The Album Caught Up. On That Album The Follow-Up Still Caught Up And Others She Was Backed By The Renowned Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. Her Voice Is Frequently Compared To Gladys Knight's. Jackson's Chart Success Continued Into The 1980s. Two Of Her Largest Hits During This Period Include "Hot! Wild! Unrestricted Crazy Love" And "Love Is A Dangerous Game". Both Songs Reached The Top 10 Of R&B Chart. Jackson Wrote And Starred In The Touring Play "Young Man Older Woman " Based On Her Album Of The Same Title. Two More Albums Followed 1994's Rock N' Soul And 1995's It's Over. Jackson Now Runs Her Own Record Label Weird Wreckuds. For The Past Several Years Jackson Has Had Her Own Radio Show In Dallas Texas. Broadcasting Via Remote From Her Home In Atlanta Jackson Can Be Found Working During The Afternoon Drive Time From 3-6 P.M. On KKDA 730 AM. In 2000 Jackson's Voice Was Featured In "Am I Wrong" By Etienne De Crecy Sampled From Her Performance In "If Loving You Is Wrong". In 2001 Jackson Issued Her Album Not For Church Folk! On Her Own Label Weird Wreckuds. It Includes The Single "Butt--A-Cize." read less