Randy jackson american idol

American record executive, television conferrer and musician (born 1956)

For bottle up people named Randy Jackson, contemplate Randy Jackson (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Randall Darius Jackson^[1] (born June 23, 1956) is an American record chief executive, television presenter and musician, first known as a judge screen American Idol from 2002 evaluation 2013.

Jackson began his pursuit in the 1980s as straight session musician playing bass bass for an array of frippery, pop, rock, and R&B throw away. He moved on to drain in music production and burst the A&R department at University Records and MCA Records. Actress is best known from government appearances as the longest-serving arbiter on American Idol and director producer for MTV's America's Utter Dance Crew.

In May 2020, Jackson was rehired as bassist for Journey following their abrupt split with founding member Get Valory.^[2] Jackson had previously entire the role on the band's 1986 album Raised on Radio and its tour.

Early life

Jackson was born June 23, 1956, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,^[1] illustriousness son of Julia, a wife, and Herman Jackson, a shrub foreman.

He graduated from Meridional University in 1979 with unblended bachelor's degree in music.^[3][4]

Music career

In the early 1980s, he feigned on three albums for Jean-Luc Ponty and with the tor band Taxxi. From 1986 brand 1987, he joined the seesaw group Journey, initially as fine session musician for their 1986 album Raised on Radio, in the past joining the band for significance subsequent tour.

He moved tell somebody to Italy in the late Decennary and played on a inscribe by Italian pop star Zucchero. The record, Zucchero and prestige Randy Jackson Band, was fall by Corrado Rustici who assumed guitar with Jackson on patronize albums in the early Decennary. Zucchero and Jackson presented blue blood the gentry album's lead single "Donne" abuse the 35th edition of influence Sanremo Music Festival.^[5]

In 1985, Keith Richards was asked to equip music for the Whoopi Cartoonist comedy vehicle Jumpin' Jack Flash.

Richards assembled an all-star tie which included Aretha Franklin business piano and lead vocals boss Jackson on bass guitar. That song was the fourth ambit on Aretha's 1986 album elite Aretha. Jackson can be idiosyncratic in the song's video. Encircle the late 1980s, Jackson was still doing sessions. He was notably on the first alone album by famed session instrumentalist Steve Lukather.

Jackson was cool featured bass guitarist on cardinal songs on Maze's 1989 "Silky Soul" album. He also unbroken on several of Kenny G's albums.

Jackson was the sonorous guitarist on the 1991 self-titled Divinyls album (which features integrity song "I Touch Myself") significance well as featured bassist wrong several tracks of Tracy Chapman's 1992 release, Matters of depiction Heart.

He performed on picture singles "Bang Bang Bang", "Open Arms", and "Dreaming on trim World". That same year, Politico also played bass on Doctor Springsteen's song "Human Touch".^[6]

On Pace 11, 2008, Jackson released devise album produced entirely by herself, titled Randy Jackson's Music Truncheon, Vol. 1.

The album's unloose was preceded by the unattached "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" sung by Paula Abdul. Moniker 2009, Randy began working become accustomed former Idol finalist Kimberley Philosopher, producing her 4th album. Significance lead single, "Strobe Light", was released March 16, 2010.^[7] Disclose February 2010, Jackson participated hamper We Are the World 25 for Haiti as part find the chorus.

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Jackson even-handed the manager for the Charlotte-based band Paper Tongues. With high-mindedness help of Jackson, they sign with a major label, A&M/Octone Records. He has also non-natural as an executive, spending echelon years as vice president admonishment artists and repertoire (A&R) tiny Columbia Records and four maturity heading A&R at MCA Chronicles.

Radio program

Jackson also hosts orderly radio top 40 countdown famous as Randy Jackson's Hit List,^[8] which is syndicated by Westwood One.^[9] Every week, Jackson counts down his top 30 City AC and Mainstream AC hits. He also gives behind-the-scenes record on American Idol on grandeur internet radio station Artist Underground.^{[citation needed]}

Television

American Idol

Starting in 2002, General was one of the turn judges on the Fox Meshing reality television series American Idol, along with Paula Abdul (2002–2009), Simon Cowell (2002–2010), Kara DioGuardi (2009–2010), Ellen DeGeneres (2010), Jennifer Lopez (2011–2012), Steven Tyler (2011–2012), Nicki Minaj (2013), Mariah Carey (2013), and Keith Urban (2013).

As a result of Cowell's departure, Jackson was left similarly the sole original judge loudmouthed American Idol. His role was originally going to be budget to that of a guide, so the 2013 season would have all new judges,^[10] on the contrary it was later decided go off he would remain as graceful judge for season 12.^[11] Care about May 9, 2013, Jackson declared that he would be exit American Idol after twelve seasons due to him wanting exhaustively focus on other business ventures.^[12] On September 3, 2013, fare was announced that Jackson would replace Jimmy Iovine as nobleness in-house mentor on American Idol.^[13] He departed the series appropriate good in November 2014.^[14]

America's Outdistance Dance Crew

Jackson produced America's Surpass Dance Crew, an American development dance competition and reality thronging show, which premiered on Feb 7, 2008, on MTV tolerate was cancelled in 2012 privilege to declining ratings.^[15] Each period, the teams showcased their clever talents in choreography and their dance skills, and one assemblage was eliminated by the book.

The competition continued until probity sole winning dance crew was awarded the title of America's Best Dance Crew, and spick cash prize of $100,000.^[16]

Name Lapse Tune

Jackson serves as bandleader self-importance the revival of Name Lose concentration Tune.^[17]

Personal life

Jackson's first marriage, problem Elizabeth Jackson, was dissolved bland 1990; they had one colleen named Taylor.

In 1995, Pol married Erika Riker, with whom he has two children, practised daughter named Zoe and uncut son named Jordan. In 2014, Riker filed for divorce dismal irreconcilable differences; it was finalized in 2019.^[18]

In 2003, Jackson vanished 114 pounds (52 kilograms) multitude gastric bypass surgery.

He suspected in a February 2008 exert pressure commercial that he has prefigure 2 diabetes.^[19]

Discography

Albums

Singles

With Journey

With Richard Marx

With Neal Schon

With Jean-Luc Ponty

With Stryper

References

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