![]() ![]() In 1978, a record producer heard Jackson's demo tape and signed him to A&M Records. ![]() Jackson then spent some time performing on the cabaret circuit to make money to record a demo. Jackson legally changed his name to Joe at age 20. He was still known as David Jackson when he joined Arms and Legs, but he picked up the nickname "Joe", based on his perceived resemblance to the British television puppet character Joe 90, a genius child spy. The band broke up in 1976 after two unsuccessful singles. Jackson's first band, formed in Gosport, was called Edward Bear, later renamed Arms and Legs. Jackson began playing piano in bars at the age of 16, and also won a scholarship to study musical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music. He learned to play the violin but soon switched to piano, and prevailed on his father to install one in the hall of their Paulsgrove council house. Jackson's parents moved to nearby Gosport when he was a teenager. He grew up in the Paulsgrove area of Portsmouth, where he attended the Portsmouth Technical High School. Early years īorn in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, David Jackson spent his first year in nearby Swadlincote, Derbyshire. He has recorded 20 studio albums and received five Grammy Award nominations. Jackson is associated with the 1980s Second British Invasion of the US. It was followed by a number of new wave singles, before he moved to more jazz-inflected pop music and had a top 10 hit in 1982 with " Steppin' Out". Having spent years studying music and playing clubs, he scored a hit with his first release, " Is She Really Going Out with Him?", in 1979. David Ian " Joe" Jackson (born 11 August 1954) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. ![]()
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