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Born.
1936, Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.A.
George's recording
career started when he began recording for Ike Turner's Prann
label in 63 with a song called 'No One Wants To Cha-Cha With
Me', which was not a major success but successful enough for
George to leave for Memphis.George has a quietly emotional
country-soul delivery which could have made him a
southern-soul singing star in his own right, but as he only
cut 15 singles over a 22-year period between 1963 and 1985
(and, more recently, a fine album) it is as a prolific and
highly skilled songwriter that he is most respected.
George
tried his luck with Stax Records but without success.Whilst
in Memphis he met Louis Williams with whom he started the
group called the Ovations who recorded a series of singles
for Goldwax.George wrote their biggest hit, 'It's Wonderful
To Be In Love'.
Although there were no major hits recorded
at Goldwax, he started writing for his fellow labelmates
including James
Carrs
'Coming Back To My Baby' and a couple of tunes for Spencer
Wiggins.
Leaving
for a solo contract with Decca made George took on the
pseudonym, Bart Jackson, but saw no real success for that
label either.
George then moved to Muscle Shoals where he
became an in-house writer / producer for the Fame label where
he wrote hits for Clarence Carter ('Too Weak To Fight') and
Candi Staton (various).
George continued to produce, write
and record into the 70's, most notable being his recordings
for Verve, MGM and HI records where he recorded two excellent
sides 'Patricia' and 'Aretha, Sing One For Me'.He also
produced, for Fame, The Osmonds 'One Bad Apple'(1971) which a
national hit and peaked at number 6 in the R & B
charts.
In the 80's George wrote and produced for Malaco
records and later released the album 'Heart To Heart To
Collect', for Senator Jones', Hep Me Records in 1991 with a
great soul track 'Strugglin' Lady' being a the
highlight.George's successful compositions for the label
included the huge seller for the late Z.Z.Hill, 'Down Home
Blues', which he originally wrote some 10 years earlier.With
the likes of Bobby
Blue Bland,
Johnnie
Taylor,
Latmore and Denise Lasalle all recording for Malaco,
Jackson's brand of southern soul songwriting had plenty of
scope.
George's writings have been recorded many times
and he is without doubt one of the great writers of soul
music.
Coming
soon: Acompilation of his Muscle Shoals demos.
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SINGLES
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as Louie Palmer
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as George & Greer
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as Bart Jackson
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with the group Gotham Flasher
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George
cut many demos for Sun records, including Old Friend, in the
very early 60s; before his single releases
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Info
from Heikki Suosalo
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I
Really Really Love You (never released)
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Won't
Nobody Cha Cha With Me / Who Was That Guy
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Prann
5003
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1963
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How
Do You Quit Drinking Wine* / Don't Leave Me*
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Bootheel
178
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I
Don't Care* / Have I Been Untrue*
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Bootheel
181
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Rufus
Come And Get Your Dog / Tender Love
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Hester
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1963
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There
Goes My Pride / Blinkety Blink
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Dot
16724
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1963
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Rufus
Come And Get Your Dog / Tender Love
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Doro
888
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1963
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Old
Friend
Demo
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Sun
Demo
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Cold
Cold Love / Just Got To Hold You
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Public
1002
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Good
Times** / You Didn't Know But You Had Me
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Goldwax
313
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I'm
Gonna Wait / So Good To Me
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Hi
2003
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1967
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Wonderful
Dream / Dancing Man
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Decca
32317
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1969
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That's
The Kind Of Man I Am / Because You're You
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CRS
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Find
'Em, Fool 'Em, Forget 'Em / My Desires Are Getting The Best
Of Me
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Fame
1547
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1969
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That's
How Much You Mean To Me / Gonna Hold On (To What I Got)
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Fame
1468
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1970
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I
Found What I Wanted / Love Hijacker
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Verve
10658
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1970
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Aretha,
Sing One For Me / I'm Gonna Wait
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Hi
2212
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1972
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Let
Me Know You Care / Patricia
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Hi
2336
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1973
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We
Only Just Began / You Can't Run Away From Love
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MGM
14680
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1973
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How
Can I Get Next to You / Willie Lump Lump
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MGM
14732
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1974
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If
I Could Get On That Soul Train / Smoking And Drinking
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MGM
14767
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1974
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Things
Are Getting Better / Macking On You
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Chess
2167
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1975
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Talking
About The Love I Have / For You / I Don't Need You No More
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ER
Music 101
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1976
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I'm
Never Gonna Leave New York**** / Try A Little Tenderness
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Keylock
7201
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1969
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Fast
Young Lady / Funky Disco Music
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Muscle
Shoales Sounds 9801
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1979
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Sam,
We'll Never Forget You / A Little Extra Stroke
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Happy
Hooker 1080
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1980
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The
Above track with Louis Williams
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Ain't
Nothing But Sorry / (Down Atlanta Way)/ We Need You More
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Crosstown
581
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1981
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Times
Are Rough / We Need You More
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WashataW
1001
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1984
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Not
A Word with Barbara Carr
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Bar
Car 004
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1985
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Strugglin'
Lady / If It's Love You're Trying To Fight (Perfect Soul
Record!!)
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Hep
Me 1051
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1993
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ALBUMS
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'In
Muscle Shoals 'CD Grapevine 3003 2003
1.
Help Me I'm In Need
2. Sweet Things
3. If I Could Open
Up My heart
4. Messin' With My Mind
5. Can't Let My
Family Down
6. Searching For The Right Words
7. Love,
Thought I Would Never Find Love
8. Cheatin' In The Next
Room
9. Since You Came Into My Life
10. When love Is
For Real
11. Nothin' But A Good Love
12. It Takes A
Storm To Make A Rainbow
13. The Weekend
14. Slippin' On
Your Love
15. Unlock Your Mind
16. For The Sake Of
You
17. I Don't Do Windows
18. Make You Mine
19.
Down Home Blues
20. A Knight In Shining Armour
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'Heart
To Heart Collect'CD Black Grape 100 1993
Recorded
in Pearl, Mississippi
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Sweet
Down Home Delta Blues LP (AMBLIN 14935) from 1985.
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Thanks
in helping to compile this discography go to Yoni &
Nobby's Webpages plus additions by Martin Goggin, Heikki
Suosalo, John Ridley & Mike Gray
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