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.

Thanks in helping to compile this discography go to Yoni & Nobby's Webpages plus additions by Martin Goggin, Heikki Suosalo, John Ridley & Mike Gray