Jackson Browne
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Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 30 million albums in the United States. Browne emerged as a teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, initially achieving success writing songs for other artists. Building on this, he released his self-titled debut album, "Jackson Browne", in 1972, which included two Top 40 hits, "Doctor, My Eyes" and "Rock Me on the Water". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
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- Born
- Clyde Jackson Browne , ( 1948-10-09 ) October 9, 1948 (age 77) , Heidelberg , Germany
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Genres
- Rock folk rock soft rock pop rock heartland rock country rock
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter producer political activist
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar piano
- Years active
- 1964–present
- Labels
- Elektra Inside Asylum
- Website
- jacksonbrowne .com
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Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 30 million albums in the United States.
Emerging as a teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, Browne had his first successes writing songs for others. Encouraged by those successes, Browne released his self-titled debut album in 1972, which included two Top 40 hits of his own: "Doctor, My Eyes" and "Rock Me on the Water". His second album, For Everyman, was released in 1973. His third album, Late for the Sky (1974), was his most successful to that point, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard 200 album chart. His fourth album, The Pretender (1976), continued the pattern of each album topping the previous one by peaking at number 5 on the album chart, and included the hit singles "Here Come Those Tears Again" and "The Pretender".
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