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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1955
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Leavenworth Train
- A Furnace Afloat
- Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
- Dead Run
- The Thief at the End of the World
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Film & TV
Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Born in Staffordshire, David Jackson (as he was then known) grew up in Portsmouth in the Paulsgrove area and he attended the City of Portsmouth Boys School. His parents later moved to Gosport when he was a teenager. He initially learned to play the violin but soon switched to piano and prevailed on his dad to install one in the hall of their Paulsgrove council house. From the age of 16, he…
Known for
- Joe Jackson: Sing, You Sinners! - Live at The Beacon Theatre2022
- Joe Jackson & The Bigger Band - A l'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix — Self2012
- Joe Jackson - AVO Session 20102010
- The Greatest Game Ever Played — Piano Player2005
- Joe Jackson - 25th Anniversary Special — Self2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self2003
- Joe Jackson: Live in Tokyo — Piano, Vocals2001
- Joe Jackson: Steppin' Out -The Videos2001
- Aeschbacher — Self2001
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest1993
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- 9,080,641
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Joe Jackson (born 11 August 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK, as David Ian Jackson) is a British musician who grew up in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.. Jackson is known for the hit singles Is She Really Going Out With Him? (1979) and Steppin' Out (1982). He started off learning to play the violin but soon switched to piano. From the age of 16 he played in bars, and won a scholarship to study musical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jackson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Burton upon Trent
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- sophisti-pop
- Instrument
- harmonica
- Record label
- Rykodisc
- Official website
- www.joejackson.com
- Image
- Joe-Jackson3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Joe Jackson (musician)
- date of birth
- 1954-08-11
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- social media followers
- 48700
- pseudonym
- Joe Jackson
- birth name
- David Ian Jackson
- different from
- Joe Jackson (talent manager)
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
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