Randy Jackson

Person · Open Library

Works

8

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Film & TV

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on American Idol from 2002 to 2013. Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing bass guitar for an array of jazz, pop, rock, and R&B performers. He moved on to work in music production and in the A&R department at Columbia Records and MCA…

Known for

• Diane Warren: Relentless — Self2025
• Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari — Self2023
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
• The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
• Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All — Self2021
• Name That Tune — Self - Band Leader2021
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
• The Masked Singer — Self - Guest2019
• American Idol — Self - Guest Mentor2018
• Drop the Mic — Self2017

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1958-08-29

Active to

2009-06-25

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

2,418

Total plays

13,975

There is more than one artist by this name. 1.) Randy Jackson is the youngest brother of The Jacksons. 2.) Randy Jackson is a record producer and a former member of the rock group Journey. He is well known as a judge on American Idol. 1.) The Jacksons youngest brother, Randy Jackson officially joined the group after Jermaine Jackson stayed at Motown and the rest of the brothers moved on to CBS. Randy also played the bongos and peformed with The Jackson 5 before Jermaine left, but officially

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Darius

Family name

Jackson

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Baton Rouge

Occupation

talent manager

Educated at

Southern University

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

jazz-funk

Instrument

bass

Record label

Columbia Records

Official website

www.randyjacksonnext.com

Image

Randy Jackson crop.jpg

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