Randy Jackson

Steven Randall Randy Jackson born October 29 1961 is an American singersongwriter musician and dancer Randy is best known as a former member of his family band the Jacksons Randy is the youngest Jackson brother and the secondyoungest Jackson sibling before his sister Janet Jackson He is the eighth child in the Jackson family Randy was born at St Marys Mercy Hospital in Gary Indiana to Joseph Jackson and Katherine Jackson Nicknamed Little Randy Jackson is the ninth child of the Jackson family and youngest of the brothers Jackson was only two years old when the Jackson 5 was formed and thus not an original member While Randys brothers toured Jackson honed his skills as a musician mastering piano and the bongos Randy was not an original member of the Jackson 5 first appearing live with his brothers in 1971 at a Christmas show the Jackson 5 held for blind children Although he was on every Jackson 5 tour since 1972 mainly playing the congas among other instruments Randy did not officially join the family band until 1975 when they left Motown for CBS Records and older brother Jermaine chose to stay with Motown prompting Randy to replace him The Jackson 5 officially changed their name to the Jacksons when they signed with Epic in part because Motown owned the name Jackson 5 At age 16 he cowrote the Jacksons most successful single on Epic Shake Your Body Down to the Ground with Michael On March 3 1980 Jackson was seriously injured in a car crash in Hollywood California In June 1980 he appeared on the cover of the weekly AfricanAmerican newsmagazine Jet The cover headline read Randy Jackson Walks Again Talks About His Future Jackson plays congas percussion keyboards piano bass and guitar among other instruments In addition to singing and playing on the Jacksons recordings he worked with Michael on his album Off the Wall He participated in the Jacksons Destiny World Tour from 1979 to 1980 the Triumph Tour in 1981 Victory Tour in 1984 and the bands later projects After the Victory Tour Jackson worked with Lionel Richie on his album Dancing On The Ceiling in 1985 Jackson along with brothers Jackie Tito Marlon and his sister La Toya joined USA For Africa to sing in We Are The World which was led by Jacksons brother Michael Lionel Richie Quincy Jones and Harry Belafonte He was left out when the Jackson 5 were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 only the five original members were inducted He was part of the Jacksons 2001 reunion at Madison Square Garden but did not appear as an official cast member in their 2009 AE reality series The Jacksons A Family Dynasty He did contribute backing vocals with Jackie Tito Marlon and Jermaine for Michaels This Is It Source Article Randy Jackson Jacksons singer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30