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Jacks, Terry

Best known at: »Seasons in the Sun», UK #1 (1974).
Birthday:  Mar. 29, 1946
Place of birth:  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Jackson, Freddie

Real name:  Frederick Anthony Jackson
Best known at:  »Hey Lover», US R&B #1 (1988).
Birthday:  Oct. 2, 1956
Place of birth:  Harlem, New York, USA

Jackson, Jackie

Real name:  Sigmund Esco Jackson
Best known at:  The Jackson Five
Birthday:  May 4, 1951
Place of birth:  Gary, Indiana, USA

Jackson, Janet

Best known at:  »When I Think of You», US #1 (1986).
Birthday:  May 16, 1966
Place of birth:  Gary, Indiana, USA
Trivia:  Showed artificial big boobs in Playboy magazine.

Jackson, Jermaine

Real name:  Jermaine La Juane Jackson
Best known at:  The Jackson Five
Birthday:  Dec. 11, 1954
Place of birth:  Gary, Indiana, USA

Jackson, Joe

Best known at:  »Sunday Papers» (1979).
Birthday:  Aug. 11, 1954
Place of birth:  Burton-upon-Trent, Staffshire, England

Jackson, LaToya

Best known at:  Artificial Playboy big ones.
Birthday:  May 29, 1956
Place of birth:  Gary, Indiana, USA

Jackson, Mahalia

Best known at:  US 'Queen of Gospel'.
Birthday:  Oct. 26, 1911
Place of birth:  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Death:  Jan. 27, 1972
Cause of death:  Heart disease.
More:  On Rockweb site: her album I Believe, cover pics, list of tracks and slight review.

Jackson, Marlon

Real name:  Marlon David Jackson
Best known at:  The Jackson Five
Birthday:  Mar. 12, 1957
Place of birth:  Gary, Indiana, USA

Jackson, Michael

Real name:  Michael Joseph Jackson
Best known at:  Metamorphoses.
Birthday:  Aug. 29, 1958
Place of birth:  Gary, Indiana, USA

Jackson, Millie

Best known at:  »It Hurts So Good» (1973).
Birthday:  July 15, 1943
Place of birth:  Thompson, Georgia, USA

Jackson, Randy

Real name:  Stephen Randall Jackson
Best known at:  The Jackson Five
Birthday:  Oct. 29, 1962
Place of birth:  Gary, Indiana, USA

Jackson, Rebbie

Real name:  Maureen Jackson
Best known at:  Oldest member of The Jackson Five siblings.
Birthday:  May 29, 1950
Place of birth:  ?

Jackson, Tito

Real name:  Toriano Adaryll Jackson
Best known at:  The Jackson Five
Birthday:  Oct. 15, 1953
Place of birth:  Gary, Indiana, USA

Jackson, Tony

Best known at:  The Searchers, bass, vocal.
Birthday:  July 16, 1940
Place of birth:  Liverpool, England

Jackson, Wanda

Best known at:  »Let’s Have a Party», UK #32 (1960).
Birthday:  Oct. 20, 1937
Place of birth:  Maud, Oklahoma, USA

Jackson Jr., Al

Best known at:  Booker T. & the MG's, drums.
Birthday:  Nov. 27, 1935
Place of birth:  Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Death:  Oct. 11, 1975
Cause of death:  Shot dead by burglars when they intruded his home.

Jagger, Chris

Best known at:  Brother of Mick, see below.
Birthday:  Aug. 5, 1949
Place of birth:  ?

Jagger, Mick

Real name:  Michael Phillip Jagger
Birthday:  July 26, 1943
Place of birth:  Dartford, Kent, England

Jam Master Jay

Real name:  Jason Mizell
Best known at:  Run D.M.C, Dj.
Birthday:  Jan. 21, 1965
Place of birth:  Queens, New York, USA
Death:  Oct. 30, 2002
Cause of death:  was shot and killed at his recording studio in Queens, New York.
More:  Run's House — the Run-DMC Web Site

James, Alex

Best known at:  Blur, bass.
Birthday:  Nov. 21, 1968
Place of birth:  Boscombe, Bournemouth, England
More:  Alex James

James, Elmore

Real name:  Elmore Brooks
Best known at:  US blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. »Dust My Broom» (1952).
Birthday:  Jan. 27, 1918
Place of birth:  Richland, Mississippi, USA
Death:  May 24, 1963
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

James, Rick

Real name:  James Johnson
Best known at:  »Mary Jane», US R&B #3 (1978).
Birthday:  Feb. 1, 1948
Place of birth:  Buffalo, New York, USA

Jardine, Al

Real name:  Alan Jardine
Best known at:  The Beach Boys, vocal, guitar.
Birthday:  Sep. 3, 1942
Place of birth:  Lima, Ohio, USA

Jarre, Jean–Michel

Best known at:  »Oxygene Part IV», UK #4 (1977).
Birthday:  Aug. 24, 1948
Place of birth:  Lyons, France

Jarvinen, Albert

Real name:  Pekka Järvinen
Best known at:  Hurriganes, guitar. Worked solo as well. Propably the best Finnish rock'n' roll guitarist ever.
Birthday:  Oct. 25, 1950
Place of birth:  Lahti, Finland
Death:  May 24, 1991
Cause of death:  Heart attack.
More:  Generating Rock Guitar Solos with a Context-free Grammar

Jay, David

Real name:  David Haskins
Best known at:  Bauhaus, bass, vocal.
Birthday:  Apr. 24, 1957
Place of birth:  Northampton, England

Jeczalik, J.J.

Best known at:  The Art of Noise, keyboards, programmer.
Birthday:  May 7, 1955
Place of birth:  ?

Jennings, Waylon

Birthday:  June 15, 1937
Place of birth:  Littlefield, Texas, USA
Death:  Feb. 13, 2002
Cause of death:  Died peacefully in his sleep, after a long battle with heart disease and diabetes.
More:  Waylon dotcom

Jethro

Real name:  Kenneth C. Burns
Best known at:  Duo Homer & Jethro.
Birthday:  Mar. 10, 1923
Place of birth:  USA
Death:  Apr. 2, 1989
Cause of death:  Cancer.

Jett, Joan

Best known at:  »I Love Rock’n’Roll», US #1 (1982).
Birthday:  Sep. 22, 1960
Place of birth:  Philadelphia, USA

Jo, Damita

Real name:  Damita DuBlanc
Best known at:  »I'll Be There» (1961).
Birthday:  Aug. 5, 1940
Place of birth:  USA

Joe C.

Real name:  Joseph Calleja
Best known at:  Kid Rock's sidekick, vocal.
Birthday:  Nov. 9, 1974
Place of birth:  USA
Death:  Nov. 17, 2000
Cause of death:  Suffered since childhood with Celiac disease, an intestinal disorder. Died in his sleep at home.

Joel, Billy

Real name:  William Martin Joel
Best known at:  »Just the Way You Are» (1977), »Honesty» (1979), »Say Goodbye to Hollywood» (1981).
Birthday:  May. 9, 1949
Place of birth:  Hicksville, Long Island, New York, USA

Johansen, David

Best known at:  The New York Dolls, vocal, songwriting.
Birthday:  Jan. 9, 1950
Place of birth:  Staten Island, New York, USA

Johanson, Jaimoe

Real name:  John Lee Johnson
Best known at:  The Allman Brothers Band, drums.
Birthday:  July 8, 1944
Place of birth:  Gulfport, Mississippi, USA

John, Elton

Real name:  Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Birthday:  Mar. 25, 1947
Place of birth:  Pinner, Middsex, England
More:  Eltonography.com: The Illustrated Elton John Discography

Johnson, Brian

Best known at:  Geordie and AC/DC, vocal.
Birthday:  Oct. 5, 1947
Place of birth:  Newcastle, England

Johnson, Robert

Best known at:  US Delta Blues man.
Birthday:  May 8, 1911
Place of birth:  Hazelhurst, Mississippi, USA
Death:  Aug. 16, 1938
Cause of death:  Supposedly was poisoned by a rival or a jealous husband.

Johnston, Bruce

Best known at:  Beach Boys, vocal, guitar.
Birthday:  June 27, 1944
Place of birth:  Chicago, USA

Jonathan

Real name:  Roger James Cook
Best known at:  cover »Michelle» (1966).
Birthday:  Aug. 19, 1940
Place of birth:  ?

Jones, Alan

Best known at:  Amen Corner, baritone sax.
Birthday:  Feb. 6, 1947
Place of birth:  Swansea, W.Glamorgan, Wales

Jones, Alan

Best known at:  Blackfoot Sue, guitar, vocals.
Birthday:  Jan. 5, 1950
Place of birth:  Birmingham, England

Jones, Booker T.

Best known at:  Booker T. & the MG's, keyboards.
Birthday:  Nov. 12, 1944
Place of birth:  Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Jones, Brian

Real name:  Lewis Brian Hopkins-Jones
Best known at:  The Rolling Stones
Birthday:  Feb. 28, 1942
Place of birth:  Cheltenham, Gloucs. England
Death:  July 3, 1969
Cause of death:  Found dead in his swimming pool. Officially, 'drowning while under the influence of alcohol and drugs'.

Jones, Grace

Best known at:  »La Vie en Rose»
Birthday:  May 19, 1952
Place of birth:  Spanishtown, Jamaica

Jones, Gloria

Best known at:  T.Rex, backup vocal.
Birthday:  Sep. 19, 1947
Place of birth:  Ohio, USA
Trivia:  Marc Bolan's girlfriend at the seventies. Was badly injured in the same car accident that took Bolan's life 1977.

Jones, Joe

Best known at:  »You Talk Too Much» (1960).
Birthday:  Aug. 12, 1926
Place of birth:  USA

Jones, John Paul

Real name:  John Baldwin
Best known at:  Led Zeppelin
Birthday:  Jan. 3, 1946
Place of birth:  London, England

Jones, Mick

Best known at:  Clash, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  June 26, 1956
Place of birth:  London, England

Jones, Mickey

Best known at:  Man, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  June 7, 1946
Place of birth:  Merthyr Tydfil, Mid-Glamorgan, Wales.

Jones, Neil

Best known at:  Amen Corner, guitar.
Birthday:  Mar. 25, 1949
Place of birth:  Llanbradach, M.Glamorgan, Wales

Jones, Paul

Real name:  Paul Bond
Best known at:  Manfred Mann, vocal, harmonica.
Birthday:  Feb. 24, 1942
Place of birth:  Portsmouth, England

Jones, Rickie Lee

Best known at:  »Chuck E.’s in Love», US #4 (1979).
Birthday:  Nov. 8, 1954
Place of birth:  Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jones, Thad

Real name:  Thaddeus Joseph Jones
Best known at:  US trumpeter and composer.
Birthday:  Mar. 28, 1923
Place of birth:  ?
Death:  Aug. 20, 1986
Cause of death:  ?

Jones, Tom

Real name:  Thomas Jones Woodward
Best known at:  »It's Not Unusual» (1965), »Delilah» (1968), »Kiss» (1988).
Birthday:  June 7, 1940
Place of birth:  Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
More:  Album details on Rockweb for Smash Hits  [1967].

Joplin, Janis

Birthday:  Jan. 19, 1943
Place of birth:  Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Death:  Oct. 4, 1970
Cause of death:  Heroin overdose.

Jovi, John Bon

Real name:  John Bongiovi
Best known at:  Bon Jovi, vocal.
Birthday:  Mar. 2, 1962
Place of birth:  New Jersey, USA
More:  Diane's Bon Jovi Website - Bon Jovi Band Members

Joyce, Mike

Best known at:  The Smiths, drums
Birthday:  June 1, 1963
Place of birth:  Manchester, England
More:  Shoplifters Union - "Your guide to Morrissey and The Smiths on the Internet"