Jon-Andre retweeted
I had the honor of Singing at my dear friend @FreddieJrnb FREDDIE JACKSON Home Going service. A special moment for me.
R.I.P. FREDDIE!!!🥲🙏🏽❤️🕊️🫶🏾.
Your Legacy and music will live on Forever !❤️🙏🏽
#rip #freddiejackson #melisamorgan
Jon-Andre retweeted
Kid Creole’s influence on Prince 👑, is a little like Queen’s, & Shuggie Otis’s influence on Prince - generally missed in favor of the more obvious ones (Sly, JB, Carlos, Jimi, Stevie…). Thing is, the not so upfront, or obvious influences have just as much weight.
Jon-Andre retweeted
Kid Creole is one of the great Trickster figures of Pop music, not unlike Uncle Jam, The Maggot Overlord, George Clinton. Auggie D doesn’t get enough credit for what the Savannah Band, and his Coconuts 🥥 built in the 70’s & 80’s starting w sophisticated 40’s zoot suit nostalgia.
Jon-Andre retweeted
“Songs In The Key Of Life can’t be pure R&B because Stevie does some Jazzy stuff!”
Ruth Brown, R&B pioneer, “Queen Of R&B”, with horn section, upright bass and swinging, jazzy pianist doing a Jump Blues-styled “Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean”
This is RHYTHM AND BLUES
Jon-Andre retweeted
Happy 75th Birthday to the legendary, Tramaine Hawkins
Tramaine Hawkins has one of those voices that will go through your heart and touch your soul..... She's been doing it for 5+ Decades... a legend...
Jon-Andre retweeted
Written by Rod Temperton...
Remembering Rod on his birthday (October 9, 1949 – September 25, 2016) 💙🕊
🗣Don't you go nowhere....
"The Lady In My Life" should've been released officially as a single...
Jon-Andre retweeted
Remembering Rod Temperton on his birthday (October 9, 1949 – September 25, 2016) 💙🕊 #songwriter
He wrote this George Benson classic.....
🗣️There's music in the air....
Paul Laurence Lillo Thomas and the incomparable Freddie Jackson - She’s Not a Sleaze
youtu.be/t7WUU2aJfAw?si=dROg…
Jon-Andre retweeted
American R&B and Soul legend Freddie Jackson, renowned for hit songs including “You Are My Lady” and “Rock Me Tonight,” has died aged 69.
Freddie Jackson’s family announced his death on social media in a statement saying:
It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we share the passing of our beloved Freddie Jackson, who went home to rest last night.
For decades, Jackson was known for romantic R&B and soul ballads including “Rock Me Tonight,” “You Are My Lady,” “Tasty Love,” “Have You Ever Loved Somebody,” “Jam Tonight,” “He’ll Never Love You (Like I Do)” and “Do Me Again.”
Rest in Peace Mr. Jackson. 🙏🏾 Thank you for the music..🎵
Jon-Andre retweeted
Some voices become part of the soundtrack of our lives. Freddie Jackson’s was one of those. 💔🕊️
His music made people feel loved, reminded us of someone special, and brought us back to moments we thought we had forgotten. What an extraordinary gift to leave the world.
And every time I was in his presence, he was so sweet. That kindness will stay with me right alongside that unforgettable voice.
Thank you, Freddie, for sharing your talent, your heart, and your soul with us. Thank you for the memories—and for the way you made us feel.
Rest in peace to a beautiful soul and a forever voice of R&B. You will always be loved. 🤍
Jon-Andre retweeted
RIP Freddie Jackson 🕊🥹💙
He just celebrated his birthday a few days ago. An amazing, legendary talent
Freddie Jackson had 10 #1 R&B songs during his run... just amazing.. crazy underrated....
