CHUCK JACKSON
By 1960, Passaic, New Jersey housewife Florence Greenberg had established Scepter Records in New York City with her first act, The Shirelles, who'd scored a top 40 hit, "Tonight's the Night," near the end of the year. Attempts were made at grooming a male act (group or solo) before Flo's company struck pay dirt. Chuck Jackson had by that time enjoyed a few years of minor, mostly-on-the-road success with a notable rhythm and blues group before he landed his first hit single with Scepter's new Wand Records imprint. Little did he know this small record label would offer him a chance to work with some of the industry's most highly-regarded professionals. Winston-Salem, North Carolina was Charles Benjamin Jackson's birthplace in ... MORE ››
