Shawne Jackson is a singer, songwriter from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She had a Canadian Top 10 hit in 1974 with "Just As Bad As You". During her career she has provided the voice for Teacher Harriet in ''
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, backing vocals on ''
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, backing vocals on ''
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'' by Domenic Troiano. She was also nominee for the 1976
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Background
She is the great granddaughter of Albert Jackson, Canada's first Black letter carrier.
During the late 1960s, Shawne and her brother Jay Jackson were the lead singers in a popular Canadian r&b group The Majestics.
She was married to
Domenic Troiano
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who produced her hit "Just As Bad As You". He died in 2005 from Cancer.
Career
In 1974, she was backed by a band called West which included Paul Sanderson who would later become a leading entertainment lawyer in Canada. The group auditioned for the management company,
Magic Management
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who took them along with the group
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. It was via Magic Management that they ended up auditioning for Jackson who at that time was
Domenic Troiano's girlfriend. West backed her for three months and then she had her hit "Just As Bad As You". By that time she had formed her own backing band. West broke up that year.
In May, 1974, "Just As Bad As You" was released. The A side was composed by Domenic Troiano. The B side, "He May Be Your Man" she co-wrote with Troiano. Both sides were produced by Troiano and Keith Olsen. On May 28 a successful reception was held for her at The Generator in Toronto with the help from Quality Records. The single got to #10 in Canada in June. It also got to #98 on the US R&B chart. The ''
Cash Box
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'' international bestsellers, Canada chart recorded it at #6 just ahead of the "Time To Cry" single by
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in the June 15 issue.
Also in June, with her single doing well in Canada, she was touring with the group Sweet Blindness.
The August 9, 1975, issue of ''Billboard'' mentioned that Jackson was working on a follow up to "Just As Bad As You". It also mentioned the side activities of Dominic Troiano who was then part of the new
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*Guess Who (Slim Whitman album), 1971
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line up. He had recently finished producing a session for Jackson.
By February 14th, her single "Get Out of the Kitchen" was at #10 in The Cash Box international bestsellers chart.
It was noted by ''Billboard'' in the December 11, 1976, issue that "Just As Bad As You" had been reissued by Quality Records as a first in a series of Playboy Gold reissues.
[''Billboard'', December 11, 1976 ]
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Further reading
Shawne Jackson
References
Links
Discogs: Shawne Jackson
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Imdb: Shawne Jackson
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20th-century Black Canadian women singers
21st-century Black Canadian women singers
Playboy Records artists
The Silhouettes (Canadian group) members