Joe Jackson - Stepping Out. Top Of The Pops 1982

Recorded from Top Of The Pops 1983. Joe Jackson (born David Ian Jackson, 11 August 1954, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominations span from 1979 to 2001. He is probably best-known for the 1979 hit song "Is She Really Going Out with Him?", which still gets extensive FM radio airplay; for his 1982 hit, "Steppin' Out"; and for his 1984 success with "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)".

Along with Elvis Costello and Graham Parker, Jackson was a part of the trio of English artists who challenged the punk scene and brought a New Wave sound to the United States in the late 1970s. He was popular for his pop/rock and new wave music early on before moving to more eclectic, though less commercially successful, pop/jazz/classical hybrids.

Born in Staffordshire, David Jackson (as he was then known) grew up in Portsmouth in the Paulsgrove area and he attended the City of Portsmouth Boys School. His parents later moved to Gosport when he was a teenager.

He initially learnt to play the violin but soon switched to piano and prevailed on his dad to install one in the hall of their Paulsgrove council house. From the age of sixteen, he played in bars, and won a scholarship to study musical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music.

Jackson's first band, in Gosport, was Edward Bear (not to be confused with the 1970s Canadian band fronted by Larry Evoy). The band was later renamed Edwin Bear and later Arms and Legs, but dissolved in 1976 after two unsuccessful singles. Although he was still known as David Jackson while in Arms & Legs, it was around this time that Jackson picked up the nickname "Joe", based on his perceived resemblance to the puppet character Joe 90. He then spent some time in the cabaret circuit to make money to record his own demos. However, whilst at school he had been known as 'Joe' to his schoolmates and teachers from 1972 onwards.

In 1978, a record producer heard his tape, and got him signed to A&M Records. The album Look Sharp! was recorded straight away, and was released in 1979, quickly followed by I'm the Man (also 1979) and Beat Crazy in 1980. He also collaborated with Lincoln Thompson in reggae crossover.

In 1986, he collaborated with Suzanne Vega on the single "Left of Center" from Pretty in Pink's soundtrack (with Vega singing and Jackson playing piano).

Jackson followed with the live album Big World, a three-sided double record - the fourth side consisted of a single centering groove and a label stating "there is no music on this side". The instrumental "Will Power" set the stage for things to come later, but before he left pop behind, he put out two more albums, Blaze of Glory and Laughter & Lust.

For some years he drifted away from the pop style, going on to be signed by Sony Classical in 1997. They released his Symphony No. 1 in 1999, for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2001.

In 1995, Joe Jackson contributed his version of "Statue of Liberty" on a tribute album to the English band XTC called "Testimonial Dinner" (released 1998).

In 2003, he reunited his original quartet for the album Volume 4, and a lengthy tour. As before, the quartet consisted of Jackson, Graham Maby, Dave Houghton and Gary Sanford.

In 2004, Jackson performed a cover of Pulp's "Common People", with William Shatner for Shatner's album Has Been.

Jackson toured 45 US and European cities in 2005 with Todd Rundgren and the string quartet Ethel,[citation needed] appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien performing their collaborative cover version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".

Thereafter, he embarked on a short tour in a piano-bass-drums trio format. He toured Europe in Spring 2007, again in a trio format.[citation needed] Jackson's album, Rain was released by Rykodisc on 28 January 2008 in the UK and one day later in the US. The album included a CD and a bonus DVD containing over 40 minutes of material, including concert and behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. Jackson performed two UK shows in spring 2008, followed by a full UK tour.

Original albums:
Look Sharp! (1979, A&M) No.20 US, No.40 UK
I'm the Man (1979, A&M) No.22 US, No.12 UK
Beat Crazy (1980, A&M) No.41 US, No.42 UK
"The Harder They Come" (EP) 1980
Jumpin' Jive (1981, A&M) No.42 US, No.14 UK
Night and Day (1982, A&M) No.4 US, No.3 UK
Mike's Murder Movie Soundtrack (1983, A&M) No.64 US
Body and Soul (1984, A&M) No.20 US, No.14 UK
Big World (1986, A&M) No.34 US, No.41 UK
Will Power (1987, A&M) No.131 US
Tucker Original Soundtrack (1988, A&M)
Blaze of Glory (1989, A&M) No.61 US, No.36 UK
Laughter & Lust (1991, Virgin) No.116 US, No.41 UK
Night Music (1994, Virgin)
Heaven & Hell (1997, Sony)
Symphony No. 1 (1999, Sony)
Night and Day II (2000, Sony)
Volume 4 (2003, Rykodisc)
Rain, (2008, Rykodisc)
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[lexi3570]

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[rone100theone]

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