Rebbie Jackson
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| Rebbie Jackson | |
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 A photo of Rebbie Jackson at a concert in Las Vegas in 2003
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maureen Reillette Jackson |
| Born | May 29, 1950 |
| Origin | Gary, Indiana, United States |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Urban, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1984 - 1998 |
| Label(s) | Columbia, MJJ |
| Website | Web Site |
Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Brown (née Jackson), professionally known as Rebbie Jackson, (born May 29, 1950 in Gary, Indiana) is an American singer, best known as the oldest child of the successful Jackson family and older sister of pop icons Michael, La Toya and Janet. As a singer, she is most famous for the 1984 hit "Centipede".
Born in Gary, Indiana, she is the eldest child of Katherine and Joseph Jackson. She had a musical family background; her brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and the late Michael were in a band known as the Jackson 5, which later included Randy under the name The Jacksons.
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[edit] Career
After participating in her family's Las Vegas shows and later their televised variety show, Rebbie began her music career as a background session singer for such acts as Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan. Rebbie scored a large hit in 1984 with the song "Centipede", written and produced by brother Michael. It reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #4 on the Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and helped her debut album (also entitled Centipede) go gold in the US. Subsequent singles from her second and third albums, such as "Play Me (I'm a Jukebox)", "A Fork in the Road" (a cover of The Miracles' 1965 hit), "Reaction", "Plaything" and "You Send the Rain Away", as well as touring, giving live performances around the world, gave her moderate success on the R&B charts, but her pop success was limited. After one last album, 1998's Yours Faithfully, which featured the mildly-successful title track of the same name, Rebbie quietly retired from the music scene, until 2001 when she performed in Las Vegas for six months. Her son Auggie was the guitarist for her Las Vegas act. During the act, she did several of her hits, some Motown classics, and even a few of her brothers' greatest hits.
[edit] Personal life
When Rebbie's mother, Katherine Jackson, became one of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1965, Rebbie followed her into the faith.
Rebbie has been married to her childhood sweetheart Nathaniel Brown since November 30, 1968. The couple have three children: daughters, Stacee (1971) and Yashi (1977); and son Austin (1985) also known as Auggie.) All three children are singers, with Stacee and Yashi forming a group originally called the X-Girls (now known as Geneva) while Auggie is currently finishing up his debut album
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[edit] External links
- French updates about Rebbie Jackson on MJBackstage
- Official Web Site
- Fly Away - a Rebbie Jackson fan site
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