Deon Jackson ~ Similar Artists
Maxine Brown
- 79% match to Deon Jackson
27 April 1932, Kingstree, South Carolina, USA. Having sung in two New York gospel groups, the Manhattans and the Royaltones, Brown made her recording debut on Nomar with "All In My Mind". A US Top 20 hit in 1961, this uptown soul ballad was followed by another hit single,...
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Chuck Jackson
- 62% match to Deon Jackson
Eddie Holman
- 59% match to Deon Jackson
3 June 1946, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Holman's claim to fame was the 1969 soul ballad "Hey There Lonely Girl", sung in a piercing falsetto style. Holman began playing keyboards and guitar as a child and studied music at schools in New York City and Pennsylvania. He first recorded...
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The Radiants
- 59% match to Deon Jackson
An R&B vocal group from Chicago, Illinois, USA, the Radiants were a typical transitional group of the early 60s, bringing doo-wop harmonies into the soul era with gospel-inspired vocal treatments. The group began in 1960 when Maurice McAlister (11 January 1940, Mississippi,...
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The Newbeats
- 50% match to Deon Jackson
This distinctive pop trio featured falsetto Larry Henley (30 June 1941, Arp, Texas, USA) with brothers Marcus "Marc" Mathis (b. 9 February 1942; bass) and Lewis "Dean" Mathis (b. 17 March 1939, Hahira, Georgia, USA). Dean had joined Paul Howard's Western Swing Band in 1956 as a...
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