# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-jackson-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:51:48.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-jackson-jr"
name: "Al Jackson Jr."
slug: "al-jackson-jr"
description: "Albert J. Jackson Jr. was an American drummer, producer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a group of session musicians who worked for Stax Records and produced their own instrumentals. Jackson was affectionately dubbed \"The Human Timekeeper\" for his drumming ability. He was posthumously inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s in 1992."
tagline: "American drummer, producer, and songwriter (1935-1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al_Jackson_Jr_1967_press_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-11-27"
deathDate: "1975-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.11
  momentum:             3.241061130334487
  historical:           9.20664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/358683"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "أل جاكسون جونيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jackson_Jr."
    title: "Al Jackson Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jackson%2C_Jr."
    title: "Al Jackson, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jackson_Jr."
    title: "Al Jackson Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jackson%2C_Jr."
    title: "Al Jackson, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jackson_Jr."
    title: "Al Jackson Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jackson_jr."
    title: "Al Jackson jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jackson_jr."
    title: "Al Jackson jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jackson_Jr."
    title: "Al Jackson Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1a3be88e-ace6-47e2-b092-66f9314b7e35"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345802"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump