# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-j-jackson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:36:21.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-j-jackson"
name: "J. J. Jackson"
slug: "j-j-jackson"
description: "Jerome Louis \"J.J.\" Jackson is an American soul/R&B singer, songwriter, and arranger. His singing style is as a belter. Jackson is best known for the song \"But It's Alright\", which he co-wrote with Pierre Tubbs. The song was released in 1966 and then re-released in 1969, to chart success on both occasions. The liner notes to his 1967 album, J.J. Jackson, on Calla Records, stated that he weighed 285 pounds."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Singers%2C_J.J._Jackson_%26_Dave_Chrenko_In_Action_-_New_Year's_Eve_1988.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: "1942-11-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.044172
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/263950"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جاي جاي جاكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جاى جاى جاكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Jackson"
    title: "J. J. Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Jackson_(singer)"
    title: "J. J. Jackson (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.J._Jackson"
    title: "J.J. Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.J._Jackson"
    title: "J.J. Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/21de845b-4e38-42b7-a33a-399b4b7e424c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6106074"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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