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Joe Jackson

1928 - 2018

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Joseph Walter Jackson (July 26, 1928 – June 27, 2018) was an American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers. He was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Jackson is the 34th most popular musician (up from 209th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,183rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Musician.

Joe Jackson is most famous for being the father of pop music icons Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and the Jackson 5.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Joe Jackson ranks 34 out of 3,175Before him are Amir Khusrow, Giuseppe Tartini, Ringo Starr, Brian May, Sting, and Stuart Sutcliffe. After him are Ray Charles, André Rieu, Isaac Albéniz, Maurice Gibb, Arthur Rubinstein, and Benny Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Joe Jackson ranks 15Before him are Noam Chomsky, Eduard Shevardnadze, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Serge Gainsbourg, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. After him are Didi, Philip K. Dick, Jeanne Moreau, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Rinus Michels, and Osamu Tezuka. Among people deceased in 2018, Joe Jackson ranks 14Before him are Montserrat Caballé, Ingvar Kamprad, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Bernardo Bertolucci, Stan Lee, and Miloš Forman. After him are John Young, John Sulston, Peter Grünberg, Amos Oz, Isao Takahata, and Riccardo Giacconi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Jackson ranks 278 out of 20,380Before him are Peter Falk (1927), Gary Cooper (1901), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Barbra Streisand (1942), Edward Tatum (1909), and Carl David Anderson (1905). After him are Ray Charles (1930), Fred Trump (1905), Jane Fonda (1937), Burt Lancaster (1913), Bill Paxton (1955), and James Buchanan (1791).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Joe Jackson ranks 7Before him are Madonna (1958), Michael Jackson (1958), Bob Dylan (1941), B.B. King (1925), Louis Armstrong (1901), and Jimi Hendrix (1942). After him are Ray Charles (1930), Scatman John (1942), Brian Wilson (1942), Ronnie James Dio (1942), Tom Petty (1950), and Bill Haley (1925).