Steven Randall „Randy“ Jackson ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger und Musiker.

Steven Randall «Randy» Jackson, né le 29 octobre 1961, est un chanteur et musicien américain, membre des Jacksons. Il est surnommé «Little Randy.»

Fils de Joe et Katherine Jackson, petit frère de Michael et aîné de Janet Jackson, il est le 8e et avant-dernier enfant de la famille.

Âgé de seulement trois ans quand son père crée les Jackson Five avec ses frères, il n'y fait avec sa sœur Janet Jackson que quelques apparitions.

Il remplace son frère Jermaine, resté chez Motown pour une carrière solo, lorsque les Jackson Five signèrent chez Epic Records, leur nouvelle maison de disques, en 1976 et changèrent de nom pour The Jacksons.

À 16 ans, en 1977, il écrit en compagnie de son frère Michael Jackson le plus grand succès du groupe chez Epic, Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground).

Il est considéré comme l'instrumentiste le plus doué de la fratrie, jouant de la batterie et d'autres percussions, du clavier et du piano comme de la guitare ou de la guitare basse. Il chante également dans les enregistrements du groupe.

Il travaille avec son frère Michael sur les enregistrements solo de ce dernier, notamment pour l'album Off the Wall.

Il est blessé dans un accident de voiture en mars 1980. Il peut néanmoins participer à la tournée des Jacksons en 1981 et aux projets suivants du groupe, notamment l'album Victory en 1984, pour lequel il écrit et interprète le titre One More Chance. Après le départ de Michael et Marlon la même année, Randy et ses trois frères encore dans le groupe produisent en 1989 leur dernier album, 2300 Jackson Street.

À la fin de l'année 1989, il forme son propre groupe, Randy & the Gypsys (dont des futures membres du groupe Slapbak, Jara Harris et Jeff Harris, respectivement à la basse et à la guitare). Le groupe ne se produit jamais sur scène mais enregistre un album.

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Steven Randall "Randy" Jackson (born October 29, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and dancer. Randy is best known as a former member of his family band the Jacksons. Randy is the youngest Jackson brother and the second-youngest Jackson sibling before his sister Janet Jackson. He is the eighth child in the Jackson family.

Randy was born at St Mary's Mercy Hospital in Gary, Indiana to Joseph Jackson and Katherine Jackson. Nicknamed "Little Randy", Jackson is the ninth child of the Jackson family and youngest of the brothers. Jackson was only two years old when the Jackson 5 was formed and thus not an original member. While Randy's brothers toured, Jackson honed his skills as a musician, mastering piano and the bongos.

Randy was not an original member of the Jackson 5, first appearing live with his brothers in 1971 at a Christmas show the Jackson 5 held for blind children. Although he was on every Jackson 5 tour since 1972, mainly playing the congas among other instruments, Randy did not officially join the family band until 1975 when they left Motown for CBS Records and older brother Jermaine chose to stay with Motown, prompting Randy to replace him. The Jackson 5 officially changed their name to the Jacksons when they signed with Epic in part because Motown owned the name "Jackson 5". At age 16, he co-wrote the Jacksons' most successful single on Epic, "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" with Michael.

On March 3, 1980, Jackson was seriously injured in a car crash in Hollywood, California. In June 1980, he appeared on the cover of the weekly African-American newsmagazine Jet. The cover headline read: "Randy Jackson Walks Again: Talks About His Future."

Jackson plays congas, percussion, keyboards, piano, bass, and guitar, among other instruments. In addition to singing and playing on the Jacksons' recordings, he worked with Michael on his album Off the Wall. He participated in the Jacksons' Destiny World Tour from 1979 to 1980, the Triumph Tour in 1981, Victory Tour in 1984, and the band's later projects. After the Victory Tour, Jackson worked with Lionel Richie on his album Dancing On The Ceiling in 1985. Jackson, along with brothers Jackie, Tito, Marlon, and his sister La Toya joined USA For Africa to sing in "We Are The World", which was led by Jackson’s brother Michael, Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, and Harry Belafonte.

He was left out when the Jackson 5 were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997; only the five original members were inducted.

He was part of the Jacksons' 2001 reunion at Madison Square Garden, but did not appear as an official cast member in their 2009 A&E reality series The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty. He did contribute backing vocals with Jackie, Tito, Marlon and Jermaine for Michael's "This Is It". ..

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