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Mick Jackson (born Michael George
Jackson, 2 November 1947, Münster, Germany) is an English singer-songwriter and the co-writer
of the song, "Blame
It on the Boogie". The song was co-authored by Mick's brother David Jackson and Elmar Krohn,[1][2] and
produced by
Sylvester Levay.[1]
Jackson recorded his version
first and The Jacksons' management team picked up the
song at Midem, the music industry trade fair in Cannes. Due to a
delay at the pressing plant which was producing Mick's single, in
the UK the two versions were released within weeks of each other.
The press
at the time enjoyed the similarity in the names and release
coincidence, calling the situation 'The Battle of the Boogie' as
the two records jockeyed for chart positions.
Radio stations got on the battle bandwagon. Radio One only played
The Jacksons' version, Capitol Radio only played Mick’s single. The
music press was equally split. ‘Melody Maker’ didn’t review Mick’s
version, but praised the Jacksons and wrongly referred to their
single as a “self-penned song” (16th Sept 1978), whereas NME hailed
Mick as the winner of the battle, calling his version “far
superior” (7th Oct 1978).
Despite the immense popularity of the song, having two versions
of it in the charts at the same time split the public and meant
that neither version reached the top of the chart. Mick peaked at
15 and The Jacksons peaked at 8 in the UK Singles
Chart. Mick Jackson's subsequent 1979 release, "Weekend" was
furthermore released in the same week as The Jacksons' second
single 'Destiny'. The songs entered the charts on the same day,
peaking at 38 and 39 in the UK Singles Chart respectively and both
'Michael Jacksons' appearing on the same edition of Top of The
Pops. Mick's single 'Weekend' spent eight weeks on the chart; thus equalling
his earlier single's tenure, and also avoiding the
one-hit wonder
tag.[3
]
Jackson released three albums
- Weekend (1979 - Atlantic Records), Step Inside My
Rainbow (1980 - CBS
Records) and "Square Deal" (1982).[4]
He has worked with many artists such as David Knopfler, Eric Burdon, Lisa Stansfield and Barry Manilow.[5]
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