Chuck Jackson (born Charles Jackson in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on 22… Read Full Bio ↴Chuck Jackson (born Charles Jackson in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on 22 July 1937; died 16 February 2023) was an American soul and r 'n' b singer who was one of the first artists to have success with material by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and whose hits included "I Don't Want to Cry", "Any Day Now", "I Keep Forgettin'", and "All Over the World". On 4 October 2015, Chuck Jackson was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame.

Jackson startd out as a gospel singer in The Raspberry Singers. He was in the Dell-Vikings from 1957 to 1959.

After recording as Charles Jackson for the Clock label in 1959 he signed with Wand Records in 1961. He was immediately successful with his first single I Don't Want To Cry which reached No. 5 R&B, No. 36 Pop in the USA. He was with Wand through most of the sixties, scoring several R&B and Pop hits. In 1969 he moved to Motown but didn't do so well there. He continued to record throughout the seventies for labels like ABC, All Platinum and EMI America, scoring his last R&B hit in 1980.

Although never hugely successful his soulful voice resulted in 23 R&B top 100 singles in the USA and the same number of US Pop 100 hits over the course of 20 years.

Several of Jackson's songs later became hits for other artists including Ronnie Milsap, whose 1982 cover version of "Any Day Now" reached No. 1 on the Country and Adult Contemporary charts. Michael McDonald covered "I Keep Forgettin'" with much success. "I Keep Forgettin'" was also covered by David Bowie on his album "Tonight".

On 4 October 2015, Chuck Jackson was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame.

Since I Don't Have You
Chuck Jackson Lyrics

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I don't have plans and schemes and I don't have hopes and dreams.
I don't have anything since I don't have you.
I don't have fond desires and I don't have happy hours.
I don't have anything since I don't have you.

I don't have happiness and I guess I never will again.
When you walked out on me in came old misery,

And he's been here since then.

I don't have love to share and I don't have one who cares.

I don't have anything since I don't have you.
You, you...

Overall Meaning

Chuck Jackson's song "Since I Don't Have You" is a sorrowful ballad about the aftermath of a break-up. The singer, who has lost his beloved, laments that he has lost everything: plans, schemes, hopes, dreams, fond desires, happy hours, happiness, and love. He feels that without his significant other, he has nothing. This sense of emptiness is reinforced by the repetition of the phrase "I don't have anything since I don't have you." The chorus emphasises the importance of the missing person, by repeating the word "you".

The second verse reveals that the singer has been unable to recover from the loss. When his lover left him, misery took up permanent residence in his life, leading to a sense of hopelessness about his future. The use of personification to describe misery as a character who has taken up abode in the singer's life adds to the melancholy tone of the song. In summary, the song is about the pain of losing someone who is integral to one's life, and the difficult process of coming to terms with that loss.

Line by Line Meaning

I don't have plans and schemes and I don't have hopes and dreams.
I am devoid of any aspirations or ambitions since my beloved left me.

I don't have anything since I don't have you.
My life has lost its charm as I have lost the one I loved the most.

I don't have fond desires and I don't have happy hours.
I don't have any special wishes or joyful moments anymore since you're not here.

I don't have happiness and I guess I never will again.
The absence of my love has left a void in my life that I cannot fill with any amount of happiness.

When you walked out on me in came old misery,
The moment you left me, I was overwhelmed by a feeling of extreme sadness and despair.

And he's been here since then.
My heart has been consumed by misery ever since, and I can't seem to shake it off.

I don't have love to share and I don't have one who cares.
I am loveless and alone, with nobody to turn to in my time of need.

You, you...
Since you're not here, there's nothing else that matters to me. Only your absence consumes me.

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: BOB GARFRERICK, WALT ALDRIDGE

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And ladies and gentlemen, the new Heavy Weight Champion of the world is Mr. Chuck Jackson!

Chuck has power, control and soul.

There is an unblemished sincerity and honesty in his melodic and lyrical delivery.

Chuck might have fruitfully experienced an apprenticeship in Classical and Operatic vocalization.

His emotional voicing makes me think of Billy Eckstine, Johnny Hartman and especially Arthur Prysock (sp).

Maybe, Chuck Jackson might have also done creditably well as a classical Jazz singer.

Nathalie Cole has made a kind of 'cross over' from Pop, R'n'B...to Jazz - a successful endeavor wrought by her.

Ben E. King, almost at the 'dusking' of his physical life, was offering up digestively edible Jazz gourmets avec beaucoup d'hors d'oeuvres.

Oh, what a vocally appetizing treat to have been a partaker of!

Ben, RIP; gone, but always remembered!

Some years back, I witnessed a senior Chuck's sounding better than his youthful best.

Nice posting! Thanks much!