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.
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.
These Chains of Love
Chuck Jackson Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Chuck Jackson:
(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You Now don't you know my daddy told me Told me right…
All I Need Since the day I lost you, girl I just can't face…
All In My Mind I think that you don´t care, And it´s more than…
All Over the World Darling you're the one I've waited for patiently And there's…
Any Day Any day now I will hear you say "Goodbye, my…
Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Any day now I will hear you say "goodbye, my love"…
Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Any day now I will hear you say "Goodbye, my…
Any Day Now My Wild Beautiful Bird Any day now I will hear you say "goodbye, my love"…
Any Other Way I'm free Here you come again And you call yourself my fr…Beg Me Baby you walked out on me-ee-ee Leaving me in misery Now you…
Come On And Love Me My baby loves me, oh yeah My baby needs me,…
Daddy's Home You're my love You're my angel You're the girl of my dreams …
Get Out of My Life You don't love me no more Get out my life woman You…
Get Out of My Life Woman You don't love me no more Get out my life woman You…
Hand It Over Oh, will you let me have all Of your loving and…
Helpless Every day I walk some lonely street Searchin' 'til you come…
Hold On Sometimes I get a good feeling I get a feeling that…
Hold On I'm Coming Now don't you ever, be sad Lean on me When your times…
I Cried For You I remember other days how I used to weep Over…
I Don't Want to Cry I still love you Like I did before But before you smile And…
I Got The Need Since the day I lost you, girl I just can't face…
I Keep Forgettin' I keep forgetting You don't love me no more I keep forgettin…
I Need You Since the day I lost you, girl I just can't face…
I Need You So Since the day I lost you, girl I just can't face…
I Wake up Crying I wake up crying After tossin' and turnin' And yearnin' the …
I'll Fight It I can't stand the pain of love When you get all…
If I Didn't Love You You asked me Do I love you That's a silly question Listen I…
Love My baby loves me, oh yeah My baby needs me,…
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Love is a many splendored thing It's the April rose that…
Love Me Tender My baby loves me, oh yeah My baby needs me,…
Need You There Since the day I lost you, girl I just can't face…
Rainy Night In Georgia Hoverin' by my suitcase Tryin' to find a warm place to…
Relight My Fire Help me escape this feelin' of insecurity I need you so…
Shake Me Wake Me All through this long and sleepless night I hear my neighbor…
Shame On Me Shame on me for hurting you What can I say, darling What…
Somebody New The only way I know how To tell you that we're…
Something You Got Something you got, baby Makes me work all day Something you …
Something You've Got Sometimes I get a good feeling I get a feeling that…
Tears Of Joy Hey, Chuck, why you crying Well, I'll tell you 'bout it Whe…
Tell Him I'm Not Home Every time I call you on the phone They tell me…
The Breaking Point Where are you – Why are we apart? I need you to…
The Love Of My Girl My baby loves me, oh yeah My baby needs me,…
The Man In You Now don′t you know my daddy told me Told me right…
Ya Ya Oh, well, I'm sittin' here, la, la Waiting for my ya…
You Keep Running Away You keep running away You come back to me But still you…
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@Stives1979
Absolute stormer evoke's great memories listening right now in 2025 love coming back to these golden oldies all over again never get tired of them and thanks for a excellent upload 💯👍🎵🎶✊✊✊
@andreageorge2251
RIP LEGEND gone but never ever forgotten by us soulies KTF ❤️
@mrmecca1248
Chuck Jackson - Northern Soul Legend
@leeroberts8114
He is, and this is my favourite tune by him. KTF SoT.
@HarryBrown-n5g
Was singing this earlier whilst in town so had to play this northern soul selection What a musical legend what a northern soul song the min7 min/major min/6 works a treat keep the faith from Edinburgh Scotland
@leeroberts8114
A 100% Quality piece of Northern Soul...Hats off to you once again, Brico! KTF SoT.
@briancunningham7091
it does not get any better than this
@anthonydavidson3155
Fantastic voice 👌
@briancunningham7091
could be the best single i own brilliant
@alandyer-q2u
Absolute belter of a tune