Freddie Jackson, the soulful, Grammy-nominated singer who racked up 10 No. 1 R&B hits including “Rock Me Tonight” and “You Are My Lady” and had eight other Top 10s in just six years, died October 5, days after his 70th birthday.
The news was announced Tuesday on Jackson’s social media accounts, but no cause of death was listed.
After recording three albums with the Los Angeles band Mystic Merlin, Jackson went solo and returned to his native New York. His his emotive crooning style, he became a dominant force on R&B radio from his 1985 debut into the early
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