Tony Jackson (July 16, 1938 – August 18, 2003) was an English bass player and singer who was a member of The Searchers. July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... The Searchers are a British rock act who emerged as part of the 1960s merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry and the Pacemakers. ...

Anthony Paul Jackson was born July 16, 1938, in The Dingle. Liverpool. After leaving school he went to Walton Technical College to train as an electrician. Jackson was inspired by the skiffle sound of Lonnie Donegan, and then by Buddy Holly and other U.S. rock and roll. He founded the skiffle group the Martinis. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (701x716, 331 KB) cover of a Tony Jackson Group EP This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (701x716, 331 KB) cover of a Tony Jackson Group EP This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Porthill Bridge crossing the River Severn at The Quarry The Dingle gardens in the middle of the park The Quarry is the name of the main park in the Shropshire county town of Shrewsbury, England. ... Liverpool, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... Doghouse Skiffle Group Skiffle is a type of folk music with a jazz and blues influence, usually using homemade or improvised instruments such as the washboard, tea chest bass, kazoo, cigar-box fiddle, musical saw, comb and paper, and so forth, as well as more conventional instruments such as acoustic... Lonnie Donegan Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002) was a skiffle musician, possibly the most famous of them all, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. ... Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of rock and roll. ...

Nicknamed Black Jake, he joined the guitar duo The Searchers, which had been formed by John McNally and Mike Pender in 1959. The band soon expanded further to a quartet with the addition of the drummer Chris Curtis. Jackson built and learned to play a customized bass guitar. Learning his new job on the four-stringed instrument proved too difficult to permit him to continue singing lead so he made way for a new singer, Johnny Sandon in 1960. They played in Liverpool's nightclubs and the beer bars of Hamburg, Germany. Brian Epstein considered signing them but he lost interest after seeing a drunken Jackson fall off the stage at the Cavern Club. Sandon moved on in February 1962 and the band were signed by Pye Records in mid-1963 when The Beatles' success created great demand for Liverpudlian acts. For the Emmerdale character, see John McNally (Emmerdale). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chris Curtis is a British drummer and singer with the 1960s rock band The Searchers. ... Hamburg from above Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... External view of the New Cavern Club, January 2006 The Cavern Club, which was opened on January 16, 1957, is a legendary rock and roll club at 10 Mathew Street, liverpool, England, where Brian Epstein was introduced to the Beatles on 9 November 1961. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Pye Records was a British record label. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ...

Jackson was lead singer and played bass on the band's first two United Kingdom hits, Sweets for My Sweet and Sugar and Spice, but was not the vocalist on the band's biggest hit Needles and Pins. He was featured on both Don't Throw Your Love Away and Love Potion #9.

In 1964 the band toured the United States, including an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Jackson was unhappy with the bands' move away from rock and roll to a softer, more melodic sound and felt that he was not getting appropriate attention. He left the group in July 1964 in some acrimony and immediately moved to London and put together a new band, the Vibrations, which had an organ-based sound instead of the Searchers' twelve-string guitars. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Ed Sullivan The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by former entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. ... The Vibrations were an American soul vocal group from Los Angeles, California, active from 1960 to 1976. ...

After leaving the Searchers Jackson spent £200 on cosmetic surgery on his nose. He said at the time that he had had a lifelong complex about his nose to the extent that he could not mix socially. The surgery had followed psychiatric treatment. That same year he revealed that his 1960 marriage to Margaret Parry had been effectively over for two years. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

The Vibrations toured the UK with the Hollies, Marianne Faithfull and other acts. They released four singles on the Pye Records label but only the first had any success. In 1965 they changed their name to The Tony Jackson Group but the fourth single also failed and Pye dropped them. The band then signed to CBS without improvement and they found that there were few bookings in the UK so they toured southern Europe until even that withered. Disillusioned and out of options, Jackson left the music business. The Hollies The Hollies are a British rock and roll band formed in the early 1960s. ... Marianne Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress whose career spans over four decades. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ...

Jackson took a variety of jobs including Spanish night club manager, entertainments representative, furniture salesman, disc jockey, and golf club manager. In the 1980s he tried to establish a Searchers revival band, but was unable to compete effectively with the other two that already existed.

In 1991, Tony Jackson and the Vibrations reformed and an album of Jackson's material after the Searchers was released. The resuscitation of his career was shortlived, however, although he did appear four times with Mike Pender's Searchers between 1992 and 1995. That ended in 1996 when he was convicted of threatening a woman with an air pistol after an argument over a phone booth, and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The arthritis in his hands became so bad that he had to abandon even recreational guitar playing. In 2002 he said, "The spirit's willing, but the body's knackered." For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Towards the end of his life he suffered from diabetes, heart disease, and cirrhosis of the liver from a lifetime of heavy alcohol consumption. Jackson died August 18, 2003 in a Nottingham hospital. August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ...

External links

• The Searchers' History

References

• Associated Press, 'Tony Jackson, Bass Player of The Searchers', (August 22, 2003) Retrieved May 22, 2005
• 'Tony Jackson and the Vibrations', The British Beat Boom 1963-66 Retrieved May 22, 2005
• Allen, Frank. 'Tony Jackson', jacobsladder.org.uk (August 2003) Retrieved May 22, 2005
• Eder, Bruce. All Music Guide
• 'Obituary: Tony Jackson', Daily Telegraph, (August 20, 2003)