Jackie Moore

Biography

Jackie Moore (1946 – November 8, 2019) was an American R&B singer. Moore was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She achieved a gold single for the 1970 song "Precious, Precious," which reached No. 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 6, 1971. This disc sold over one million copies, and received the gold certification from the R.I.A.A. in March 1971.
Also noteworthy was her 1979 disco single "This Time Baby×This Time Baby1979 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAThis Time Baby7:04BLet's Go Somewhere and Make Love3:00," which peaked at No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart and hit No. 1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song would later be sampled for the 2005 dance radio and dance chart hit "Love on My Mind" by the Freemasons featuring Amanda Wilson. Moore also had a moderate US pop chart hit (No. 42) with Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt's upbeat "Sweet Charlie Babe×Sweet Charlie Babe1973 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Sweet Charlie Baby2:37A2Clean Up Your Own Yard4:17A3If3:32A4Darling Baby2:41A5Cover Me2:44B1Both Ends Against the Middle2:32B2Time3:29B3Precious, Precious3:25B4Willpower2:56B5Something in a Look3:09" in the fall of 1973, which she recorded with the Philadelphia Strings and Horns.

Career

Before her success at Atlantic Records and Columbia Records, Moore recorded for Wand Records which produced the single "Who Told You." Her debut "Dear John" was released on Shout Records in 1969.
Reviewing the 1973 Sweet Charlie Babe LP, Robert Christgau wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), "Figures that this should fall somewhere between state-of-the-art and great-mean soul: the five hits go back to 'Precious, Precious' in the winter of '71, with the two latest cut at a funkier-than-usual Sigma in Philadelphia and the others by a simpler-than-usual Crawford-Shapiro team at Criteria in Miami. Moore's voice is simultaneously sweet and rough, an unusual combination in a woman, and the songs are pretty consistent. But she lacks not only persona but personality, so that what in technical terms is pretty impressive stuff never goes over the top."
"This Time Baby×This Time Baby1979 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAThis Time Baby7:04BLet's Go Somewhere and Make Love3:00" was a featured song in the video game, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

Studio albums

Precious, Precious: The Best of Jackie Moore (1994, Ichiban)
The Complete Atlantic Recordings (2015, Real Gone Music)