Dee D. Jackson

Dee D. Jackson
Birth name	Deirdre Elaine Cozier
Born	15 July 1954 (1954-07-15) (age 57)
Origin	Oxford, England
Genres	Pop Space disco
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	Late 1970s-1980s, 2010-present
Labels	Jupiter Records Carrere Records (France), AVI Records (US), Durium (Italy, UK)
Associated acts	Gary Unwin, Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey
Website	www.deedjackson.com

Dee D. Jackson (born Deirdre Elaine Cozier, 15 July 1954, Oxford, England) is a musician and singer. In the 1970s, she worked as a film producer in Munich, Germany, before moving into music, working with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey.

Career

After years working for other artists, Jackson released her first single - "Man of a Man" (1978), but this has not been included in any of her albums. The single did not get the public's attention. Her next attempt was the release of her biggest single, "Automatic Lover" (also 1978), reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart,^[1] #1 in Argentina, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey and Japan. In Germany the single reached #5.^[2] It also climbed high up the South African singles charts. In Brazil the success was such that the Brazilian media produced its own version of Dee D. Jackson. A Brazilian girl (Regina Shakti) dressed like Jackson, and along with her robot and a meteor man, were introduced on TV programs there as the real Dee D. Jackson. Regina was introduced as 'D. Dee Jackson' to avoid problems with royalties.^{[citation needed]}

In 1976, Jackson married ^[3], and had a baby boy named Norman.

In 1978 she released her first album Cosmic Curves, a science fiction / disco LP, produced by Gary Unwin and his wife Patty. The second single from Cosmic Curves was released later that year, and "Meteor Man" was a hit in Argentina, Brazil, Europe and Japan. More modest airplay saw it to reach #48 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1]

The following year Jackson released another single "Fireball". It failed to feature in the UK chart, but enjoyed reasonable airplay in Italy, Germany, Brazil and Argentina. After months of exhaustive promotion, travel, and TV appearances; Jackson spent two years before recording a new album.

Thunder & Lightning was released at the end of 1980. In Italy it was released under the name The Fantastic featuring a different album cover. The first single "SOS (Love To The Rescue)" failed again in the UK, but once more France, Brazil, Italy, Argentina, Japan and Germany reacted more positively.

In the early 1980s, Jackson moved to Los Angeles, California and, in 1981, a greatest hits album called Profile was released in Germany. But after spending only months living in the U.S., she relocated to Italy, and subsequently released the singles "Talk Me Down" (1981), "Shotgun" (1982), "Moonlight Starlight" (1984), "Sweet Carillon" (1984) and "Heat of the Night" (1985). In 1988 "Automatic Lover" was remixed by Michael Cretu (Enigma), and released as a single entitled "Automatic Lover 88 Digital Max Mix", another hit in Japan.

A new album Blame It on The Rain was issued in 1995, with the attendant single release "People". She is currently married and living in Turin, Italy, where she owns a record company, DDE Records Ltd.

Since 1996, Jackson has written songs for, and produced other musicians. With the duo Nylon Moon, Jackson wrote the lyrics and melody and sang backing vocals on the track "Poppy Fields". Another track, "Maybe My Day", was included in the soundtrack of La Stanza del figlio.

Discography

• Cosmic Curves (1978)
  • "Automatic Lover"
  • "Red Flight"
  • "Galaxy of Love"
  • "Meteor Man"
  • "Venus, The Goddess of Love"
  • "Galaxy Police"
  • "Cosmic Curves"
  • "Falling Into Space"
• Thunder & Lightning (1980)
  • "SOS (Love To The Rescue)"
  • "Which Way Is Up"
  • "Living In A Dream"
  • "Teach You How to Dance"
  • "Thunder & Lightning"
  • "Trail Blazer"
  • "Sky Walking"
  • "I'm Dying"
  • "Stop All This Madness"
• Blame It on The Rain (1995)
  • "Blame It On The Rain"
  • "You'll Never Know"
  • "Running Fast Like The Wind"
  • "As Long As There's Love"
  • "Stop The Clock"
  • "I Wanna Be Your Everything"
  • "Without A World"
  • "Cold Impossible Dream"
  • "How Many Times"
  • "Hot Love"
  • "Bad News"
  • "Heaven's Hero"
  • "The End"
• Time and Space (2010)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 273. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
2. ^ Ehnert, Günter (ed.): Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956-1980. Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, p. 105
3. ^ GRO Register of Marriages: Adrian T.S. Tedd = Deirdre E. Cozier - JUN 1976 20 2228 OXFORD

External links

• Official website
• Dee D. Jackson website
• Dee D. Jackson fansite (Italian)
• Dee D. Jackson discography at Discogs
• Dee D. Jackson Photo Gallery

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