Rebbie Jackson
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
After her brother Michaels success with the mega-selling Thriller, he was given the chance to write and produce. His first project was Rebbies first single Centipede, which hit number four R&B in fall 1984. The Centipede LP, released in October 1984, featured tracks produced by former Crusaders member Wayne Henderson. Her next album Reaction was issued October 1986 and included tracks produced by David Pic Conley and David Townsend of the group Surface, plus Rebbies brother Tito Jackson. The title track single hit number 16 on the R&B charts in summer 1986. The follow-up was You Send the Rain Away, a duet ballad with Cheap Trick lead singer Robin Zander that made it to number 50 R&B in late 1986. Another fine duet ballad, Tonight Im Yours with Isaac Hayes, received substantial airplay as an album track but curiously was never released as a single.
R U Tuff Enuff was the title of her third Columbia album, issued in February 1988, featuring one single (Plaything) that reached the R&B Top Ten. Her popularity with devotees of Britains rare groove scene prompted the release of The Rebbie Jackson Collection by Expansion in 1996. After a hiatus from show business in which she moved to Virginia, Rebbie signed with Michael Jacksons MJJ label in the late 90s. Her label debut Yours Faithfully was released in March 1998.
