Biography

Blues/R&B singer and saxophonist Bull Moose Jackson was born Benjamin Jackson in Cleveland, OH, in 1919. Taking an interest in music at an early age, he formed a band called The Harlem Hotshots in the 1930s while he was still in high school. In 1943 he joined Lucky Millinder and His Band as a singer, replacing Wynonie Harris. He stayed with Milliner's band throughout the war years, but in 1946 he released a solo record, "I Love You, Yes I Do", which was a smash hit. Encouraged by the record's success, Jackson left Millinder's band and struck out on his own.

He had a string of hits over the next few years, but by 1949 the market for R&B records was pretty much drying up. He continued to perform with touring R&B shows, but by the mid-'50s he retired from the music business. He went to work for prestigious Howard University in Washington, DC. In the early 1980s a Pittsburgh (PA) bar band called The Flashcats persuaded Jackson to get back in the music business, and from 1983-1986 he worked with the band. He recorded an album with them, "Moosemania!".

He died in 1989 in his hometown of Cleveland, OH.
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Violinist and alto saxophonist. Made his reputation as a vocalist and sax player with Lucky Millinder and His Band in the 1940s, where he acquired his moniker. After leaving Millinder he led his own band, "The Buffalo Bearcats", and in 1947 turned out the first ever million-dollar R&B single, "I Love You, Yes I Do".