Biography

Tony Jackson is a Country Music Singer who performs across the United States and Canada. Jackson has gotten over 45 million views, and 1 million shares on Facebook, and over 570,000 Spotify streams as of February 2018. Country Weekly named Tony Jackson one of four new artists to watch in 2016.

Jackson had a self-titled album that was released on May 5th, 2017 which was distributed by SONY-RED and recorded at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. His album peaked at #35 on the Billboard Charts under the Independent Albums category. He had an early success in his career by scoring number one multiple times on CMT Music's 12 Pack Countdown Chart with his rendition of The Grand Tour by George Jones. Jackson's most recent single, Old Porch Swing is among the Top #30 hits on the Music Row Country Breakout Chart.

Preceding his life as a Country Artist, Tony Jackson enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after high school, and served four years, and then was redeployed during the Iraq War. During his time in the Marine Corps, he participated in a Marine sponsored Computer Science school in Quantico, Virginia. Upon finishing his service, Tony Jackson worked an Information Technology job in finance for a major bank in Richmond, Virginia.

Jackson's music career began in 2014 when a local rock band needed a new singer, and Tony Jackson decided to take the role to form the band Jackson Ward. He then recorded the album Goodbye Trouble with Jackson Ward. After George Jones passed away, Tony Jackson recorded a tribute to The Grand Tour, one of George Jone's iconic hits, and it caught the attention of Donna Meade, who is the widow of Jimmy Dean. She invited him to perform at her yearly barn dance, and his reception was received with a standing ovation, he was then scheduled to be a regular performer, and was then advised to head to Nashville to connect with one of her producers, Jim Della Croce, who was a publicist for The Beach Boys.

Upon arriving in Nashville, he immediately began recording music alongside Rock & Roll Hall of Famers John Sebastian, and Steve Cropper, and Country Hall of Famers Vince Gill, and Bill Anderson, releasing his first two singles Nashville Cats and The Grand Tour. His video of The Grand Tour ended up on the #1 spot in the CMT Music 12-Pack Countdown Chart for multiple weeks, and #36 on the MusicRow Country Breakdown Chart. This leads up to his release of his debut album, Tony Jackson on May 5th, 2017. After his album peaked at #35 on the Billboard's Independent Album Chart, his singles gained in popularity. Drink by Drink landed #28 on the Music Row Charts, and Jackson's newest single Old Porch Swing success is growing quick with over 1.7 million views on Facebook, and is among the Top 30 hits on the Music Row Country Breakout Chart.

Tony Jackson has held places in multiple music charts, including MusicRow, Billboard, CMT, CDX, and Play MPE. Many of his recorded singles have ended up becoming Top 30 hits, which includes Old Porch Swing, The Grand Tour, and Drink by Drink.
- IMDb mini biography by: Pat McGee & Mackenzie Mathna