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Jackie Ross (born Jaculyn Bless Ross, 30 January 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American soul singer.

Ross sang gospel music as a toddler, and carried out on a radio present run by her mother and father, each preachers. After her father died in 1954 she moved to Chicago and was signed to SAR Information by Sam Cooke. Her first single, “Laborious Occasions”, appeared in 1962, and following this she hung out singing in Syl Johnson’s band.

In 1964, she signed with Chess Information and launched “Egocentric One”, which reached #11 on the U.S. Billboard Sizzling 100 and #4 on the Cashbox R&B chart. A follow-up, “I’ve Bought the Ability”, reached the Sizzling 100 however stalled at #89 and the next yr, “Jerk and Twine”, a re-working of “Every thing However Love”, the track on the opposite aspect of her large hit, peaked at #85.

An album, Full Bloom, was launched in 1965, which was adopted by three extra singles, however after disputes along with her file label, she left Chess in 1967. She later recorded for a number of labels effectively into the Nineteen Seventies, reminiscent of Brunswick and Jerry Butler’s Fountain Productions.

Most of her later recordings have been produced by her supervisor, Jimmy Vanleer’s manufacturing firm and issued on numerous labels, together with GSF, Mercury and Capitol and even Vanleer’s personal Golden Ear label, however she was unable to duplicate the success of “Egocentric One”.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Occasions Journal listed Jackie Ross amongst a whole bunch of artists whose materials was reportedly destroyed within the 2008 Common fireplace. wiki