Mick Jackson

Mick Jackson (born Michael George Jackson, 2 November 1947, Münster, Germany) is an English singer-songwriter and the co-writer of the song, "Blame It on the Boogie". The song was co-authored by Mick's brother David Jackson and Elmar Krohn and produced by Sylvester Levay.

Jackson released three albums - Weekend (1979 - Atlantic Records), Step Inside My Rainbow (1980 - CBS Records) and "Square Deal" (1982).

He has worked with many artists such as David Knopfler, Eric Burdon, Lisa Stansfield and Barry Manilow.

In 2010 filmmaker Patrick Nation made a Channel 4 documentary about Mick, entitled "The Other Michael Jackson: Battle of the Boogie" . The documentary was co-written and presented by Mick's son Sam Peter Jackson and lead to Mick Jackson's 1978 album "Weekend" (which features the original version of "Blame it on the Boogie") being re-released (for download on itunes) for the first time in 30 years by Demon Music. To promote the documentary Mick gave a rare television interview to BBC Breakfast.

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