Artist:Jackie Moore
Song:Precious, Precious
Album:Sweet Charlie Babe
R&B singer songwriter Jackie Moore had success in the early 70s mostly on the R&B charts. The 1970 single Precious, Precious was her biggest hit. No doubt the rise of disco killed her career. She was born in 1946 in Jacksonville, FL. After recording a couple of singles for Bang's Shout label and Wand, Jackie got together with her cousin and Atlantic Records house producer Dave Crawford. He wrote and produced the Linda Lyndell hit What a Man. At Atlantic he worked with Wilson Pickett. Crawford took Jackie to Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia to record. Precious, Precious was the first single in 1970 and it reached #12 on the R&B Singles chart and #30 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was certified Gold. This would turn out to be her biggest hit. Jackie wrote the song with Crawford and Crawford played piano on the song. It also features guitarist Cornell Dupree and The Memphis Horns. Andrew Love played the sax solo. They didn't record an album at first. Instead a few singles were released that didn't do as well as Precious, Precious. The album Sweet Charlie Babe was released in 1973. It has been released on CD by Collectables. That was Jackie's only album for Atlantic. The 1975 album Make Me Feel Like a Woman was released by TK's Kayvette label and recorded at Muscle Shoals with guys like Barry Beckett and Roger Hawkins. Then she recorded a couple of disco albums for Columbia produced by guitarist Bobby Eli. And that was Jackie's final album. She recorded a couple of singles in the early 80s. But like I said, disco killed her career. Some singers adapted to it and some didn't. Jackie Moore never recorded again and she died on Nov. 8, 2019 at age 73. Here's a video for Precious, Precious by Jackie Moore.
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