Randy Jackson Randy Jackson Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American bassist, singer, record producer, entrepreneur and television personality. Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing bass guitar for an array of jazz, pop, rock and R&B performers. He moved on to work in music production and as A&R at Columbia Records and MCA Records. Jackson is best known from his appearances as a judge on "American Idol" and executive producer for MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew". Jackson has won a Grammy Award as a producer. Jackson was born on June 23, 1956, in
Perry B. Jackson NAACP, the Cleveland Area Church Federation, Goodwill Industries and the Boy Scouts of America. A scholarship in his name continues to assist Zanesville High School graduates with their college expenses. Perry B. Jackson Judge Perry B. Jackson (27 January 1896 - 20 March 1986) was Ohio's first elected judge who was African American . Born in Zanesville, Ohio, Judge Jackson was sworn in as judge in the State of Ohio in 1942. He served Cleveland and Cuyahoga County for 44 years before his death in 1986. Jackson married Fern Josephine Payne (d. 1983) in 1933. They had no children. Jackson