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Not related to, or to be confused with Jacksons and Jackson 5 member (and Michael Jackson (#5)'s brother) - see Randy Jackson (#2).
This Randy Jackson, born June 23, 1956 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, is a Grammy-winning producer, musician (electric bass & keyboard bass), record executive and television presenter, who started out learning bass from age 13. He has played and toured as session bassist with numerous high-profile pop artists, including mariah carey, destiny's child, céline dion, whitney houston, Elton John (#8), journey, Madonna (#2), *nsync, jean-luc ponty and more. He was vice president of A&R at Columbia Records for eight years, followed by four years as senior vice president of A&R at MCA Records. He served as one of the judges on the TV reality show American Idol from 2002 to 2013.