Talk:Randy Jackson

Vandalism
Constant vandalism is being placed in this article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skikid419 (talk • contribs)
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TV reporter
I removed this:
 * Randy Jackson is also a TV news reporter.

We would need qualifying information to list a TV reporter here. They must be the host of a nationally broadcast program, like Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw to be notable enough to include in this article. --b. Touch 23:35, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Page name
This article was recently (and without notice) moved from Randy Jackson to Randy Jackson (American Idol). I think the move was a mistake, for the following reasons:
 * 1) This Randy Jackson is much more accomplished and well-known than the brother-of-Michael one, who wasn't even an original member of the Jackson 5
 * 2) The person who did the move never changed the 40 or so links to the old article, so now people have to go through the plain Randy Jackson page to get to this article
 * 3) This Randy Jackson has had more roles than just judging on American Idol, so even the article title is a bit misleading
 * 4) There are other phil Jacksons out there, including the above reporter and a 1950s baseball player who was in the major leagues for 10 years.

Therefore, I propose to move the current Randy Jackson page to Randy Jackson (disambiguation). Then I'll move this article to Randy Jackson, adding the Otherpeople template. Now all the existing links to this Randy Jackson to be correct again. Links to the brother-of-Michael will also remain correct. I'll fix up the 2 or 3 articles that link to Randy Jackson (American Idol) to link to just Randy Jackson. I'll then update the new (disambiguation) page with these two Randy Jacksons, and have red links or no-link mentions to the baseball one and perhaps the reporter one if he seems notable enough.

In other words, I propose to handle Randy Jackson the same way that Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Michael Jordan, Michael Howard, and other famous people with common names are handled.

Let me know if there are objections to this plan. Wasted Time R 12:30, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * No objections heard from yet. Somebody else jumped the gun and did the Randy Jackson to Randy Jackson (disambiguation) move already, which just makes matters worse unless this is moved to Randy Jackson.  Have applied to admins to do this (mortals can't).   Wasted Time R 02:48, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * All done now.

Albums produced?
A short mention of some of the albums he has produced for big name artists would be helpful.  young  american (talk) 05:08, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

AFAIK he played bass on Roger Waters' "Amused To Death" (1992).

Jackson 5???
It says under Early Years, ''"His first big break in the industry came when he played with the Jackson Five... and was adopted by the Jackson Family." '' Is this true? That basically contradicts what it says under Personal Life: "Contrary to a widely circulated story, Randy Jackson is not related to actor Samuel L. Jackson, nor to pop star Michael Jackson. [1] (Michael Jackson's brother is another Randy Jackson and was a member of The Jackson 5.)" --Jkisch 02:30, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

This entire article needs a ton of work. It is filled with grammatical and spelling errors (Harry Krishna?!) and tons of unattributed information, much of which seems, on the surface at least, to be untrue.Zeppelined 19:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

It says he is a songwriter
Does anyone know of any songs that Jackson wrote? I'm curious. 207.109.29.90 21:28, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

HISTORY
Bold textItalic text--67.184.196.19 23:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC) YOU SHOULD HAVE HIS BACKGROUND ON THIS PAGE BECAUSE I PICKED TO DO A REPORT ON YOU BUT THERE IS NOTHIN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD.THATS WHAT I NEED.SO WHERE DID YOU GROW UP,NOBODY KNOWS!

HANNAH

This is a Wikipedia talkpage regarding editing of the subject at hand, not a message baord for the celebrity. Randy Jackson most likely does NOT have anything to do with this article. Only verifiable information is supposed be published on Wikipedia, so if there is nothing about Randy Jackson's early life, it likely means no one has access to any verifiable information regarding his childhood, early life, etc. Another thing to conisder: Wikipedia is NOT the greatest source for a school assignment. The text of the articles can be radically changed by ayone, which affects its veracity as a credible source. On some of the more scientific articles, Wikipedia can be a good starting point for research, but regarding biographical informaiton on most people, it's a waste of time to utilize as yrou sole source. Again, it might lead you to different sources that are more accurate and/or reputable, but I would suggest you not use Wikipedia as your sole resource. 209.254.200.110 (talk) 20:51, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

duh
who the heck wrote, "here are the pluses"

have they ever taken an english class

Like a Prayer
I was under the impression that Guy Pratt not Randy Jackson played bass on the Madonna track 'Like a prayer'. See http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?storyCode=14509

Can't edit the Randy Jackson page beacuse it is protected. --Saworthy 16:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

He was NOT in the Jackson 5. The Jackson 5 were all born in Gary, Indiana. How could he be the only Jackson child born in Baton Rouge? As a citizen of Baton Rouge, I think I would know if those Jacksons came from my city. He grew up in Baton Rouge, went to Robert E. Lee High School on Lee Drive. His house was close to the gates of Louisiana State University. His first major artist he worked with was Irma Thomas, a singer based out of New Orleans, then Billy Cobham. I am also pretty sure he is of no relation to Samuel L. Jackson. The Biography program on the Biography channel made no connection between those two Jacksons either.

Gear He Uses
This isn't in my normal area of Wiki to work on, so it's up to the rest of you; but would it be worthwhile to include information on the gear that Randy uses? All I know is that he uses SWR bass amps. Not sure if it would be a benefit to list various gear that he has often used during his career, but it might be of use to Wiki users. Thanks! --Dulcimerist 09:28, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Randy Jackson.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

african american
deleted that he's an 'african american' bassist from the initial statement. not relevant and inconsistent unless we want to state that every white musician is white on their first sentence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.9.90.127 (talk) 19:20, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

KISS??
The only "Jackson" that has ever been associated with KISS, in my recollection, is Michael James Jackson, their producer in the mid-80's. Where in the world is there ANY support for Randy Jackson having played ever, at all, at any time, on any studio album or live, with KISS?? I know Gene Simmons didn't always play bass on all KISS studio albums, but I have never seen anything anywhere that indicates Randy Jackson played bass on any KISS recording, and there has never been another bass player in KISS on any tour. A little support for this claim might help, but I believe it's class "A" BS. Until anyone shows otherwise, I've removed it. Deuce1231 (talk) 05:51, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Manager of Papertongues?
can anyone confirm this? a simple google search shows no clear connection other than the mention on this page and the copied versions of it. is this some kind of viral marketing effort? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.201.192 (talk) 03:33, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


 * No apparent connection to reality, and it was added as the only edit by an anonymous IP, so now it's gone.--NapoliRoma (talk) 06:14, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

richie sambora
It says RJ is associated with Sambora, but there is nothing about it in the article, is this true. If its not verified i will remove this.123.255.21.89 (talk) 07:54, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

How do you change the name of an article?
Because I made this one page that was called Jeff Campbell (disambiguation) and I there's an article which is called Jeff Campbell. I want to change it from Jeff Campbell to Jeff Campbell (soccer player). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.32.29.34 (talk) 00:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Move?
Please see Talk:Randy Jackson (disambiguation) for to join about the moving discussion. ApprenticeFan talk  contribs 12:39, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

What was the Grammy for?
Does anyone know? -68.191.214.241 (talk) 00:47, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't know. I searched him on the Grammy website's winners search and got no results. --Alextwa (talk) 05:17, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

According to the Internet, it was for Gladys Knight's 2001 record "At Last," which he apparently co-produced. According to Grammy.com, that is not the case. NARAS gives out a lot of GRAMMY certificates for collaborators on records that don't win their specific category (e.g. - a writer on the Album of the Year wouldn't get a statue, but they can request a certificate from NARAS to indicate their involvement with the project). It's very possible Randy did just that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thecommissionerj (talk • contribs) 02:22, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

America's Best Dance Crew
Please update this with cancellation details. It was cancelled in 2012, not 2010, as the date of the linked article indicates.

Pending changes
This article is one of a number (about 100) selected for the early stage of the trial of the Pending Changes system on the English language Wikipedia. All the articles listed at Pending changes/Queue  are being considered for level 1 pending changes protection.

The following request appears on that page:

Comments on the suitability of theis page for "Penfding changes" would be appreciated.

Please update the Queue page as appropriate.

Note that I am not involved in this project any much more than any other editor, just posting these notes since it is quite a big change, potentially

Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 23:41, 16 June 2010 (UTC).

Edit request from, 18 November 2011
Randy's name is incorrect. Please change "Randall Darius 'Randy' Jackson" to "Randall Darnell 'Randy' Jackson," and his DOB to June 23, 1958 (not 1956). These changes are from the BMI (Broadcast Music Inc) website, of which he is a member: http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=51357004&keyID=941451&keyname=JACKSON%20RANDY%20DARNELL&querytype=WriterID

Thecommissionerj (talk) 02:16, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: How do we know that's the same Randy Jackson? There are actually a bunch of them on that site, and I don't see any songs on that listing that he's known for (especially Dance Like There's No Tomorrow and Real Love). Also, that page doesn't have date of birth, so don't know where that's coming from. — Bility (talk) 23:39, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 August 2015
I need to add something that is true, I need to add the songs from "Raised on Radio" on to singles

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Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2016
1983 Blue Oyster Cult album The Revolution By Night Bass on song Shooting Shark.

96.42.39.66 (talk) 07:18, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format.  JTP ( talk • contribs) 15:31, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Typo: Role not Roll
Last line of intro paragraph says "Jackson had previously filled the roll" but should instead say "Jackson had previously filled the role". 2600:1700:8952:1BE0:C5D6:4550:279B:A9DD (talk) 18:37, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 August 2021
Hello. It should be noted and added that Randy Jackson is now in the "Name That Tune" band on the new remade show "Name That Tune"

Source: https://www.thewrap.com/name-that-tune-reboot-premiere-fox-randy-jackson-how-to-play/ 71.13.30.49 (talk) 11:02, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 14 June 2023
In the sentence: From 1986 to 1987, he was a he joined the rock group Journey

remove "he was a" RshackSpkwire (talk) 15:48, 14 June 2023 (UTC)


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