Introduction
Jackie Moore (born 1946, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American R&B singer. She is best known for her gold single 1970 song "Precious, Precious," which reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 6, 1971. This disc sold over one million copies, and received a gold disc awarded by the R.I.A.A. in March 1971.
Also noteworthy was her 1979 disco hit "This Time Baby," which hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The track reached #49 in the UK Singles Chart. The latter would later be sampled for the 2005 dance radio and club hit "Love on My Mind" by the Freemasons featuring Amanda Wilson. Moore also had a pop chart hit (#42) with Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt's upbeat "Sweet Charlie Babe" in the fall of 1973, which she recorded with the Philadelphia Strings and Horns.
"This Time Baby" was a featured song in the video game, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Peaks | Record label | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B |
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| 1973 | Sweet Charlie Babe | 45 | Atlantic | |||||||||||
| 1975 | Make Me Feel Like a Woman | — | Kayvette | |||||||||||
| 1979 | I'm on My Way | 45 | Columbia | |||||||||||
| 1980 | With Your Love | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
- Precious, Precious: The Best of Jackie Moore (1994, Ichiban)
- The Complete Atlantic Recordings (2015, Real Gone Music)
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US R&B |
US Dan |
CAN |
UK |
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| 1968 | "Dear John" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1969 | "Loser Again" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1970 | "Precious, Precious" | 30 | 12 | — | 70 | — | ||||||||
| 1971 | "Sometimes It’s Got to Rain (In Your Love Life)" (with The Dixie Flyers) | — | 19 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Cover Me" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1972 | "Darling Baby" | 106 | 26 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "It Ain't Who You Know" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Time" | — | 39 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1973 | "Sweet Charlie Babe" | 42 | 15 | — | 78 | — | ||||||||
| "Both Ends Against the Middle" | 102 | 28 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1975 | "Make Me Feel Like a Woman" | — | 6 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1976 | "Puttin’ It Down to You" | — | 37 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "It’s Harder to Leave" | — | 74 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Disco Body (Shake It to the East, Shake It to the West)" | — | 36 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1977 | "Make Me Yours" | — | 72 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1978 | "Personally" | — | 92 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1979 | "This Time Baby" | — | 24 | 1 | — | 49 | ||||||||
| 1980 | "Helpless" | — | — | 25 | — | — | ||||||||
| "How’s Your Love Life Baby" | — | — | 57 | — | — | |||||||||
| "Love Won't Let Me Wait" | — | 78 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1981 | "Who's Next, Who's Now" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1983 | "Holding Back" | — | 73 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1985 | "Love Is the Answer" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||