Rebbie Jackson

Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson (born May 29, 1950 in Gary, Indiana) is an American singer. She is the eldest of the Jackson siblings.

Life and Career
Jackson was born at 2300 Jackson Street in Gary, Indiana. She began performing on stage in 1974 and later appeared in the television program  The Jacksons.

In 1984, Rebbie released her debut album Centipede, her most successful album. The single "Centipede" reached number 4 on the US Billboard R&B chart. It has backing vocals from siblings La Toya and Michael Jackson and The Weather Girls. In 1976, she was in the TV series The Jacksons. It was the first TV show starring an African-American family. She released two more albums in the 1980s and then went on hiatus. She returned in 1998 with Yours Faithfully. She has not had an album released since then.

Personal life
She married Nathaniel Brown in 1968. He died in 2013 of cancer. They have three children, Austin, Stacee (who has Jackson's only grandchild, London), and Yashi Brown.

References

Category:African-American singers
Category:Singers from Indiana
Category:1950 births
Category:Living people
Category:Jackson family
Category:Musicians from Gary, Indiana