Toronto's Shawne Jackson started singing very young in church choirs and with various ad hoc vocal groups. At age 15 she landed work on CBC-TV's "Music Hop". She would join well known Toronto vocal act The Silhouettes before hooking up with Rhythm 'n' Blues/Soul act Jay Smith And The Majestics. With the departure of Smith, the group brought in Jackson's brother Jay to become Shawne And Jay Jackson And The Majectics.

The Majestics recorded several albums for the ARC Records label between 1966 and 1968 and the group finally disbanded in 1969. Jackson would move on to another vocal act, The Stone Soul Children, before moving to the United States to attend modelling school where she worked as a secretary to make ends meet.

After signing with Playboy Records in 1974, she had a Top-10 hit in Canada with "Just As Bad As You" which was produced by Domenic Troiano (her future husband). A Domenic Troiano full-length album on RCA and several less successful singles followed in 1976. Jackson would also be nominated for a Juno Award.

In 1977 Jackson returned to school to continue her passion for clothing design which she had grown fond of while in the US. Though she removed herself from the spotlight of stage performing she returned to music in the 1980's singing for television shows and commercials and even released another single on the El Mocambo Records label. She was also an in-demand session vocalist for many Canadian acts alongside Colina Phillips and Sharon Lee Williams. She would record a song from the musical 'Yuppies' called "Images" with Sharon Lee Williams in 1985.

Jackson landed a role as a waitress in the Canadian TV show 'Night Heat' with husband Domenic Troiano supplying the theme song.




Singles
1974 Just As Bad As You/He Maybe Your Man (Playboy/Quality) GT-223
1975 Get Out Of The Kitchen/Don't Wait For Tomorrow (RCA) PB-10428
1976 Don't Wait For Tomorrow/T'Eloigner De Mon Coeur (RCA) PB-50171
1980 Can't Stop Thinking About You/Come Back Boy (El Mocambo) ESMO-504 1983 Loveline (6:18)/Loveline (short version) (MCA)

Albums
1976 Shawne Jackson (RCA) APL1-1320

Video


Compilation Tracks


Collaborations
SHAWNE JACKSON & SHARON LEE WILLIAMS
1985 Images (single mix)/Images (disco Mix) (RCA) 10012