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<a href="spotify:artist:27XI002zivG9xuzrZ9dIb1">Millie Jackson</a> credits friends <a href="spotify:artist:7hR5LCn6wTDRsuvQBTm6Yy">Keith Williams</a> and Chuck Carter with teaching her how to sing at the outset of her music career. She met Jean Davis (<a href="spotify:artist:76agLI5oSCFbmZnBqKcBJd">Tyrone Davis</a>' sister) on the road; <a href="spotify:artist:1YvAzRd2reEXNRsLX9Y4rC">Jean</a> was opening for <a href="spotify:artist:76agLI5oSCFbmZnBqKcBJd">Tyrone</a> and they became friends. When lack of time prevented Jackson from producing individual records on Williams, Carter, and Davis, she assembled them into a group called Facts of Life. They were similar to the <a href="spotify:artist:74keeJdeVxqce4qJFj6WGx">Soul Children</a>, but less dynamic than the Memphis group. Jackson produced them independently, but couldn't cut a deal with a major label and was about to give up when her producer, Brad Shapiro, offered Facts of Life a contract with his Kayvette label.
Their first single was <a href="spotify:artist:4bX8Rj2fZh8y7QZ9PQozv6">Homer Banks</a>' and Carl Hampton's "Caught in the Middle," which did okay on Southern stations but never mainstreamed. However, the second release, a remake of the country hit "Sometimes," soared to number 31 on the pop chart in the spring of 1977. Kayvette hurried an album out, <a href="spotify:artist:0h3n6BqxvmRhWwNcdw4CWT">Millie</a> was hot at the time, and had little time for the project. <a href="spotify:artist:5PmB2ZWfKuqLb60qZdi4ys">George Jackson</a> and Raymond Moore contributed two songs, and they tried another country standard "Looks Like We Made It." Poor packaging, including typos, misspelled words, and a bad picture hurt the album's appeal. Despite the problems though, RCA Records plucked it for mass distribution.
A second LP, A Matter of Time, spawned no hits. Overloaded, <a href="spotify:artist:27XI002zivG9xuzrZ9dIb1">Millie Jackson</a> concentrated more on her career, and other than mass mailings, little promotion took place. Williams, Carter, and Davis separated and never surfaced again. ~ Andrew Hamilton, Rovi
Their first single was <a href="spotify:artist:4bX8Rj2fZh8y7QZ9PQozv6">Homer Banks</a>' and Carl Hampton's "Caught in the Middle," which did okay on Southern stations but never mainstreamed. However, the second release, a remake of the country hit "Sometimes," soared to number 31 on the pop chart in the spring of 1977. Kayvette hurried an album out, <a href="spotify:artist:0h3n6BqxvmRhWwNcdw4CWT">Millie</a> was hot at the time, and had little time for the project. <a href="spotify:artist:5PmB2ZWfKuqLb60qZdi4ys">George Jackson</a> and Raymond Moore contributed two songs, and they tried another country standard "Looks Like We Made It." Poor packaging, including typos, misspelled words, and a bad picture hurt the album's appeal. Despite the problems though, RCA Records plucked it for mass distribution.
A second LP, A Matter of Time, spawned no hits. Overloaded, <a href="spotify:artist:27XI002zivG9xuzrZ9dIb1">Millie Jackson</a> concentrated more on her career, and other than mass mailings, little promotion took place. Williams, Carter, and Davis separated and never surfaced again. ~ Andrew Hamilton, Rovi
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