Joe Jackson (musician)

David Ian "Joe" Jackson is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Having spent years studying music and playing clubs, he scored a hit with his first release, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?", in 1979. It was followed by a number of new wave singles, before he moved to more jazz-inflected pop music and had a top 10 hit in 1982 with "Steppin' Out". Jackson is associated with the 1980s Second British Invasion of the US. He has also composed classical music. He has recorded 20 studio albums and received five Grammy Award nominations.

11 August 1954

Born on the same birth date (11 August 1954): Bryan Bassett • Tarmo Rüütli • Vance Heafner • Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)

Born on the same birth day (11 August): Arlene Dahl • Audrey Mestre • Brad Binder • Chris Hemsworth • Craig Ehlo • Erik Brann • Frederick Haldimand • Ian Charleson • John Ellison • Marc Bergevin • Marie-France Dubreuil • Mokhtar Benmoussa • Paul Dupuis • Robert G. Ingersoll • Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)

Born in the same month (August 1954): Al Roker • Alain Daigle • Andrés Pastrana Arango • Bryan Bassett • Elvis Costello • Halimah Yacob • Heini Otto • John Dorahy • Michael Arthur (physician) • Michael P. Kube-McDowell • Oscar Larrauri • Ravi Kanbur • Ravi Shankar Prasad • Sam J. Jones • Stanley A. McChrystal • Steve Phillips (footballer, born 1954) • Stieg Larsson • Tracy Krohn • Trevor Berbick • Umberto Guidoni