Jackie Washington

Born in 1919 in Hamilton, Ontario Jackie Washington grew up in Hamilton's sizable Black community, and was performing music from age five. He was later a member of the Washington Brothers -- consisting of Jackie and his siblings Ormsby, Harold, and Doc -- whose sound was heavily influenced by that of the Mills Brothers during their eight years together through the end of the 1930s. Washington left music as a profession during the 1940s, though by the end of the decade he was working as a disc jockey, and started singing in nightclubs during the '50s. Washington's debut album a...