Terry Jacks

In 1996, Jacks produced the CD "A Good Thing Lost 1968-1973" that was a collection of The Poppy Family songs. However, such crossover success seems imminent, as new mainstream radio stations continue to add the song to their playlists every week. and lending his name to United Kingdom organizations such as The Woodland Trust. The song has managed to achieve this feat essentially on the strength of urban radio airplay alone as it has not yet had massive pop crossover success. He has also involved himself with the environmental movement, focusing on issues such as pollution and environmental health in Canada and the U.S. 1 on the Hot 100. Terry Jacks wrote and recorded a number of other songs plus he went on to become a successful record producer for other Canadian singers, earning a Juno nomination as Producer of the Year. It is Juvenile's and guest artist Soulja Slim's first No.

In the United States, the song went to No.1 on the charts. The song topped Billboard's Hot 100 chart on August 7, 2004 knocking Usher's "Confessions" (part 2) out of number one after only two weeks. Released in 1973 on his own record label, the song became the largest-selling single in Canadian history and earned Jacks three Juno Awards. This summer, his Juve The Great album has spawned a massive hit called "Slow Motion". When the group chose not to go with it on their album, Jacks decided to do it himself but first set about to rewrite the final verse and to rearrange parts of the chorus. He has released a total of nine albums. Jacks' marriage also dissolved, although he and his wife remained friends and he produced her first solo album in 1973. Working on his own, Terry Jacks helped on a Beach Boys album that initially included the recording of an English language version of the 1961 Jacques Brel song, Seasons In The Sun. His latest album is Juve The Great(2004).

The Poppy Family won for the Juno for best group and immediately followed up with "Poppy Seeds" but it never achieved anything close to that initial success and eventually The Poppy Family split up. Juvenile returned to Cash Money in 2003. The single won a Juno Award while Terry Jacks earned two Junos for best producer of a single and of an album. After the lackluster reception of The G-Code and Project English (2001), which only contained the very minor hit single, "From Your Momma", Juvenile left Cash Money Records, releasing The Compilation in 2002 with the UTP (Uptown Project Playas) crew. They eked out a living until 1969 when their band burst onto the national charts with their Terry Jacks produced debut album titled "Which Way You Goin' Billy? " that saw the 45rpm single go to No.1 in Canada and reach No.2 on the Billboard charts in the United States, selling upwards of three million copies. Warlock Records released a remixed version of Being Myself at the same time. Jacks and Pesklevits soon developed a personal relationship that led to marriage. In 1999, Solja Rags was re-released nationally to ride the wave of popularity Juvenile was enjoying with the release of 400 Degreez and its smash lead single, "Back That Ass Up", which eventually became a pop crossover hit in early 2000.

For a time the duo performed at small clubs in Vancouver before adding another guitarist and drummer and restyling themselves as the "The Poppy Family.". In 1997, Solja Rags, Juvenile's debut with Cash Money Records, was an underground hit. Jacks composed, arranged, and produced their material while Pesklevits sang lead vocals. He began recording in a distinctive southern style with Being Myself (1995, Warlock Records). Growing up as part of the hippie generation a teenage Terry Jacks migrated to the west coast where, as a guitarist and singer, he joined a Vancouver, British Columbia band called "The Chessmen." The group had a few minor local hits before disbanding after which Jacks teamed up with soloist, Susan Pesklevits (born 1948). Juvenile (born Terius Gray) is a gangsta rapper from New Orleans. Terry Jacks (born March 29, 1944 in Winnipeg) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist. Juvenile Lyrics (http://lyrics.rare-lyrics.com/J/Juvenile.html).

Official Site (http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/juvenile/artist.jhtml). Juve The Great (2003). The Compilation (2002). Project English (2001).

The G-Code. Being Myself [Remixed Version] (1999). 400 Degreez (1998). Solja Rags (1997).

Being Myself (1995).