1980 Boz Scaggs – Jojo (US: #17)
“Jojo” is a song by Boz Scaggs. It was released in 1980 as the second single from his album Middle Man. The song talks about a pimp working in Broadway.
Like the album’s other single “Breakdown Dead Ahead”, the song is a Top 20 hit, peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Album
Middle Man is the ninth album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in 1980. Scaggs re-hired the members of the band Toto as session musicians, and shared song-writing credits with them. He re-embraced the commercial rock appeal of Silk Degrees. The album reached #8 in the Billboard 200 album chart, and two singles reached […]
Musicians
| Bass | John Pierce |
| Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
| Guitar | Steve Lukather |
| Guitar | Ray Parker Jr |
| Keyboards | David Foster |
| Sax | Adrian Tapia |
| Background Vocals | David Lasley |
| Background Vocals | Sharon Redd |
| Background Vocals | Charlotte Crossley |
| Vocals | Boz Scaggs |
Produced By
Bill Schnee
Songwriters
Boz Scaggs
David Foster
David Lasley
Charts
US: #17
UK: –
November 25, 2015 @ 08:28
Ironically, the musicians ‘acting’ in the video don’t play on the studio version of the song, but they were the touring band of Boz at the time: Carlos Vega, Mike Porcaro, Randy Kerber, Mike Landau. Second keyboardist looks like David Garfield (?).
November 25, 2015 @ 08:37
Yes, I saw that too.Funny!
November 25, 2015 @ 18:57
Great version with nice guitar from Mike landau!
November 25, 2015 @ 20:53
Good memories, and my favorite album of Boz! Played it so many times, and still do. Bought it on vinyl, and cd.