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Bull Moose Jackson

Benjamin (Bull Moose) Jackson (1919 – 1989) was an American blues and rhythm and blues singer and saxophonist. He acquired his nickname from members of the Lucky Millinder[?] orchestra when he played with it in the mid-1940s; his colleagues thought he looked like a bull moose. As a singer he had several rhythm and blues hits for King Records[?] in the late 1940s and early 1950s. he was known for both romantic ballads (for example, "All My Love Belongs to You") and risque jump blues numbers (for example, "I Want a Bowlegged Woman").



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