Tony Jackson's high tenor is featured on many British recording sessions. He cracked the U.K.'s Top Ten with "Honey, Honey" in 1974 as the other half of Sweet Dreams, a duo consisting of Jackson and Polly Brown. In 1975, he launched an unsuccessful solo career on GTO and Pye Records. Born March 17, 1944 in Barbados, Jackson first displayed his tenor in church when he was nine years old. In school, he formed the Opals, a six-man vocal group that remade American songs: Gene Chandler's "Duke of Earl," the Jarmels' "A Little Bit of Soap," and the Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk." After high school, he played drums with the Telstars before leaving for London, England in 1965. He joined the reggae band Skatalites in 1966; it was a foreign music to Jackson, as ska, calypso, and pop reigned in Barbados. He stayed with them for five years and two 45 releases "Please Let Me Hide" and "Guns of Navarone," a minor hit. His next group, Gulliver's People, had a residency gig at Tiffanys, the security of steady pay suited Jackson until producer Ron Roker paired him with Polly Brown to form Sweet Dreams. The duo cut six singles and one album with Brown as the focal point and Jackson the forgotten half. Sweet Dreams ended when Brown quit to solo for GTO Records. GTO also signed Jackson, whose "As If by Magic" flopped; a Pye release, "Sayonara," did nothing. The highlight of his solo career was singing the title track of a Sophia Loren movie, Cassandra Crossing. With both careers faltering, Roker revised Sweet Dreams a second time, but it was too late and the reunion was short-lived. ~ Andrew Hamilton