Jojo
Boz Scaggs
1980
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About Boz Scaggs
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Boz Scaggs developed a mixture of blues, R&B, rock and ballad singing after growing up in Oklahoma and Texas. He recorded in Stockholm and played on the Steve Miller Band's Children of the Future and Sailor before building his own album career. Silk Degrees brought Lowdown and Lido Shuffle to a broad audience. Later work included jazz standards and renewed explorations of Southern soul and blues.
Artist background sources
Boz Scaggs - Los Angeles Philharmonic artist biography
Musical upbringing, Stockholm recording, Steve Miller Band work, Silk Degrees repertoire and later jazz/Southern-soul directions. Chart claims and disputed dates found in other label biographies are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Jojo by Boz Scaggs appears at number 89 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1980. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1980 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1980 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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