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  The Jackson 5 | Music Artist | Videos, News, Photos & Ringtones | MTV
The Jackson 5 were one of the biggest phenomenons in pop music during the early '70s, and the last great group to come out of the Motown hitmaking machine before Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder...
The Jackson 5 were one of the biggest phenomenons in pop music during the early '70s, and the last great group to come out of the Motown hitmaking machine before Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder shifted the label's focus to more individual visions.
After a relatively lengthy drought, the Jackson 5 scored what would be their last major smash for Motown, the 1974 number two hit "Dancing Machine," a nod to the emerging sound of disco (it also topped the R&B charts).
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  The Jackson 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jackson 5 were the five eldest sons of Katherine and Joseph Jackson: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael.
Most of the early Jackson 5 singles were written and produced by The Corporation, who crafted for the Jackson 5 a combination of the "Motown Sound" and bubblegum pop that they termed "bubblegum soul".
Jackson was the group's on-stage drummer until the end of its Motown tenure.
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 The Jackson 5 - Free English Encyclopedia from Turkcebilgi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Most of the early Jackson 5 singles were written and produced by The Corporation, who crafted for the Jackson 5 a combination of the andquot;Motown Soundandquot; and bubblegum pop that they termed andquot;bubblegum soulandquot;.
Jackson 5 albums declined somewhat in critical acclaim and financial success during the latter part of their Motown tenure, although LPs such as [[Lookin' Through the Windows]] (1972) and [[G.I.T.: Get It Together]] (1973) frequently included successful album tracks, including their version of andquot;Hum Along and Danceandquot;, a popular number in their live act.
The Jackson 5 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.
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 The Jackson 5 - Music Downloads - Online
Bio: The Jackson 5 were one of the biggest phenomenons in pop music during the early '70s, and the last great group to come out of the Motown hitmaking machine before Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder shifted the label's focus to more individual visions.
The Jackson 5's infectious brand of funky pop-soul was a definite departure from the typically smooth, elegant Motown sound, as befitting the group's youth and the dawn of a new decade.
Originally, the Jackson 5 were composed of brothers Jackie (born Sigmund Jackson, May 4, 1951), Tito (guitar, born Toriano Jackson, October 15, 1953), Jermaine (bass, lead vocals, born December 11, 1954), Marlon (born March 12, 1957), and Michael (lead vocals, born August 29, 1958).
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 The Jackson 5/The Jacksons - Nostalgia Central
In 1970 the group consisted of Sigmund Jackson (Jackie) (19), Toriano (Tito) (17), Jermaine (16), Marlon (13) and Michael, but the three oldest boys had already been performing for eight years - known as the Jackson Family - their three-part harmonies were augmented by cousins Johnny Jackson and Ronnie Rancifer.
It wasn't until 1964 that Marlon and Michael (at the ages of 7 and 5 respectively) were judged ready to enter show business and joined the vocal line-up, relegating their cousins to pianist and drummer.
The name was changed to the Jackson 5, and by winning talent contests they started to establish themselves beyond Gary's city limits.
www.nostalgiacentral.com /music/jackson5.htm   (537 words)

  
 ABC News: Jim Avila Answers Your Questions on the Michael Jackson Trial (5/10/05)
Michael Jackson's defense team is now presenting their case, after the prosecution spent 10 weeks taking the lead in court.
Jackson, 46, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor and plied the boy with alcohol.
Difficult to put Jackson at the center of it, and difficult for the jury to believe that a family that went to the movies, beauty salon and shopping was really falsely imprisoned.
abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/LegalCenter/story?id=744411&page=1   (643 words)

  
 Jacksons
By all accounts, the Jackson family's upbringing in nearby Gary, Indiana, was strict; their mother Katherine was a devout Jehovah's Witness, and their father Joe was a stern, temperamental disciplinarian.
A virtual Jackson 5 cottage industry sprang up in the wake of their success, producing everything from dolls to a cartoon show.
In 1997, the Jackson 5 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
www.discomuseum.com /Jacksons.html   (1287 words)

  
 Jackson 5 Drummer Slain - Mar 03, 2006 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mar 3, 2006, 1:10 PM PT Johnny Jackson, the man who kept the beat for the Jackson 5, and cousin to Michael, Janet, Tito et al., was found stabbed to death in his Gary, Indiana, home Wednesday.
Police have no details on the woman Jackson was supposedly arguing with, including how she knew the drummer, although the neighbor described the woman as an acquaintance of Jackson's.
There has always been some debate as to whether or not Johnny Jackson was a blood relative or legitimate cousin of the hit-making family; however, it is believed that he was adopted as a teen by patriarch Joe Jackson and lived with the family.
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 Rigorous Intuition: Jackson 5.0
Yesterday, Jackson was ordered to close Neverland for having failed to pay the ranch's 47 employees their salary or insurance since the end of 2005.
Last week's real Jackson story ran in the New York Daily News, under the snappy banner "Creepy dad was root of all clan's woe, singer sez." The singer was brother Jermaine, and the claims based on the projected outline for his abandoned "tell-all" family story.
(Jackson was Geller's best man in 2001 when he and his wife renewed his vows, the same year Geller is said to have been reactivated as a psychic spy.) His entourage including a "personal magician" for another.
rigorousintuition.blogspot.com /2006/03/jackson-50.html   (6115 words)

  
 Rock On The Net: The Jacksons / Jackson 5
The Jacksons began as a trio of brothers from Gary, Indiana, with just Jermaine, Tito and Jackie calling themselves 'The Jackson Family.' When brothers Michael and Marlon joined, the name was changed to the Jackson 5.
The Jackson 5 renamed themselves 'The Jacksons' after leaving Motown for Epic Records and lawsuits over royalties were filed by both sides, as well as the group finding out that Gordy had patented the groups name and they would be unable to record under it.
The Jacksons were looking to release their next LP of new material in the summer with a possible accompanying tour.
www.rockonthenet.com /artists-j/jacksons_main.htm   (1238 words)

  
 Jackson 5-O - A band on the RUN!
The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet from Gary, Indiana.
Considered `one of the biggest phenomenon's in pop music[1]` during the early 1970s, the Jackson 5 are also notable for launching the career of their lead singers Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson.
While not the first act considered a `boy band`, The Jackson 5 is one of the earliest examples of the type as it is defined today: five adolescents specifically packaged and marketed by a record label for crossover pop success.
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 Jackson 5 discography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a discography for American RandB/soul band The Jackson 5 (also known as "The Jacksons") Twenty-two of their singles reached the Billboard Top 40; four of them reached #1.
The sales statistics for some of the Jackson 5/Jacksons recordings are incomplete, because several of their releases are undercertified in many countries around the world.
A general estimate is that the group has sold over 150 million records; 100 million for Motown, and 50 million for CBS/Epic.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jackson_5_discography   (179 words)

  
 The Jackson Five
The Jackson 5 also absorbed a considerable measure of influence from another “family” act: the prototypical soul/funk crossover band Sly and the Family Stone.
With Diana Ross having left the Supremes and Gordy having relocated from Detroit to Los Angeles, the Jackson 5 were poised to inherit the torch and carry Motown’s success forward into the Seventies.
December 13, 1969: The debut album ‘Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5’ is released, eventually climbing to #5 on the album chart.
www.rockhall.com /inductee/the-jackson-five   (1485 words)

  
 Jackson 5 (and solo work)
Since then the other male Jacksons have become a footnote to history (sister Janet is a different story), and Michael has remained the world's premier tabloid target and continued to sell astonishing numbers of records.
After this album, the Jackson 5 decided to leave Motown for greener pastures - except for Jermaine, that is: he'd married Berry Gordy's daughter Hazel in 1973, and he chose his new family over the old.
Jackson's voice is in peak form, without overdosing on annoying mannerisms (but listen out for the hiccups in the title track).
www.warr.org /jacksons.html   (2864 words)

  
 Jackson 5 Biography at SoulTracks
The five brothers, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael Jackson were household names among people of every age and race, and set the stage for dozens of child and teenage groups that would later emerge (though none would ever match the intense popularity the Jackson 5 enjoyed).
Amid the rough steeltown of Gary, Indiana, the Jackson 5 was a dream of guitarist Joe Jackson, the patriarch of a family of photogenic, extremely talented children.
By 1966 the Jackson boys were winning local competitions and by the next year, when Michael was only 9 years old, they won at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, bringing them their first attention outside of the Midwest.
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 Randy Jackson Of Jackson Five   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated...
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Jackson 5 open an engagement at Las Vegas's MGM Grand Hotel.
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 Jackson 5
For the 1st time since their "Victory" tour almost 20 years ago, comes the Jackson 5 revival.
Jackie Jackson admits it didn't sound like a "pure" reunion after brother Jermaine announced he was bowing out -- complaining ticket prices were too high -- and no charities were benefiting.
The Jackson 5 is also finishing up a brand new album.
extratv.warnerbros.com /dailynews/pop/08_01/08_03a.html   (268 words)

  
 JFMS: Jackson Five Biography
The Jackson 5 was formed in Gary, Indiana, comprising of the children of Joseph and Katherine Jackson.
The Jackson 5 shot to fame across America and around the world.
The group was also forced to discard the name "Jackson 5" which Motown fought over, and became known as "The Jacksons" under the Epic label.
www.angelfire.com /in/JacksonMusic/Bios/J5Bio.html   (408 words)

  
 The Jackson 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Little sweetie Michael Jackson sang the lead in this teeny-bopper group who first recorded for Motown in 1968.
But by far the greatest disco classic by the Jackson 5 was "Dancing machine".
The Jackson 5 left Motown, and Jermaine Jackson, in 1976, to record for Epic records.
www.disco-funk.co.uk /j/JACKSON_.HTM   (147 words)

  
 Jackson 5: Anthology - PopMatters Music Review
Too often, the Jackson 5 are written off as simply being the group that gave Michael Jackson his start.
It has been nearly 25 years since the Jackson 5 left Motown, and only now are they getting their due, in the form of the two-disc Anthology.
The J5 handled growing older as well as any child stars could, but they were at the mercy of Motown's songwriters and producers, who were hardly at the top of their game by the mid-'70s.
www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/j/jackson5-anthology.shtml   (559 words)

  
 Jackson 5, The Posters - Discount shopping Jackson 5, The posters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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 JacksonCollection.com - Jackson 5
After the Jackson 5 were recommended to Motown boss Berry Gordy by a Motown act - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers - they were signed to the label in 1969 and left Gary for the glitz of Hollywood to be pampered and polished as a coming major act.
During those first few years of success Motown had realised that Michael had the greatest fan appeal and the best possibility of a long career and he was groomed by the company for a solo career to run in tandem with the group.
By 1975 when the Jackson 5's contract with Motown had expired, disagreements about artistic freedom had soured the relationship and they signed to Epic under the name The Jacksons (because Motown owned the rights to the name Jackson 5) and Michael also signed as a solo artist.
www.jacksoncollection.com /customer/home.php?cat=251   (411 words)

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