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Gary, Indiana
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Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States,25 miles from downtown Chicago, Illinois. The population of Gary was 80,294 at the 2010 census, from the middle of the twentieth century to the present, Gary has experienced drastic population loss, falling by 55 percent from its peak of 178,320 in 1960. Gary is adjacent to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and borders Lake Michigan, the city is known for its large steel mills, and for being the birthplace of The Jackson 5 music group. Gary, Indiana, was founded in 1906 by the United States Steel Corporation as the home for its new plant, the city was named after lawyer Elbert Henry Gary, who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation. Gary was the site of civil unrest in the Steel Strike of 1919, on October 4,1919, a riot broke out on Broadway, the main north-south street through downtown Gary, between striking steel workers and strike breakers brought in from outside. Three days later, Indiana governor James P. Goodrich declared martial law, shortly thereafter, over 4,000 federal troops under the command of Major General Leonard Wood arrived to restore order. The jobs offered by the industry provided Gary with very rapid growth. At that time,19. 3% of the population was classified as foreign-born, Gary was also becoming increasingly racially diverse, with 17. 8% of the population classified as black, and 3. 5% as Mexican. Garys fortunes have risen and fallen with those of the steel industry, the growth of the steel industry brought prosperity to the community. Broadway was known as a center for the region. Department stores and architecturally significant movie houses were built in the downtown area, in the 1960s, like many other American urban centers reliant on one particular industry, Gary entered a spiral of decline. Garys decline was brought on by the growing overseas competitiveness in the steel industry, the U. S. Steel Gary Works employed over 30,000 in 1970, declined to just 6,000 by 1990, and further declined to 5,100 in August of 2015. As the city declined, crime increased, rapid racial change occurred in Gary during the late 20th century. Non-whites were primarily restricted to live in the Midtown section just south of downtown, Gary had one of the nations first African-American mayors, Richard G. Hatcher, and hosted the ground-breaking 1972 National Black Political Convention. Since the 1930s, Gary had developed a reputation as a city due to rampant political corruption, racial violence & segregation, labor unrest. In the 1960s through the 1980s, surrounding localities such as Merrillville and Crown Point experienced rapid growth, including new homes. Owing to white flight, economic distress, and a perception of skyrocketing crime, many middle-class, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Gary had the highest percentage of African-Americans of U. S. cities with a population of 100,000 or more, 84%. This no longer applies to Gary since the population of the city has now fallen well below 100,000 residents, as of 2013, the Gary Department of Redevelopment has estimated that one-third of all homes in the city are unoccupied and/or abandoned
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Paula Abdul
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Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, voice actress, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 before rising to prominence in the 1980s as a highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the video era. Abdul later scored a string of pop hits in the late 1980s. Her six number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 tie her with Diana Ross for seventh among the female performers who have topped the chart. She won a Grammy for Best Music Video – Short Form for Opposites Attract, after her initial period of success, Abdul suffered a series of setbacks in her professional and personal life. She saw renewed fame and success as a judge on American Idol in the 2000s. Abdul was born in San Fernando, California, to Jewish parents, Abduls father, Harry Abdul, was born into the Syrian-Jewish community in Aleppo, Syria, was raised in Brazil, and subsequently emigrated to the United States. Her mother, the concert pianist Lorraine M. Rykiss, grew up in one of the two Jewish families in Minnedosa, Manitoba, and has Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors from Ukraine, Abdul holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada. She has a sister named Wendy, in 1980, she graduated from Van Nuys High School. An avid dancer, Abdul was inspired towards a business career by Gene Kelly in the classic film Singin in the Rain. Abdul began taking lessons at an early age in ballet, jazz. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was a cheerleader, at 15, she received a scholarship to a dance camp near Palm Springs, and in 1978 appeared in a low-budget Independent musical film, Junior High School. Abdul studied broadcasting at the California State University, Northridge, during her freshman year, she was selected from a pool of 700 candidates for the cheerleading squad of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball team—the famed Laker Girls. Within a year, she became head choreographer, Abdul was discovered by The Jacksons, after a few of the band members had watched her while attending a Los Angeles Lakers game. She was signed to do the choreography for the video to their single Torture and my only problem was how to tell the Jacksons how to dance, Abdul later recalled. Imagine me telling them what routines to do, I was young, I was scared. Im not quite sure how I got through that, the success of the choreography in the video led to Abduls career of choreographer in music videos. It was also due to the success of the video that Abdul was chosen to be the choreographer for the Jacksons Victory tour, Abdul choreographed videos for several singers throughout the 1980s, including many videos for Janet Jackson during her Control era
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Joe Jackson (manager)
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Joseph Walter Joe Jackson is a talent manager and is the patriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers which includes the artists Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson. Jackson was the eldest of five children, which included brothers Lawrence and Luther and sisters Lula Mae, Jackson is of African and distant Native American ancestry. Joe Jackson recalled from childhood that his father was domineering and strict. When he was 18, after his father remarried, he moved to East Chicago to live with his mother and he soon got a job in East Chicago at Inland Steel Company, but did not finish high school. While in East Chicago, he began to pursue his dreams of becoming a boxer, Joseph and Katherine were married on November 5,1949. In January 1950, they purchased a small two-bedroom home next to East Chicago in Gary, the Jacksons first child, Maureen Reillette Rebbie Jackson, was born four months later on May 29,1950, in the Jackson house. In the meantime, his wife Katherine tended to their growing family, the Jacksons would go on to have ten children. During the early 1950s, Jackson briefly performed with his own blues band The Falcons, despite their efforts, The Falcons did not get a recording deal and subsequently broke up after one of their members, Thornton Pookie Hudson, founded his own band in 1952. That band would go on to become a successful doo-wop group named The Spaniels, Jackson began working with his sons musical group in the early 1960s, first working with his three eldest sons, Jackie, Tito and Jermaine. Younger sons Marlon and Michael eventually joined the backing band, Joseph began enforcing long and intense rehearsals for his sons. At first, the group went under The Jackson Brothers, following the inclusions of Marlon and Michael in the group and Michaels increased vocal presence within the group, their name was changed to the The Jackson Five. On November 21,1967, The Jackson Five were signed by Jackson to their first professional contract with Gordon Keith, an owner and the first president of Steeltown Records in Gary, Indiana. The groups first single Big Boy, with Michael as the singer, was released by Keith on January 31,1968 on the Steeltown label. Big Boy became a hit and Michael and his brothers became local celebrities when. Within the year, Jackson helped to land his sons an audition for Motown Records in Detroit, the Jackson Five were signed with Motown in March 1969. Jackson later relocated his family to California and supervised every recording session the group made for Motown, Joseph had also opened his own record label, Ivory Tower International Records and signed artists under his management in which they toured internationally with The Jackson 5 as opening acts in 1974. In 1978, Josephs youngest son, Randy, released his solo single How Can I Be Sure under Josephs record label, in 1982, Joseph established Janet Jacksons career at age 16 as a recording artist while managing her. He financed the recording of his daughters first demo then, arranged her a contract with A&M Records and began recording her debut album
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Pop music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid 1950s. The terms popular music and pop music are used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular. Pop and rock were synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they were used in opposition from each other. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other such as urban, dance, rock, Latin. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes. David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, according to Pete Seeger, pop music is professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music, the music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately, pop music continuously evolves along with the terms definition. The term pop song was first recorded as being used in 1926, Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues and hillbilly music. The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pops earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to a wide audience. Since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the meaning of non-classical mus, usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as the Beatles. Grove Music Online also states that, in the early 1960s pop music competed terminologically with beat music, while in the USA its coverage overlapped with that of rock and roll. From about 1967, the term was used in opposition to the term rock music. Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral. It is not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward, and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative. It is, provided from on high rather than being made from below, pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment, the lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions
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Contemporary R&B
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Contemporary R&B, also known as simply R&B, is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, soul, funk, pop, hip hop and dance. The genre features a record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, an occasional saxophone-laced beat to give a jazz feel. Electronic influences are becoming a trend and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness. Contemporary R&B vocalists are often known for their use of melisma, popularized by such as Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Craig David, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston. That same year, Teddy Riley began producing R&B recordings that included hip hop influences and this combination of R&B style and hip hop rhythms was termed new jack swing and was applied to artists such as Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Al B. Guy, Jodeci and Bell Biv DeVoe, the style became less popular by the end of the 1990s, but later experienced a resurgence. In 1990 Mariah Carey released Vision of Love as her debut single and it was immensely popular peaking at number 1 in many worldwide charts including the Billboard Hot 100, and it propelled Mariahs carrier. The song is said to have popularized the use of melisma. During the mid-1990s, Whitney Houstons The Bodyguard, Original Soundtrack Album sold over 40 million copies becoming the best-selling soundtrack of all time. Janet Jacksons self-titled fifth studio album janet. which came after her historic multimillion-dollar contract with Virgin Records, sold over twenty million copies worldwide. Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey recorded several Billboard Hot 100 No.1 hits, including One Sweet Day, Carey also released a remix of her 1995 single Fantasy, with Ol Dirty Bastard as a feature, a collaboration format that was unheard of at this point. Carey, Boyz II Men and TLC released albums in 1994 and 1995—Daydream, II and CrazySexyCool. In the late 1990s, neo soul, which added 1970s soul influences to the hip hop soul blend, arose, led by such as DAngelo, Erykah Badu. Hill and Missy Elliott further blurred the line between R&B and hip hop by recording both styles, beginning in 1995, the Grammy Awards enacted the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, with II by Boyz II Men becoming the first recipient. The award was received by TLC for CrazySexyCool in 1996, Tony Rich for Words in 1997, Erykah Badu for Baduizm in 1998. At the end of 1999, Billboard magazine ranked Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson as the first, simultaneously, in the second half of the 1990s, The Neptunes and Timbaland set influential precedence on contemporary R&B and hip hop music. R&B acts such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Usher, in 2001, Alicia Keys released Fallin as her debut single. It peaking at one on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Top 40
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Soul music
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Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States, where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement. Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock music, catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body moves, are an important feature of soul music. Other characteristics are a call and response between the lead vocalist and the chorus and a tense vocal sound. The style also occasionally uses improvisational additions, twirls and auxiliary sounds, Soul music reflected the African-American identity and it stressed the importance of an African-American culture. The new-found African-American consciousness led to new styles of music, which boasted pride in being black, Soul music dominated the U. S. R&B chart in the 1960s, and many recordings crossed over into the pop charts in the U. S. By 1968, the music genre had begun to splinter. Some soul artists developed funk music, while other singers and groups developed slicker, more sophisticated, by the early 1970s, soul music had been influenced by psychedelic rock and other genres, leading to psychedelic soul. The United States saw the development of neo soul around 1994, there are also several other subgenres and offshoots of soul music. The term soul had been used among African-American musicians to emphasize the feeling of being an African-American in the United States, according to another source, Soul music was the result of the urbanization and commercialization of rhythm and blues in the 60s. The phrase soul music itself, referring to music with secular lyrics, is first attested in 1961. The term soul in African-American parlance has connotations of African-American pride, gospel groups in the 1940s and 1950s occasionally used the term as part of their name. The jazz style that derived from gospel came to be called soul jazz, important innovators whose recordings in the 1950s contributed to the emergence of soul music included Clyde McPhatter, Hank Ballard, and Etta James. Ray Charles is often cited as popularizing the genre with his string of hits starting with 1954s I Got a Woman. Singer Bobby Womack said, Ray was the genius and he turned the world onto soul music. Charles was open in acknowledging the influence of Pilgrim Travelers vocalist Jesse Whitaker on his singing style, little Richard and James Brown were equally influential. Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson are also acknowledged as soul forefathers. Cooke became popular as the singer of gospel group The Soul Stirrers
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Motown
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Motown is an American record company. The record company was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12,1958, the name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has also become a nickname for Detroit. Motown played an important role in the integration of popular music as an African American-owned record label that achieved significant crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its subsidiary labels were the most successful proponents of what came to be known as the Motown Sound, a style of soul music with a distinct pop influence. During the 1960s, Motown achieved spectacular success for a record company,79 records in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 record chart between 1960 and 1969. The company was sold to MCA Inc. Motown was later sold to PolyGram in 1994, before being sold again to MCA Records successor, Universal Music Group, Motown spent much of the 2000s as a part of the Universal Music subsidiaries Universal Motown and Universal Motown Republic Group, and headquartered in New York City. From 2011 to 2014, Motown was a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group division of Universal Music. On April 1,2014, Universal Music Group announced the dissolution of Island Def Jam and it now operates out of the landmark Capitol Tower. For many decades, Motown was the highest-earning African American business in the United States, Berry Gordy got his start as a songwriter for local Detroit acts such as Jackie Wilson and the Matadors. Wilsons single Lonely Teardrops, written by Gordy, became a huge success and he realized that the more lucrative end of the business was in producing records and owning the publishing. In 1959, Billy Davis and Berry Gordys sisters Gwen and Anna started Anna Records, Davis and Gwen Gordy wanted Berry to be the company president, but Berry wanted to strike out on his own. On January 12,1959, he started Tamla Records, with a loan from his family. Gordy originally wanted to name the label Tammy Records, after the hit song popularized by Debbie Reynolds from the 1957 film Tammy, when he found the name was already in use, Berry decided on Tamla instead. Tamlas first release, in the Detroit area, was Marv Johnsons Come to Me in 1959 and its first hit was Barrett Strongs Money, which made it to number 2 on the Billboard R&B charts. Gordys first signed act was the Matadors, who changed their name to the Miracles. Their first release, Got a Job, was a record to the Silhouettes Get a Job. The Miracles first, minor hit was their single, 1959s Bad Girl, released in Detroit as the debut record on the Motown imprint
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Epic Records
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Epic Records is an American record company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc. Epic was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 and it later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of musical genres, including pop, R&B, rock and hip hop. Historically, the label has housed popular acts such as Boston, ABBA, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Dave Clark Five, Gloria Estefan, Pearl Jam, Shakira, Anastacia, and Sly & the Family Stone. Along with Columbia and RCA Records, Epic is one of Sony Music Entertainments three main record labels, L. A. Reid has served as chairman and CEO of Epic since July 2011. Sylvia Rhone was appointed president in March 2014, Epic Records was launched in 1953 by Columbia Records for the purpose of marketing jazz, pop and classical music that did not fit the theme of its more mainstream Columbia Records label. Initial classical music releases were from Philips Records which distributed Columbia product in Europe, pop talent on co-owned Okeh Records were transferred to Epic which made Okeh a rhythm and blues label. Epics bright-yellow, black, and blue became a familiar trademark for many jazz. By 1960, the musical base had been expanded to include all genres. This was done in part to prevent the roster of Columbia Records from being overstuffed with newer artists, subsequently, Epic became better known for its signing of newer, fledgling acts. By the end of the 1960s, Epic earned its first gold records and had evolved into a formidable hit-making force in rock and roll, R&B and country music. Among its many acts, it included Roy Hamilton, Bobby Vinton, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Tammy Wynette, Donovan, The Yardbirds, Lulu, July, Helen Shapiro and Jeff Beck. Also during the 1960s, Epic oversaw the smaller subsidiary CBS labels including Okeh Records, in 1968, Epic recordings began being distributed in the UK by CBS after the distribution deal with EMI expired that year, Epic itself launched in England around 1971. Epic was involved in a trade of artists. Graham Nash was signed to Epic because of his membership in The Hollies, when the newly formed Crosby, Stills & Nash wanted to sign with Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegün worked out a deal with Clive Davis whereby Richie Furays new band Poco would sign with Epic. Also contributing to the success was its distribution of Philadelphia International Records. Sony bought CBS Records in 1987, and the company was renamed Sony Music in 1991. In 2004, Sony merged with another powerhouse music distributor, BMG, bringing labels such as RCA, Arista, Columbia, Epic, Jive, in February 2009, singer and songwriter Amanda Ghost was appointed president of Epic Records. Later in the year, Sony BMG Music merged Epic and Columbias operations, Sony BMGs Legacy Recordings reissues the companys classic and catalog titles
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The Jackson 5
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The Jackson 5, or Jackson Five, also known as The Jacksons in later years, was an American popular music group. Formed in 1964 under the name the Jackson Brothers, the members were elder brothers Jackie, Tito. Younger brothers Marlon and Michael would join soon after and they participated in talent shows and performed in clubs on the chitlin circuit. They entered the music scene in 1967, signing with Steeltown Records. In 1969, the group left Steeltown Records and signed with Motown, the Jackson 5 was one of the first groups of black American performers to attain a crossover following, preceded by the Supremes, the Four Tops and the Temptations. In 1983, Jermaine reunited with the band to perform on Motown 25, Yesterday, Today, Forever, after the end of their tour to promote the album, Michael and Marlon Jackson promptly left the group. The remaining four released the poorly received 2300 Jackson Street album in 1989 before being dropped from their label. Inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999, following the death of Michael Jackson in 2009, the four eldest of the brothers embarked on their Unity Tour in 2012. The five Jackson brothers interest in music began in Gary, Indiana, bolstered by their father, in 1964, Joe caught Tito playing with his guitar after a string broke. Upon fixing the string, threatening punishment, Titos father had him play and was impressed enough to buy Tito his own guitar, Marlon, then seven years old, eventually joined, playing the tambourine. Johnny Jackson and Ronnie Rancifer eventually replaced Milford Hite and Reynaud Jones, during early 1968, the group also performed at strip clubs on Joes behest to earn extra income. Following initial recordings at Detroits Hitsville USA studio, Berry Gordy sent the Jacksons to Hollywood in July, hiring Suzanne de Passe to become a mentor of the brothers. Starting in August, the Jackson Five performed as the act for The Supremes. In October, their first single for Motown was released and the group promoted it while performing at the Hollywood Palace with Ross hosting, in December, the brothers made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Afterwards, their album, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5, was released that same month. In January 1970, I Want You Back topped the Billboard Hot 100, led by the Corporation, the Jackson 5 released two more number-one singles, ABC and The Love You Save. All four singles were almost as popular in countries as they were in the United States. Releasing a succession of four albums in one year, the Jackson 5 replaced The Supremes as Motowns best-selling group
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Tito Jackson
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Toriano Adaryll Tito Jackson is an American singer–songwriter and guitarist. Jackson is the child in the Jackson family. Toriano Adaryll Jackson was born the third of ten children in a black family who lived in a three-room house in Gary. His father, Joseph, was a mill worker, while his mother. At ten years of age, he was playing his fathers guitar after he broke a string. After fixing the string, Joe demanded that his son play for him, once he was finished, Jacksons father bought him his own guitar. Shortly thereafter, Joseph convinced Tito, Jackie and Jermaine to form a group, having been impressed with the vocals of Jackie. Tito can be heard singing background vocals on many early Jackson 5 recordings and having lead roles on later recordings such as Man Of War, after first performing in school functions and supermarkets, the brothers began participating in local talent shows when Jackson was twelve. By then, his younger brother Michael, then seven, had become the lead singer of the group. In 1966, they changed their name from The Jackson Brothers to The Jackson Five, the group signed with Steeltown Records in Gary, Indiana, in November of that year. In January 1968, the Jackson Fives first single, Big Boy, was released on the Steeltown label. In 1969, The Jackson 5 signed with Motown Records in Detroit, and scored several hit songs, including the number-one singles I Want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save, and Ill Be There. Though Tito sometimes added brief lead vocals on songs, he. As a direct result, Titos guitar work did not make its debut till after he and he also began writing songs with his brothers during this time. Throughout his tenure as a Jackson 5 and Jacksons member, Tito can be heard on many recordings, such as Zippee Doo Da and Man Of War. Tito, along with Jackie, were the most consistent members of the Jacksons, with Jermaine, Marlon, Michael and Randy, after the end of the Victory Tour, Tito performed session work and also as a record producer. After releasing 2300 Jackson Street, the Jacksons ceased recording work, after years managing his sonss family group, 3T, Jackson returned to the national spotlight after reuniting with his brothers on Michaels 30th anniversary concert special at Madison Square Garden. Jackson began a career in 2003 performing as a blues musician in various clubs with his band, which included producer and guitarist Angelo Earl
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Jermaine Jackson
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Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bass guitarist, composer, and occasional film director. Jackson is mostly known for having in the past been a member of The Jackson 5, Jackson also produced and recorded duets with American singer Whitney Houston in her early years as a recording artist and was a producer for Bobby DeBarges band Switch. Jackson is the child of the Jackson family. Jackson was born December 11,1954 in Gary, Indiana and he is the fourth child born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson. His siblings are Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, La Toya, Marlon, Michael, Randy and his father Joseph had musical aspirations, playing guitar with his brother’s band, The Falcons, and Katherine was a passionate pianist and singer. But their large family and lack of money ended their dreams with Katherine becoming a housewife, and Joseph, while his father worked long hours as a crane operator, Jermaine and his brothers, Tito and Jackie, secretly practiced their own songs using their fathers guitar. Jermaine became the lead singer of the Jackson Brothers—an earlier incarnation of The Jackson Five—until 1966. Jermaine would continue to provide some leads over the years, Jermaine graduated from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California in 1973. Jermaine and his brothers first signed as The Jackson Five with Gordon Keith of Steeltown Records in November 1967, after the group recorded three more songs with the Steeltown label they were signed with Berry Gordy of Motown Records in 1968 and 1969. As the co-lead singer of The Jackson 5 after his brother Michael, Jermaine sang notable parts of I Want You Back, Ill Be There, The Love You Save, Dancing Machine, Jermaine performed as part of the group for six years. However, Jeremaine decided to stay with Motown Records, citing loyalty to the company as the reason, others argue that Jermaines marriage to Motown founder Berry Gordys daughter Hazel, whom he married in 1973, was the reason. Jermaine split from the Jackson 5 to start a career at Motown. Unbeknownst to the group, Gordy had trademarked the name The Jackson Five, once signed with Epic, the group became known as The Jacksons. Several years later, in 1983, Gordy asked the group to perform at the Motown 25, Yesterday, Today, after the success of the broadcast, Jermaine rejoined the band to record the album Victory which featured all six brothers on The Jacksons album cover. Jermaine also participated in the bands Victory Tour and he stayed with the group for their final album,2300 Jackson Street, in 1989. In 2001, he reunited with his brothers to perform for the 30th Anniversary Special, like Michael, Jermaine began a solo career while still a member of The Jackson 5, and had a hit with the 1972 Shep and the Limelites cover Daddys Home. It sold over one million copies by March 1973, and was awarded a gold disc, when The Jackson 5 left Motown, Jermaine left the group and stayed at Motown. Jermaine was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his 1980 album Lets Get Serious, a duet with his brother Michael, Tell Me Im Not Dreamin, hit No.1 on the dance chart in 1984
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Michael Jackson
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Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor, and philanthropist. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music, dance, the eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional debut in 1964 with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5. He began his career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music, the popularity of these videos helped bring the television channel MTV to fame. Jacksons 1987 album Bad spawned the U. S and he continued to innovate with videos such as Black or White and Scream throughout the 1990s, and forged a reputation as a touring solo artist. Through stage and video performances, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and his distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous artists of various music genres. Thriller is the album of all time, with estimated sales of 65 million copies worldwide. Jacksons other albums, including Off the Wall, Bad, Dangerous and he is recognized as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time by Guinness World Records. Jackson won hundreds of awards, making him the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music. He became the first artist in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades when Love Never Felt So Good reached number nine on May 21,2014. Jackson traveled the world attending events honoring his humanitarianism, and, in 2000, aspects of Jacksons personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships, and behavior, generated controversy. In 1993, he was accused of sexual abuse, but the civil case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of child sexual abuse allegations. While preparing for his concert series, This Is It, Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25,2009. The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled his death a homicide, and his personal physician, Jacksons death triggered a global outpouring of grief, and a live broadcast of his public memorial service was viewed around the world. Forbes ranks Jackson as the dead celebrity with earnings of $825 million in 2016. Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29,1958 and his mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovahs Witness. She played clarinet and piano and once aspired to be a country-and-western performer, michaels father, Joseph Walter Joe Jackson, a former boxer, was a steelworker at U. S. Steel
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Percussion
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A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater, struck, scraped or rubbed by hand, or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, the percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and tambourine. However, the section can also contain non-percussive instruments, such as whistles and sirens, percussive techniques can also be applied to the human body, as in body percussion. On the other hand, keyboard instruments, such as the celesta, are not normally part of the percussion section, Percussion instruments may play not only rhythm, but also melody and harmony. Percussion is commonly referred to as the backbone or the heartbeat of an ensemble, often working in close collaboration with bass instruments. In jazz and other popular ensembles, the pianist, bassist, drummer. Most classical pieces written for full orchestra since the time of Haydn and Mozart are orchestrated to place emphasis on the strings, woodwinds, however, often at least one pair of timpani is included, though they rarely play continuously. Rather, they serve to provide additional accents when needed, in the 18th and 19th centuries, other percussion instruments have been used, again generally sparingly. The use of percussion instruments became more frequent in the 20th century classical music, in almost every style of music, percussion plays a pivotal role. In classic jazz, one almost immediately thinks of the rhythm of the hi-hats or the ride cymbal when the word swing is spoken. Because of the diversity of instruments, it is not uncommon to find large musical ensembles composed entirely of percussion. Rhythm, melody, and harmony are all represented in these ensembles, music for pitched percussion instruments can be notated on a staff with the same treble and bass clefs used by many non-percussive instruments. Music for percussive instruments without a pitch can be notated with a specialist rhythm or percussion-clef. The word percussion has evolved from Latin terms, percussio, as a noun in contemporary English it is described in Wiktionary as the collision of two bodies to produce a sound. Hornbostel–Sachs has no high-level section for percussion, Most percussion instruments are classified as idiophones and membranophones.1 Concussion idiophones or clappers, played in pairs and beaten against each other, such as zills and clapsticks. 111.2 Percussion idiophones, includes many percussion instruments played with the hand or by a mallet, such as the hang, gongs and the xylophone. 21 Struck drums, includes most types of drum, such as the timpani, snare drum, (Included in most drum sets or 412. Stringed instruments played with such as the hammered dulcimer
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Tenor
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Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is one of the highest of the male voice types. The tenors vocal range lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, and A4, the A above middle C, in solo work, this range extends up to C5, or tenor high C. The low extreme for tenors is roughly A♭2, at the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to two Fs above middle C. The tenor voice type is divided into the leggero tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor. The name tenor derives from the Latin word tenere, which means to hold, in medieval and Renaissance polyphony between about 1250 and 1500, the tenor was the structurally fundamental voice, vocal or instrumental. All other voices were normally calculated in relation to the tenor, until the late 16th century introduction of the contratenor singers, the tenor was usually the highest voice, assuming the role of providing a foundation. It was also in the 18th century that tenor came to signify the male voice that sang such parts, thus, for earlier repertoire, a line marked tenor indicated the parts role, and not the required voice type. Indeed, even as late as the century, partbooks labelled tenor might contain parts for a range of voice types. The vocal range of the tenor is one of the highest of the voice types. Within opera, the lowest note in the tenor repertoire is probably A♭2 in Rossinis rarely performed La donna del lago in the role of Rodrigo di Dhu. Within more frequently performed repertoire, Mime and Herod both call for an A2, a few tenor roles in the standard repertoire call for a tenor C. Some of the few top Cs in the operatic repertoire are either optional or interpolated by tradition. However, the highest demanded note in the standard operatic repertoire is D5. Some operatic roles for tenors require a darker timbre and fewer high notes, in the leggero repertoire, the highest note is F5, therefore, very few tenors can, given the raising of concert pitch since its composition, have this role in their repertoire without transposition. Within the tenor voice type category are seven generally recognized subcategories, leggero tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, Mozart tenor, Also known as the tenore di grazia, the leggero tenor is essentially the male equivalent of a lyric coloratura. This voice is light, agile, and capable of executing difficult passages of fioritura, the typical leggero tenor possesses a range spanning from approximately C3 to E♭5, with a few being able to sing up to F5 or higher in full voice. In some cases, the chest register of the leggero tenor may extend below C3, voices of this type are utilized frequently in the operas of Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and in music dating from the Baroque period. Leggero tenor roles in operas, The lyric tenor is a warm voice with a bright, full timbre that is strong but not heavy
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I Want You Back
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I Want You Back is a 1969 song by the Jackson 5 which became a number-one hit for the band and the Motown label in early 1970. The song, along with a B-side cover of Whos Lovin You by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, was the single used in the Jackson 5s first album. It went to one on the Soul singles chart for four weeks. I Want You Back was ranked 121st on Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, an unusual aspect about I Want You Back was that its main lead vocal was performed by a tween, Michael Jackson. S. A. in Detroit, Michigan. Although Gladys Knight had been the first to mention the Jacksons to Berry Gordy, and Bobby Taylor brought the Jackson brothers to Motown, Motown credited Diana Ross with discovering them. This was done not only to promote the Jackson 5, but also to help ease Ross transition into a solo career. The Jackson 5 performed I Want You Back during all of their world tours and they also performed the song on American Bandstand and the Andy Williams Show. Michael Jackson performed the song as part of the Jackson 5 Medley during all of his world tours - the Bad World Tour, the Dangerous World Tour and the HIStory World Tour. The song was to be performed at Jacksons This Is It comeback concerts in London, the song was performed live at the Michael Jackson, 30th Anniversary Special in 2001, in which Jackson reunited with his brothers on stage for the first time since 1984. It has sold six million copies worldwide, in 1999, I Want You Back was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. I Want You Back ranks number 121 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and it also ranks ninth on Rolling Stones list of the 100 Greatest Pop Songs since 1963. In 2006, Pitchfork Media named it the second best song of the 1960s, a June 2009 article by The Daily Telegraph called it arguably the greatest pop record of all time. Digital Spy called the one of the most enduring pop singles of the sixties. The single has been awarded Silver certification on August 22,2014 by the British Phonographic Industry Association
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ABC (The Jackson 5 song)
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ABC is a 1970 number-one hit by the Jackson 5. First aired on American Bandstand on the ABC network) on February 21,1970 and it was released on February 24. ABC knocked The Beatles Let It Be off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970, Written with a similar structure and feel as the Jacksons first hit of 1970, I Want You Back. ABC was performed on television on American Bandstand, The Ed Sullivan Show, ABC is considered one of the bands signature songs. It is one of the shortest titles to hit #1, and is the first alphabetically in a list of #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. 50 Cent told NME that the song was the first he remembered hearing, Ive always loved MJ, so I guess it was probably a place to start music, right here. On 27 November 2016, the Grammy Hall of Fame announced its induction, walker, Louis Shelton and Don Peake Keyboards by Freddie Perren Written and produced by The Corporation, Berry Gordy, Jr
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Sony Music
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Sony Music Entertainment is an American music company owned by Sony. It is incorporated as a partnership of Sony Music Holdings Inc. through Sony Entertainment. The company was first founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, in 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records. Sony Corporation bought the company in 1987 and renamed it Sony Music Entertainment in 1991, the buyout led to the dissolution of BMG, which relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Sony Music Entertainment is one of the Big Three record companies, being the second largest after Universal Music Group, in 1929, ARC was founded through a merger of several record companies. In 1934, in the midst of Great Depression, the Columbia Phonograph Company, ARC was acquired in 1938 by the Columbia Broadcasting System, which, in turn, had been formed by the Columbia Phonograph Company, but then sold off. ARC was renamed Columbia Recording Corporation, RCA Victor Records executive Ted Wallerstein convinced CBS head William S. Paley to buy ARC and Paley made Wallerstein head of the newly acquired record company. The renamed company made Columbia its flagship label and Okeh its subsidiary label and this allowed ARCs leased labels Brunswick Records and Vocalion Records to revert to their former owner Warner Bros. which sold them to Decca Records. Columbia kept the Brunswick catalogue recorded from December 1931 onward on the Columbia label and he was succeeded by James Conkling as head of Columbia Records. In 1951, Columbia severed its ties with the EMI-owned record label of the same name, Okeh Records continued to be distributed by EMI on the Columbia label. Columbia founded Epic Records in 1953 and in 1956, Conkling left Columbia and he would help establish the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences before eventually becoming the first president of the newly launched Warner Bros. His successor, Goddard Lieberson began the first of two stints as head of the record company, and in 1958, Columbia founded another label, Date Records, which initially issued rockabilly music. In 1960, Columbia/CBS began negotiations with its international distributor Philips Records with the goal of starting its own global record company. Philips acquisition of US-based Mercury Records in 1961 paved the way for this, elsewhere, CBSs Mexican record company, Discos Columbia, was renamed Discos CBS by 1963. In 1964, Columbia set out acquiring record companies in countries for its CBS Records International Unit. EMI continued to distribute Epic and Okeh label material on the Columbia label in the UK until the deal with EMI expired in 1968 when CBS took over distribution. In late 1965, the Date subsidiary label was revived and this label released the first string of hits for Peaches & Herb and scored a few minor hits from various other artists. Dates biggest success was Time of the Season by the Zombies, the label was discontinued in 1970
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Enjoy Yourself (The Jacksons song)
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Enjoy Yourself is a song recorded by The Jacksons and released as a single in 1976 and peaking in early 1977. Featuring Michael and Jackie Jackson on lead vocals, it was the first non-Motown single for the group since they departed from the label earlier that year, the song peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 19,1977. On other US charts, Enjoy Yourself peaked at #2 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, on February 14,1989, it became the groups first single to be certified Platinum by the RIAA. It was also the groups first song to new member Randy Jackson. It also featured backing vocals from sisters Janet and La Toya, the song is sampled on the track Lets Have a Party by the Backstreet Boys, which appears on their 1996 self-titled debut album. The song is credited to Philadelphia songwriters/producers Gamble and Huff, however, tindall wrote the riff that was the initial spark for the song. A music video was produced to promote the single, for this was the Jacksons very first video and it features the five brothers wearing white suits and dancing on a stage. It was released on DVD for the disc of Michael Jacksons Vision
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Can You Feel It (The Jacksons song)
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Can You Feel It is a recording by American group The Jacksons, recorded in March 1980 and released as the third single from their album Triumph. Written by brothers Michael and Jackie, the featured solo leads by Randy. Released as a single in 1981, the song reached #77 on the pop charts and number thirty on the R&B charts in United States, Michael created the videos concept, and Titos sons Taj and Taryll appeared as extras. In 2001, it was voted one of the 100 best videos of all time, the title was also used for a 2009 greatest hits compilation. The video was featured on the disc of the box set. A part of the song was remixed and used for the Michael Jackson remix album Immortal, in the remix Immortal Megamix,1982, A cover version of the song was featured in the closing scene of Tomorrows Farewell, an early episode of the NBC musical-drama television series Fame. 1998, The single was sampled by Tamperer featuring Maya for their dance hit Feel It,1998, The song is also sampled in the Teddy Riley produced hip hop track Feel It by Charli Baltimore. 1999, In 1999 and 2000 the Southern University Marching Band popularized the song among the marching band world,1999, The songs instrumental is sampled on Steps album Steptacular in the song My Best Friends Girl. 1999, The song is sampled on Blackstreets album Finally in the first song of the album, Intro/Can You Feel Me 2002, The song is used in the film Drumline,2003, French house group King of House remixed the song. In 2007 the University of Nebraska football team adopted this version for use in pre-kickoff ceremonies,2005, Swedish artist September used the riff in her single Satellites. 2007, It was interpolated in the song Carry Feelings by South Rakkas Crew and T. O. K
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Victory (The Jacksons album)
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Victory is the seventeenth studio album by The Jacksons. It was released on July 2,1984 by Epic Records, the album was the first and only album to include all six Jackson brothers together as an official group, also, it was the last album entirely recorded with lead singer Michael Jackson. The album sold seven million copies worldwide, opening at number four on the US Billboard 200. On July 17,1984, the album was certified Gold by the BPI for the sales of at least 100.000 copies in the United Kingdom. On October 30,1984, the album was certified 2× Platinum by RIAA for the sales of over 2 million copies in the United States. Victory was supported by the Victory Tour, with lead singer Michael Jackson, shortly after the tour ended, Michael and Marlon Jackson quit the group. Jermaine, Tito, Randy and Jackie Jackson continued on as the Jacksons, after a successful reunion on the Motown 25 television special in 1983, Jermaine Jackson decided to return to the group, having left Motown after nine years as a full-fledged soloist. Each brother had a song on the album, Michael on Be Not Always, Randy on “One More Chance” and “The Hurt, Tito on “We Can Change the World, Jackie on “Wait. He also performs ad-libs on Wait and is named as a background vocalist on One More Chance. Torture was originally planned to be a duet between Michael and Jackie, but when Jermaine officially re-joined the group, he took over the intended for Jackie. The album only had two videos—for the songs Torture and Body—and neither Jermaine nor Michael appeared in either one, a wax dummy of Michael acted as a stand in for the Torture video. Michael recorded State of Shock, a duet recorded with Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury. The duo were unable to finish the track, so Michael ended up recording a version of the track with Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger for the album. Tensions reportedly grew between the brothers during the sessions and as a result, minimal publicity photography was done. The album cover art was commissioned from famed illustrator Michael Whelan, on the first release of the record there was a white dove on Randys shoulder. On later issues the bird was removed, the second single, Torture, reached #17, and Body, the third single, became a moderate hit peaking at #47. The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 in the week of August 4,1984, a remastered version was released in July 2009 in Japan only, with cardboard sleeve packaging. It was part of a six-album The Jacksons cardboard sleeve reissue series, featuring the albums The Jacksons, Goin Places, Destiny, Triumph, The Jacksons Live. and Victory
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Torture (The Jacksons song)
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Torture is the second single released off the album Victory by the band, The Jacksons. Written by Jackie Jackson and fellow Motown veteran Kathy Wakefield, the song is about ending a relationship. Jackie was originally going to sing the song with his brother, Michael, the rest of the Jacksons sang the chorus along with Michael and Jermaine. The song received mixed reactions from critics, the video was probably best known for Michael not being available, and the use of a wax dummy in his place throughout the video. Paula Abdul replaced Perri Lister as the choreographer, in which various scenes of torture are displayed with the Jacksons being on the receiving end of most of it. The shoot was an expensive and arduous affair that neither Michael nor Jermaine took part in, the song peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the second best selling single on the album, behind State of Shock. It also peaked at #26 on the UK charts and this was their last single to reach the US Top 40. Torture was written by Jackie Jackson, Motown writer Kathy Wakefield also helped in the writing. Originally Jackie was going to record the vocals along with Michael, however, Jermaine Jackson sang vocals in Jackies place, because he did not know if hed be fully involved with the Victory album until the last minute. On the recording, Michael and Jermaine sing a duet, with the rest of the group providing backing vocals, torture was Jermaines only main contribution to the Victory album. The B-side of the single was a version of the song. A common misconception is that the lyrics are about sadomasochism and physical torture, the lyrics to the song are about a relationship that is about to end, and how the feelings of love become torture when a break-up is nearing. One of the members of the relationship is still in love with the other, in the video various acts of torture are displayed, and various members of the band are usually on the receiving end. At some points the video looks like a horror movie, at a later point a group of skeletons—that are supposed to represent the Jacksons—are shown dancing. Neither Michael nor Jermaine appears in the video, Michael was busy with other obligations, the rest of the group decided to shoot the video without them. Jeff Stein was the director, and Bryce Walmsley the scenic designer, Jackie Jackson also oversaw the production, acting as an advisor. The dancing skeletons were animated at Peter Wallach Enterprises, Stein recalls the shoot as an experience that lived up to the song title, and that sentiment is shared by others involved in the production. It finished over schedule and over budget, by the end the Jacksons themselves had stopped showing up
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Victory Tour (The Jacksons tour)
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The Victory Tour was a concert tour of the United States and Canada by Michael Jackson and The Jackson family between July and December 1984. It was the first and only tour with all six Jackson brothers, the group performed 55 concerts to an audience of approximately 2 million. Most came to see Michael, whose album Thriller was dominating the music world at the time. Many consider it to be his Thriller tour, with most of the songs on the set list coming off of his Off the Wall album, the tour reportedly grossed approximately $75 million and set a new record for the highest grossing tour. It showcased Michaels single decorated glove, black sequined jacket and moonwalk, despite its focus on Michael, it was named after the newly released Jacksons album Victory although none of the albums songs were performed. Marlon confirmed this was because Michael refused to rehearse or perform them, in fact, he had reluctantly joined his brothers. The Jacksons did make money from the tour, along with promoter Don King, in November 1983, The Jacksons announced plans for a major tour in 1984 at a press conference, with boxing promoter Don King offering $3 million in upfront advances. That spring, the Victory album was recorded, to be released shortly before the tour itself. J, martell Foundation for Leukemia and Cancer Research. At the time the tour was announced, the Jacksons had not lined up a promoter for the shows. At a meeting, Frank DiLeo, a president at Epic Records. The deal was very generous to the Jacksons and that percentage was at least 25 points above what was at that time the industry standard for artists on tour. Sullivan also guaranteed the Jacksons a $36.6 million advance and he put the stadium up as collateral for a $12.5 million loan to pay the first installment shortly before the tour started. The balance was due two weeks later, the month after winning the tour bid, Sullivan approached stadium managers at the NFLs meetings, many of whom were there to bid for future Super Bowls. He sought changes to their arrangements with touring performers in order to make the Victory Tour more profitable. Kansas Citys Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Chiefs, agreed to only a $100,000 fee for the three opening concerts instead of its usual percentage of ticket sales and concessions. The Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, provided half a million dollars worth of free goods. Ultimately,26 of the 55 dates were played in 17 stadiums that were home to NFL teams, but some others balked at Sullivans demands. To use John F. Kennedy Stadium, he asked the city of Philadelphia for almost $400,000 in tax breaks, among them were free hotel rooms and suites for all tour workers, free use of the stadium and waiver of concession revenue
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Laker Girls
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The Laker Girls are an all-female National Basketball Association Cheerleading squad that performs and supports the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team in home matches. They also perform at other events and venues. Jerry Buss commissioned the Laker Girls in 1979 after he had purchased the Lakers and he believed a basketball game should be entertaining, and he was a big fan of college basketball. I thought the game itself was fantastic, but the ambiance was really kind of dead and it was quiet and boring, and so I thought what Id like to do is spice it up with having some dancers, he explained. The Laker Girls are a squad and members hold regular day jobs ranging from professional dancers to waitresses to university professors. The squad typically performs about 30 routines over the course of the season, the Laker Girls hold auditions in July of every year. Each current member of the squad must also audition to keep her place on the team, each woman auditioning must come with a resume of their previous jobs. It is required that each prospective candidate comes prepared with her own routine and is taught two routines to perform for the current Laker Girls as well as some judges. Dance skills are the main criterion on which they are judged, but personality, style and it was as a Laker Girl that Paula Abdul was discovered by the group The Jacksons, in which she was hired by them to choreograph the music video for the song Torture. This led to her doing the choreography for their Victory Tour, abduls success has given an extra prestige to being a Laker Girl
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Burglar (film)
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Burglar is a 1987 Canadian-American comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson and distributed by Warner Bros. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg and Bobcat Goldthwait, Bernice Bernie Rhodenbarr, a former San Francisco burglar, resumes her life of crime when a corrupt police officer named Ray Kirschman blackmails her. A dentist, Dr. Cynthia Sheldrake, hires Bernice to break into her ex-husband Christophers home, things take a turn for the worse when Christopher is murdered while Bernie is robbing his home, and thanks to Sheldrake and her lawyer Carson, Bernie is the only suspect. To clear her name Bernice and her friend Carl hop from bar to bar looking for someone who knew Christopher and they find out that Christopher had quite a few girlfriends. and boyfriends. Bernice has three new suspects after an old flame of Christophers tells her about an artist, a bartender, Bernice investigates the artist and the bartender only to have them show up dead. With no clues or witnesses, Bernice waits for Dr. Sheldrake in her home to confront her, demanding she tell her everything she knew about Christopher, she concludes that the doctor herself had been with her ex the night he was murdered. During the conversation the TV flashes to an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Bernice realizes Carson knew the doctors ex. Bernice calls Carson to meet her in the park with the bag of jewelry Bernice was commissioned to steal in the first place, Bernie has also deduced that Carson was in love with Christopher himself. A scuffle ensues and Bernice, along with her friend Carl and Ray, the film was adapted from the 1978 novel The Burglar in the Closet by Lawrence Block, in Blocks book, Bernie Rhodenbarr is a white man. It was also the first R-rated and live-action production from the Canadian animation company, when Willis dropped out, Goldberg took on the lead role. Whoopi Goldberg as Bernice Rhodenbarr Bobcat Goldthwait as Carl Hefler G. W, roger Ebert described the film as a witless, hapless exercise in the wrong way to package Goldberg. This is a woman who is original, who has a special relationship with the motion picture comedy. It is criminal to put her into brain-damaged, assembly-line thrillers, List of American films of 1987 List of Nelvana franchises Burglar at the Internet Movie Database Burglar at AllMovie Burglar at Box Office Mojo Burglar at Rotten Tomatoes
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2300 Jackson Street
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2300 Jackson Street is the eighteenth and final studio album by American group The Jacksons, and their final album for record label Epic, released in the United States on May 28,1989. This is the groups first album without lead singer Michael Jackson and their final album debuted at #59 on the Billboard 200 and at #14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and would sell over half a million copies worldwide. For most of this album, The Jacksons consisted of Jermaine, Jackie, Randy, despite having left the group after the Victory Tour, Michael Jackson and Marlon Jackson made appearances on 2300 Jackson Street. Rebbie and Janet also sang on the track, middle sister La Toya was, at the time of this album, estranged from the family. The Jacksons co-produced four tracks with Attala Zane Giles, three songs were produced by Michael Omartian, while Maria was produced by Jermaine Jackson and it features the harmonica solo by Lee Oskar from War. The albums title and cover photograph represent the Jacksons boyhood home in Gary,2300 Jackson Street received some notice in R&B venues, but was largely ignored by pop audiences. Despite some promotion in the European market, the Jacksons did not tour to support the album, the group disbanded in early 1990, with Jermaine and Jackie returning to their solo careers. Randy formed his own group, Randy and The Gypsys, experiencing success with their self-titled album that year. Tracks 1,4 and 11 arranged and produced by Michael Omartian, track 1 recorded by David Ahlers, assisted by Pee Wee Jackson. Track 4 recorded by David Ahlers, Mike Couzzi and Mark Richman, assisted by Pee Wee Jackson, both tracks mixed by Keith Cohen. Track 2 arranged, produced and mixed by L. A. recorded by Jon Gass, assisted by Donnell Sullivan. Track 3 arranged and produced by Jermaine Jackson, mixed by Jermaine Jackson, Susan Rogers and Keith Cohen. Track 5 arranged by Teddy Riley and The Jacksons, produced by Teddy Riley, The Jacksons and Gene Griffin. Recorded by Dennis Mitchell, Jeff Lorenson, Larry Fergusson, David Ahlers and Marlon Jackson, mixed by Keith Cohen and Larry Fergusson. Tracks 6 and 8–10 arranged and produced by The Jacksons and Attala Zane Giles, recorded by Susan Rogers, David Ahlers, Robert Brown Official video
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Madison Square Garden
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Madison Square Garden, often called MSG or simply The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Located in Midtown Manhattan between 7th and 8th Avenues from 31st to 33rd Streets, it is situated atop Pennsylvania Station. The Garden is used for basketball and ice hockey, as well as boxing, concerts, ice shows, circuses, professional wrestling and other forms of sports. It is close to other midtown Manhattan landmarks, including the Empire State Building, Koreatown and it is home to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League, the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, and residency to singer-songwriter Billy Joel. The Garden opened on February 11,1968, and is the oldest major sporting facility in the New York metropolitan area and it is the oldest arena in the National Hockey League and the second-oldest arena in the National Basketball Association. MSG is the fourth-busiest music arena in the world in terms of sales, behind The O2 Arena. At a total construction cost of approximately $1.1 billion and it is part of the Pennsylvania Plaza office and retail complex. Several other operating entities related to the Garden share its name, Madison Square is formed by the intersection of 5th Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in Manhattan. It was named after James Madison, fourth President of the United States, two venues called Madison Square Garden were located just northeast of the square, the first from 1879 to 1890, and the second from 1890 to 1925. The first Garden, leased to P. T. Barnum, had no roof and was inconvenient to use during inclement weather, Madison Square Garden II was designed by noted architect Stanford White. The new building was built by a syndicate which included J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, P. T. Barnum, Darius Mills, James Stillman and W. W. Astor. It was 200 feet by 485 feet, and the main hall and it had a 1, 200-seat theatre, a concert hall with a capacity of 1,500, the largest restaurant in the city and a roof garden cabaret. A third Madison Square Garden opened in a new location, on 8th Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, from 1925 to 1968, groundbreaking on the third Madison Square Garden took place on January 9,1925. Designed by the theater architect Thomas W. Lamb, it was built at the cost of $4.75 million in 249 days by boxing promoter Tex Rickard. The arena was 200 feet by 375 feet, with seating on three levels, and a capacity of 18,496 spectators for boxing. Demolition commenced in 1968 after the opening of the current Garden and it finished up in early 1969, and the site is now where One Worldwide Plaza is located. The new structure was one of the first of its kind to be built above the platforms of a railroad station. It was an engineering feat constructed by Robert E. McKee of El Paso, public outcry over the demolition of the Pennsylvania Station structure—an outstanding example of Beaux-Arts architecture—led to the creation of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
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The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty
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The Jacksons, A Family Dynasty is an American reality television series starring members of the musical Jackson family which aired on A&E. Following Michaels death in June 2009, more footage of the family was shot, the show debuted on December 13,2009, with the episode The Jackson Family. After one season and six episodes, the series ended on January 27,2010, with the episode Now, in February 2010, it was reported that the four brothers are reportedly in negotiations to film episodes for a second season to the reality series. The original intention behind the creation of the series—initially titled The Jackson Family—was that it would be a one-off hour-long special aired by the cable network A&E. The show was to center around The Jacksons and their planning of a new album, the initial filming of the brothers began in January 2009, but did not involve lead singer Michael Jackson. Robert Sharenow, a worker for A&E, stated in July 2009 that the original show was commissioned as a special. The new footage was to showcase the Jackson family coping with the loss of Michael, executive producer Jodi Gomes of Point 7 Entertainment noted that those involved with the series wanted a television show that was very genuine. She added that the Jackson siblings were not shy about talking about their brother, Gomes concluded that they had done a great job opening up about losing a brother. Debate arose in the media as to whether Michael Jacksons three children were to appear in the series, Jacksons mother Katherine, the legal guardian of the three, denounced the rumours that her grandchildren would be starring in the show. Filming is taking place right now, as production moves forward, it is entirely possible that the brothers paths will intersect with other members of the Jackson family, who may or may not be included in the finished series. However, we cannot at this point definitively know who else may make an appearance in the series, criticism of the series began before it had even premiered. De Moraes claimed that individuals were the type to have celebrity news website TMZ. com as their homepage. During her report of the preview of the show, De Moraes followed up on Jermaine Jacksons ponderings on how to pull off a successful reunion with his brothers. Frazier Moore condemned The Jacksons, A Family Dynasty as being stagey, self-conscious and, most of all and he stated that some people may enjoy the program and highlighted a moment in which Jermaine Jackson cries as being a high point for him. Moore added that the scene featuring Jermaine and his three brothers seemed to have been carefully arranged so that they would get maximum visual effect. He felt that such actions on the part of the siblings made other moments in the more interesting. Tucker concluded that with the absence of Michael and younger brother Randy, writing for The New York Times, Mike Hale conveyed his thoughts on the first episode. He suggested that it would be easy to view the series as an exploitation of Michael Jackson by his family, in order for them to gain money from the late entertainers legacy
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Jackie Jackson (album)
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Jackie Jackson is the self-titled debut album from Jackie Jackson, the eldest member of The Jackson 5, released on Motown Records. It was arranged by Eddy Manson, Gene Page and The Corporation, released on October 14,1973, the album suffered from a lack of promotion and did not chart. It was his only solo release for more than 15 years. The album features vocals from the Jackson 5 on Didnt I. Is It Him or Me was sampled by Nas for his song War on his Streets Disciple album
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LP record
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The LP is an analog sound storage medium, a vinyl record format characterized by a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm, a 12 or 10 inch diameter, and use of the microgroove groove specification. Introduced by Columbia in 1948, it was adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound, the new product was a 12- or 10-inch fine-grooved disc made of vinyl and played with a smaller-tipped microgroove stylus at a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm. Each side of a 12-inch LP could play for more than 20 minutes, although the LP was suited to classical music because of its extended continuous playing time, it also allowed a collection of ten or more pop music recordings to be put on a single disc. The use of the word album persisted for the one-disc LP equivalent, the prototype of the LP was the soundtrack disc used by the Vitaphone motion picture sound system, developed by Western Electric and introduced in 1926. For soundtrack purposes, the less than five minutes of playing time of side of a conventional 12-inch 78 rpm disc was not acceptable. The sound had to play continuously for at least 11 minutes, long enough to accompany a full 1, the disc diameter was increased to 16 inches and the speed was reduced to 33 1⁄3 revolutions per minute. Unlike their smaller LP descendants, they were made with the same large standard groove used by 78s, unlike conventional records, the groove started at the inside of the recorded area near the label and proceeded outward toward the edge. Like 78s, early soundtrack discs were pressed in an abrasive shellac compound, syndicated radio programming was distributed on 78 rpm discs beginning in 1928. The desirability of a longer continuous playing time soon led to the adoption of the Vitaphone soundtrack disc format, 16-inch 33 1⁄3 rpm discs playing about 15 minutes per side were used for most of these electrical transcriptions beginning about 1930. Transcriptions were variously recorded inside out like soundtrack discs or with an outside start, some transcriptions were recorded with a vertically modulated hill and dale groove. This was found to allow deeper bass and also an extension of the frequency response. Neither of these was necessarily an advantage in practice because of the limitations of AM broadcasting. Today we can enjoy the benefits of those higher-fidelity recordings, even if the radio audiences could not. Initially, transcription discs were pressed only in shellac, but by 1932 pressings in RCA Victors vinyl-based Victrolac were appearing, by the late 1930s, vinyl was standard for nearly all kinds of pressed discs except ordinary commercial 78s, which continued to be made of shellac. Use of the LPs microgroove standard began in the late 1950s, the King Biscuit Flower Hour is a late example, as are Westwood Ones The Beatle Years and Doctor Demento programs, which were sent to stations on LP at least through 1992. RCA Victor introduced a version of a long-playing record for home use in September 1931. These Program Transcription discs, as Victor called them, played at 33 1⁄3 rpm and used a somewhat finer and they were to be played with a special Chromium Orange chrome-plated steel needle
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Polydor Records
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Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a relationship with Universals Interscope Geffen A&M label. In turn, Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom, Polydor Records Ltd. was established in London in 1954 as a British subsidiary of German company Deutsche Grammophon GmbH. The Polydor label was founded on 2 April 1913 by German Polyphon-Musikwerke AG in Leipzig, during World War I on 24 April 1917, Polyphon-Musikwerke AG acquired the German Deutsche Grammophon-Aktiengesellschaft record plant and company from the German government. The German state was taken over Grammophon and the British holdings as enemies property during World War I, Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Polyphon-Grammophon-Konzern group. It was used as a label since 1924. The British and German branches of the Gramophone Company were so departed during World War I, in turn, Deutsche Grammophon records exported from Germany were released on the Polyphon Musik and Polydor labels. The new foreign branches were founded for example into Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Polydor became a popular music label in 1946, while the new Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft label was to become a classical music label in 1949. The previously used label, Grammophon, was disbanded, DGG gave, with an agreement dated 5 July 1949, an exclusive license from 1 July 1951 to use the Nipper-dog with gramophone to the original owners company Electrola, the German branch of EMI. In 1970, Polydor acquired the Hong Kong-based Diamond Records, which had owned and founded by the local Portuguese merchant Ren da Silva in the late 1950s. In 1972, The Grammophon-Philips Group reorganized to create PolyGram, the Polydor label continued to run as a subsidiary label under the new company. The name PolyGram is a portmanteau of Polydor and PhonoGram, into the 1980s, Polydor continued to do respectable business, in spite of becoming increasingly overshadowed by its PolyGram sister label Mercury Records. Polydor took over management of British Deccas pop catalog, A&R manager Frank Neilson was able to score a major top ten hit in March 1981 for the label with Do The Hucklebuck by Coast to Coast as well as signing Ian Dury and Billy Fury to the company. In 1984, the name was parodied in the rockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. By the early 1990s, Polydor had begun to underperform, in 1994, as Island Records recovered from its sales slump, PolyGram dissolved most of PLG into it. Meanwhile, Polydor Records and Atlas Records merged, briefly called Polydor/Atlas, in 1995, Polydor/Atlas became simply Polydor Records again. Over the next few years, Polydor tried to keep itself afloat with new artist signings, new releases, in 1998, PolyGram was purchased by Seagram and absorbed into its Universal Music Group. Today, in America, the Polydor Records name and logo is used on reissues of older material from its 1960s and 1970s heyday
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International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning an ISBN is nation-based and varies from country to country, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country. The initial ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering created in 1966, the 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108. Occasionally, a book may appear without a printed ISBN if it is printed privately or the author does not follow the usual ISBN procedure, however, this can be rectified later. Another identifier, the International Standard Serial Number, identifies periodical publications such as magazines, the ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 in the United Kingdom by David Whitaker and in 1968 in the US by Emery Koltay. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108, the United Kingdom continued to use the 9-digit SBN code until 1974. The ISO on-line facility only refers back to 1978, an SBN may be converted to an ISBN by prefixing the digit 0. For example, the edition of Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns, published by Hodder in 1965, has SBN340013818 -340 indicating the publisher,01381 their serial number. This can be converted to ISBN 0-340-01381-8, the check digit does not need to be re-calculated, since 1 January 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits, a format that is compatible with Bookland European Article Number EAN-13s. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, a 13-digit ISBN can be separated into its parts, and when this is done it is customary to separate the parts with hyphens or spaces. Separating the parts of a 10-digit ISBN is also done with either hyphens or spaces, figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN number is complicated, because most of the parts do not use a fixed number of digits. ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for country or territory regardless of the publication language. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture, in other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded. In Canada, ISBNs are issued at no cost with the purpose of encouraging Canadian culture. In the United Kingdom, United States, and some countries, where the service is provided by non-government-funded organisations. Australia, ISBNs are issued by the library services agency Thorpe-Bowker
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Randy Jackson (The Jacksons)
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Steven Randall Jackson, better known by his nickname and stage name Randy Jackson, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and dancer. Jackson is best known as a member of his family band. Jackson was the youngest son and the second youngest Jackson sibling before his sister Janet Jackson was born, Randy was born in Gary, Indiana to Joseph Jackson and Katherine Jackson. Nicknamed Little Randy, Jackson is the child of the Jackson family. Jackson was only three years old when the Jackson 5 was formed and therefore was not an original member, while his brothers toured, Jackson honed his skills as a musician, mastering piano and the bongos Randy first officially appeared live with his brothers at the end of 1971. The event was a Christmas show the Jackson 5 held for blind children, the Jackson 5 officially changed their name to The Jacksons when they signed with Epic due in part to the fact Motown owned the name The Jackson 5. At the age of 16, he co-wrote The Jacksons most successful single on Epic and he is widely thought of as the most talented instrumentalist of the Jackson brothers, playing congas, percussion, drums, keyboards, piano, bass, guitar and assorted other instruments. In addition to singing and playing on the Jacksons recordings, he worked with Michael on his Off the Wall album, Jackson was able to fully participate in the Jacksons 1981 Triumph Tour and in the bands later projects. After the record-setting Victory Tour in 1984, Michael and Marlon left the band, Randy and his remaining three brothers later made one last album. He was part of the Jacksons 2001 reunion at Madison Square Garden, however, he did contribute backing vocals with Jackie, Tito and Jermaine for Michaels This Is It. After recording the 2300 Jackson Street album, the group disbanded and focused on projects in 1990. After this split, Jackson formed his own band, Randy & the Gypsys, the group only released one album before breaking up. On June 28,1998, Jackson opened up his own record label Modern Records, on February 4,1980, Jackson was seriously injured in a car crash in Hollywood, California. In June 1980, Jackson appeared on the cover of the weekly African-American newsmagazine Jet, the cover headline read, Randy Jackson Walks Again, Talks About His Future. In 1986, Jackson met Alejandra Oaziaza and they dated for years but never married. Jackson and Oaziaza have three children together, Genevieve Jackson, Donte and Steven Randall Jackson Jr. Alejandra married and later divorced Randys older brother, later, Jackson married Eliza Shaffel in August 1989, later divorcing in January 1992. Jackson and Shaffel have one child together, Stevanna Jackson
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Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
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Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 is the debut studio album from Gary, Indiana-based soul family band the Jackson 5, released on the Motown label in December 1969. The Jackson 5s lead singer, a boy named Michael, and his older brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Tito. Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5s only single, I Want You Back, became a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 within weeks of the albums release. The album reached #5 on the Pop Albums chart, and spent nine weeks at #1 on the R&B/Black Albums chart, the album title suggested that Motown star Diana Ross had discovered the group, as do the Ross-penned liner notes on the back cover. Ross did, however, introduce the Jackson 5 to the public both in concert and on television, actually, Motown signed The Jackson Five in March 1969 after their discovery and first contract with an owner and producer of Steeltown Records in Gary, Indiana in November 1967. Motown CEO Berry Gordy brought the group to Motowns Hitsville U. S. A. studio in Detroit, Michigan, and assigned them to work with Bobby Taylor as their producer. Over two dozen of these recordings were done, including covers of songs by the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the Miracles, among the non-Motown covers done were versions of Sly & the Family Stones Stand. The Delfonics Can You Remember, and Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah from the Walt Disney film Song of the South, of these recordings, the most famous became the cover of Whos Lovin You, with Michael Jackson re-delivering Smokey Robinsons often-covered plea for the return of a long-gone lover. The Jackson 5s version of the song supplanted the Miracles original as the recording of the song. These recordings would turn up on various Jackson 5 compilations, in August 1969, Berry Gordy decided to take a more direct role in the Jackson 5s career. He had the Jacksons and their father, Joseph, move from Detroit to Los Angeles, California, Taylor followed the group, and continued to work on the cover songs. During this period, Gordy came across I Want to Be Free, a written by West Coast-based Motown producers Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell. At first, Gordy wanted the three producers to record the song with Diana Ross, but soon decided to give the song the Frankie Lymon treatment. Richards, Mizell, and Perren began re-working the song, and Gordy, the result was I Want You Back, which became the Jackson 5s first Motown single, and the first of four Jackson 5 songs that went to number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970. I Want You Back became the blueprint for future Jackson 5 recordings, there was now less of an emphasis on traditional soul, in fact, Motowns publicity department dubbed the Jackson 5s sound bubblegum soul. All songs produced by Bobby Taylor except for Nobody and I Want You Back, though Reach Out, Ill Be There was originally considered for inclusion on the album and appears on the back of early pressings, it was replaced by Born to Love You. It would appear 26 years later on Soulsation, the songs on the album were recorded during May–August 1969. In 2001, Motown Records remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a Two Classic Albums/One CD series, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 was paired up with ABC
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ABC (The Jackson 5 album)
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ABC is the second studio album by The Jackson 5 and was issued on May 8,1970 by Motown Records. It featured the No.1 singles, ABC and The Love You Save, the album peaked at No.4 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and at No.1 on the Billboard Black Albums chart. It was named No.98 on the VH1 All-Time Albums Top 100 and it remains one of the Jackson 5s most popular efforts selling over 5.7 million copies worldwide. In 2001, Motown Records remastered all J5 albums in a Two Classic Albums/One CD series and this album was paired up with Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5. The bonus track was an outtake, Oh, Ive Been Blessed, an alternate version of the title track appears on the CD Jackson 5 – I Want You Back. List of number-one R&B albums of 1970
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Third Album
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Third Album is the third studio album released by The Jackson 5 on Motown Records, and the groups second LP released in 1970. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard album charts and #1 on the R&B album charts and this is considered one of their best efforts and is their most successful album to date. It sold over 6 million copies worldwide, allmusics Lindsay Planer rated Third Album four out of five stars. She stated that the contains the unmistakable Motown sound, expanding just enough to incorporate other significant influences as well. She also stated that a few of the tracks are worthwhile spins and this album was paired up with Maybe Tomorrow. The bonus tracks were Sugar Daddy, the new track on their 1971 greatest hits set, and Im So Happy. List of number-one R&B albums of 1970 Third Album overview at www. jackson5abc. com
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Jackson 5 Christmas Album
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Jackson 5 Christmas Album was the fourth studio album by Motown family quintet The Jackson 5, released in October 1970. Included on the Christmas Album is the Jackson 5s hit single version of Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, the Jackson 5s versions of I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town remain frequent radio requests during the Christmas season. It has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide, in 2003, Universal Motown re-released the album with Little Christmas Tree. In 2009, this configuration was released as Ultimate Christmas Collection with Christmas messages, remixes, and a Christmas medley, the release of Jackson 5 Christmas Album in October 1970 marked the end of a successful year for the band. Three albums were released by the group, with ABC in May, in addition, Michael Jacksons solo debut single Got to Be There, also hit the music stands in October, with the complete album of the same name coming out in January 1972. 2003 remaster 2009 Ultimate Christmas Collection bonus tracks Source
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Maybe Tomorrow (The Jackson 5 album)
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Maybe Tomorrow was the fifth studio album by The Jackson 5 released in 1971. Released after the success of the hit ballad Ill Be There, most of the tracks on the album are ballads, Maybe Tomorrow includes the hit singles Never Can Say Goodbye and Maybe Tomorrow. It spent six weeks at #1 on the Soul albums chart, the album was arranged by Gene Page and James Anthony Carmichael. This album was paired up with Third Album, the bonus tracks were Sugar Daddy, the only new track on their 1971 greatest hits set, and Im So Happy, the B-side of that single. List of number-one R&B albums of 1971 Maybe Tomorrow overview at www. jackson5abc. com
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Goin' Back to Indiana
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Goin Back to Indiana was a live/soundtrack album by The Jackson 5 for Motown Records, taken from their September 16,1971 ABC TV special of the same name. This is the Jackson 5s sixth album overall and it also featured tracks recorded by the Jackson 5 during their May 29 homecoming concert in Gary, Indiana. The album went on to sell 2.6 million copies worldwide, I Want You Back –4,14 Maybe Tomorrow –4,15 The Day Basketball Was Saved –7,59 Stand. This album was paired up with Lookin Through the Windows, the bonus tracks were Love Song and a live performance of Whos Lovin You, which first appeared on the soundtrack of the 1992 TV movie The Jacksons, An American Dream. The original show was cut short and only half of it was used for the album, the following listed is the full set for the show. The songs in italics were the ones not included on the original album, I Want You Back -04,16 Maybe Tomorrow -04,19 The Day Basketball Was Saved -07,58 Stand
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Lookin' Through the Windows
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Lookin Through the Windows is the seventh studio album by The Jackson 5, released on the Motown label in May 1972. The album sold 3.5 million copies worldwide, though he could still reach his famed high notes, his voice was filling out, allowing him to also reach lower registers. Most of the tracks were recorded in late 1971 intended to be on an album for their hit single at the time Sugar Daddy. Lookin Through the Windows was the second-to-last Jackson 5 album to include any songs written by The Corporation, the album spawned two hit singles Little Bitty Pretty One and Lookin Through The Windows. The album peaked at number 7 on Billboard 200 album chart, in Europe the album cut Doctor My Eyes was a top ten hit. The album was arranged by James Anthony Carmichael, John Bahler, The Corporation, Eddie Munson, barnum, Arthur G. Wright and Gene Page. This album was paired up with Goin Back to Indiana, Lookin Through The Windows Overview at www. jackson5abc. com
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Skywriter
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Skywriter is the eighth studio album by the Jackson 5, released on March 29,1973. Lead singer Michaels vocals were now showing the signs of his tenor voice. Notably, one of Skywriters songs, Touch, features Michael, as such, Touch was one of the most controversial singles Michael sung on until his solo career took off again in the 1980s. Michael, at point, was frustrated with the direction he and his brothers were going in. The brothers were openly discouraged by the style they were receiving from Motown writers, also, by this point, all five brothers were writing their own material, but Motown prevented them from recording their own compositions. The frustration was showcased most openly by the cover, where all five brothers solemnly looked at the camera around an early-1900s-era airplane. The album sold 2.8 million copies worldwide and it was arranged by James Anthony Carmichael, Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson, Freddie Perren, Gene Page, Fonce Mizell and The Corporation. This album was paired up with Get It Together, the bonus tracks were the outtakes Pride and Joy, Loves Gone Bad and Love Is the Thing You Need. Each of these also appear on the compilation album Joyful Jukebox Music/Boogie
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G.I.T.: Get It Together
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Get It Together is the tenth studio album by The Jackson 5, released in September 1973 for the Motown label. During the groups last years with Motown, the label struggled to come up with material for the group, as a result, the Jackson 5 fell into a period from 1973 to 1974 where they scored no Top 10 singles. By this point, most of the Jackson 5s members, and their manager/father Joseph Jackson, were complaining about the groups direction. The only member not to complain about Motowns handling of the act was Jermaine Jackson, get It Together would go on to sell over two million copies worldwide. The album was arranged by Arthur G. Wright, David Blumberg, get It Together was the first album to feature Michaels noticeable growth spurt. Now aged 15 and with a slightly deeper singing voice, the sound of the group changed as well. With Michael now a full-fledged tenor and it was also on this album that he first employed what would later be known as his vocal hiccup, notably on the song Its Too Late to Change the Time. As Motown frowned on any sort of control being relinquished to the group, get It Together was one of the earliest albums to experiment with a pre-disco sound, released at a time before the genre was mainstream. The album was a breakaway from the groups bubblegum soul sound as they came up with a more funk-oriented album similar to The Temptations Norman Whitfield-produced albums, two of Whitfields Temptations songs — You Need Love Like I Do and Hum Along and Dance— appeared on Get It Together. The sequence of songs was also arranged for Get It Together. There was no silence separating one song from the other, each track flowed together thematically, a technique borrowed from Stevie Wonders landmark album Music of My Mind, released the year prior. Get It Together was also the first Jackson 5 album to all five Jackson brothers sharing lead vocals. Marlon, in particular, is featured on Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing and Jackie and Tito lead the brothers through Hum Along. In addition, the album did not feature production or songwriting from any of the now-disbanded Corporation, Motown head Berry Gordy, a member of the Corporation, was busy expanding his Motown empire into movie ventures, mostly starring Diana Ross. Lead vocals are as of noted in superscripts, Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Jackie Jackson and this album was paired up with Skywriter. The bonus tracks were the outtakes Pride and Joy, Loves Gone Bad, Love Is the Thing You Need and Pride and Joy were released on Joyful Jukebox Music in 1976, and Loves Gone Bad was released on Boogie in 1979. Get It Together overview at www. jackson5abc. com
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Dancing Machine (album)
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Dancing Machine is the eleventh studio album released by Motown quintet The Jackson 5 in 1974. The albums title track was a #2 pop hit and a #1 R&B hit in the United States, the group released two additional singles from the album, the funky Whatever You Got, I Want and the groups last top twenty hit for Motown called I Am Love. Although the Jacksons were back on the charts, the brothers still complained of their artistic direction, nonetheless, the album became another disco concept album for the group, and showcased lead singers Michael and Jermaine Jackson. This album also marks the first time all the brothers sang in their natural voices on the same song. The order is Tito, Jackie, Michael, Marlon and Jermaine, around this time, the Jacksons were performing in Las Vegas with the rest of the family leaving this album with low promotion. According to an interview with Don Cornelius on R&B TV show Soul Train, Michael said that his songs were If I Dont Love You This Way. The album was arranged by Arthur G. Wright, Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson, John Bahler, James Anthony Carmichael and this album was paired up with Moving Violation. The bonus tracks were the outtakes Through Thick and Thin and the Disc-o-Tech #3 Remix of Forever Came Today
