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...time they cut a couple of singles for a local label called Steeltown in 1968, word of the young prodigies with a front man who could sing and move like Jackie Wilson had started to spread as far as Detroit and Motown. Calls were placed; connections were made. In November 1969, Motown released the first Jackson 5 single, I Want You Back, with a propulsive vocal by Michael, 11. The record reached No. 1 in twelve weeks...
...became one of the cornerstone acts for a label that had more than its fair share of the best soul in the land. But after seven more Top Ten singles, there were the inevitable career dissatisfactions. Their father struck up a deal with Epic Records, provoking bad feeling at Motown and some family tension. Jermaine, who had married Berry Gordy's daughter Hazel, stayed behind at Motown, soloing, while the other brothers moved...
...calling themselves the Jacksons (Motown retained title to the name Jackson 5), they proceeded to cut four albums, two of which, Destiny and Triumph, went platinum. But it was Michael's first Epic solo album, Off the Wall, that started to set the barns all burning. His excessive prominence within the family was always manageable, one senses, but not without stressing the importance of perspective. "Michael is pretty stable," his mother says. "I think it's his raisin'. We used to talk to the boys about getting big heads. None of them is better than anyone else. One might have...
...Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (NBC). A stirring video jukebox of the most memorable sounds of a quarter-century of soul, from the still irresistible Temptations through the stylized showmanship of Michael Jackson...
...minutes of playing time) featuring still more Duran Duran material. Last week a tape of Michael Jackson's exuberant Thriller video went on sale. Also on the cassette was a documentary chronicling the making of the quick flick and several scenes of Michael cavorting variously on a Motown special, through his Beat It clip and, at age eight, in front of a home-movie camera. This nifty one-hour package goes...