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THE JACKSON
Family Affair

If you are working a crossword puzzle and the clue for 7 across was “Musical(2 wd),”chances are you’d be pretty tempted to write in “Jackson family.”Music seems to be each and every Jackson’s middle name.There’s not a sinble member of the extemsive family,from Mom and Dad right on down to the youngest,who couldn’t sing for his supper or pick up some sort of instrument and couldn’t sing for his supper or pick up some sort of instrument and play it proficiently.And they just keep on getting bigger,better and more in demand.

The jackson family history began in Gary,Indiana,where Joe Jackson,a guitar player in a group call the Falcons met and married a young woman named Katherine who played the clarinet and sang good country-western tunes with a touch of the blues.Their first arrival,Maureen,was the start of the large family they hoped to have.She lost no time in taking advantage of her musical heritage and mastered the piano and violin as easily as most children learn to ride a bicycle.Then along came Jackie,Tito and Jermaine,whose interest in music needed no more cultivating than their sister’s;they took to it immediately,without formal lessons.As Tito tells it,he used to sneak his father’s guitar and fool around with it while he was away.Although Tito’s mother knew what was going on ,she didn’t try to stop him.Truly a wise woman,because in just three months Tito could play it as well as Dad.Soon young Tito got a guitar of his own,and Papa Joe was convinced that music wasn’t just a passing fancywith his sons.Fortunately he had the foresight to realize that even though they were having fun,the were deadly serious about it.So he says,”I taught them all I knew about guitar,but they soon passed me by,trying to play off of records and get into electric music.”

When the boys expressed a desire to form a group-since they had learned to harmonize and had begun singing songs they learned from the radio-their father went along.Joe saw their desire and helped make it a reality.And he did it to a greater degree than they ever thought possible.As Tito says,”Without my mother and father’s push me probably would’ve fallen apart because we were all very young.They gave us that strength to keep on going.”

But with their own deep love of music,Joe and Katherine enjoyed the family sessions just as much as the kids.And soon the little group began to grow.LaToya,who was learning the clarinet from her mother,joined in,and Marion and Michael began singing with the guys.Soon they were in demand at gatherings of family and friends.

The kids were so enthusiastic that they rushed home from school and eagerly dove into rehearsals under the constarnt guidance of their father.Michael had begun singing lead most of the time,and with him out from the group won the first in the Roosevelt High School talent show.With another year of practice and experience under their belts,they took the same honor in a city-wide conteest.By 1967 then were becoming a household word in Indiana.

It no longer looked as though music could be kept with the bounds of a family hobby.None of the boys’ interest had waned,and the public was becoming just as enthused about seeing them perform as they were about doing it.Requests for benefits and shows multiplied,and the group rapidly became professional enough for paying jobs.They gained a local reputation as dynamite entertainers,which soon spread to New York where they were booked during school vacations at the Apollo Theater.Soon the standing ovation was as natural and inevitable a part of the close of a Jackson act as was the curtain resing at its beginning.

Hollywood was the next logical step.Once the entertainment community took a shine on them,there was no stopping the group.And each and every one of them is so polished and professional that it all looks effortless.Record-smashing seems to be just another Jackson family hobby.They’ve set attendance records,outdrawn the world’s greatest stars,been endowed with nearly every music award known to man,had a street named after them,been given the keys to several cities,sold a billion or more concert seats and 40 million records,and earned enough gold and platinum records to line the walls of their Encino home.

But what has all the fame and fortune done to the Jackson family?Has it destroyed that close-knit,music-loving family group from Gary,Indiana?Not one bit.There isn’t a single member of the family who has been spoiled by success.They’re all warm,genuine,modest and unassuming.There’s still enough time in a superhumanly demanding schedule for benefits and charity work.And the family’s just as close as ever.

The younger Jackson children,LaToya,Michael,Randy and Janet still live at home and find as much to interest them there as ever.Although Maureen,Jackie,Tito,Jermine and Marion have all left the nest for their own homes and aprtments,they all live nearby and visit the family home daily-for either work or pleasure.When the Jackson family isn’t working together,it’s playing together.And judging from the way each and every Jackson has turned out,that’s a winning system.

kanbor32 · 发表于 2010-7-28 12:42:36

In England,The Jackson Five broke a Beatles’ attendance record in Liverpool which they still hold.Likewise records were broked in faraway places that include the Philippines and Japan,where Jackie recalls,”They would be very quiet during the show,and we’d get a standing ovation,and they’d be yelling ‘more,more.’”In New Zealand,Jackie recalls in amazement,”There’s a population of about two million people,and we got a gold record there.It was out Christmas album,with’Mommy Kissing Santa Claus’and all that on it.”

Starting in January of next year,the Jacksons will return to the road for the first time in over a year(the album and Michael’s role in “The Wiz”necessitated a hiatus)for a truly worldwide tour.”They will be going to 10-12 countries in Asia alone,from there to Europe,Africa,coming back and playing a number of dates in the Caribbean,and on into a number of countries in South America.”

They are planning for a show that will be ,in Michael’s words”Really exciting,with a light show,and it’s going to be all new,so look forward to something totally different.”

Breaking chart and attendance records worldwide might have been enough for many supergroups,but the Jacksons did not stop there.In 1974,they broke the sellout record in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand,effectively breaking the generation barrier with a dazzling show which included their three sisters,and utilized a mix of Jackson’s hits and standards,tap dancing and props designed to win the hearts of the older crowd.

Likewise,their summer replacement television series two years ago reached out to a broad spectrum of ages and tastes by using the multi-talents of the entire family.They were delighted with both ventures and plan to return to Vegas because,in Jackie’s words,”Vegas represents longevity to us.You can always go back there for the rest of your life.”

The group prefers not to consider a regular tvseries,due to scheduling and over-saturation problems.Says Tito,”I think that a singing act,if they’re going to do television,should just do television because it involves a lot of time.you donn’t have too much time to do anything else.”Adds Jackie,”People see you on tv all the time,and they don’t go to your concerts.”A special deal is in the works,however,according to Weisner and DeMann,which will allow the group to do two specials a year for the next two years,a situation which they consider ideal.

All these activities should go a long way towards dispelling any lingering public image that smacks of “bubblegum,”a tag the group was stuck with,according to Tito,”Mostly because of the age of the group,and because we said ’ABC’ in a song. ”The process of proving themselves on the news level undoubtedly moved a long way with the new creative freedom they were offered when moving to CBS.They are frank about the reasons for the move.Tito explains,”When a groups contract runs out,they negotiate better deals,Out contract at Motown wasn’t up to par compared with other groups of our status at the time,so we felt that it was time for us to either get a better contract or move on.The company that came up with the best deal was CBS.More freedom had a lot to do with it,our own publishing writing,producing.That’s what we were looking for,and CBS gave it to us.”

So moving on became the necessity,and unhappily entailed the splitting of one brother from the group,Jermaine,who had married Barry Gordy’s daughter,to pursue a solo career at Motown.Considering the tightness of the family,it could not have been an easy move.However,the group emphasizes that the decision was a business one,and Jermaine remains close to his brothers.”You are dealing with a family.Anything that involves a family member such as that is a touchy situation.Everybody made their own personal choices,trying not to intermingle their personal lives with the business aspects.”

As for the present period of transition.”It’s a constant situation of proving yourself to the industry and to other people that you can write,you can produce,and it goes beyond an ego standpoint.Yes,you cannot complain about the success you’ve had in the past where you’ve had other people write and produce your product.But I guess everyone matures to an age where they in turn can also do the same,and that’s the transition that the troup is going through right now.”

In moving into their second decade as one of the world’s most successful recording and performing acts,with every member wtill under 30,chances are the “transition”with prove to be a booster rocket to new level of success.With the experience of veterans and the energies of youth ,the Jacksons”Destiny”should be manifest.

Another current priority for the group is their own publishing company.Father Joe takes pride in having held onto those valuable publishing rights for their original material.He explains,”One of my main concerns was always that they shouldn’t sign away their publishing.I wanted to keep it so they could have their own publishing company.At the time they started,most groups would sign with the record company for publishing rights.I was able to avoid that and I’m very glad about that now.”

That kind of guidance,with perhaps the concerned foresight that only a father could have,and the solidity of the Jackson family,have undoubtedly been crucial factors in the group’s longevity.

Just getting started in industrial Gary,Indiana couldn’t have been easy,where dozens of groups,in the Jacksons’s neighborhood alone,were constantly competiting in local talent contests for a chance to escape from the steel mills and less-than-ideal living conditions.Recalls Jackie:”In our block there were a lot of groups competing.Every time there was a talent show everyone would come to try for the trophy.Deise Williams was one of them,and Kellee Patterson.”

Joe adds,”In Gary,with all the steel mills ,families come in and have lots of kids,and the kids don’t have anything to do ,except go to school and come home.So they learn how tio sing or play some type of instrument.The kids want to better their condition,because they see their parents working every day in the mills.”

So the young Jacksons added their hat to the crowded ring,with the determination reflected in Tito’s remark:”People don’t just give you the chance,you have to win it.Everybody all around us was trying to get into some type of show business.I think the first paying gig was at a place called Mr. Lucky’s.We got $5 for all of us;we made more money from people pitching money from the floor.We knew something was happening when we started winning the talent shows.Then,you start seeing the possibilities.”

From daily rehearsals,to talent shows and local gigs,and finally the Apollo Theater,the Jackson(then the Jackson Five)were already an established professional act when they signed with Motown in 1969.And contrary to popular opinion,they were not discovered by Diana Ross.When this popular myth is mentioned ,Joe laughts,”Nobody discovered the Jacksons but their mother and father.”Michael adds,”We were doing a theater in Chicago called the Regal,which was kind of an audition for Motown.Since Diana Ross was the hotest artist there at the time,they decided to use her name to introduces us to the public.”Thus,the first LP was”Diana Ross Presents The Jackson Five”(now platinum)and they appeared with Ross in concerts.

kanbor32 · 发表于 2010-7-28 12:45:00

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Randy

“I was nine years old when I joined the group in 1971,and that’s basically what I aways wanted to do,It was always my brothers,working with them,doing everything together.”
“Writing,more than anything is my favourite aspect.I’m very excited about this album,since it’s our first time doing everything,and it turned out pretty good.”
“I grew up around older people,so I didn’t get much of a chance to hand around with people my age.Now I go to a private school where there are kids my age ,and a lot of professionals.I’ve got a lot of time ahead of me to improve,so starting so young has given me a head start.”
“When I first joined the group I was just into one thing,and that was playing my drums.Now I’m trying to get in to all parts of it,production,writing-everything.Earlier I was just performing ,and that’s all I wanted to do.I knew my father was taking care of it,so I just got onstage and performed.”
“I always loved performing.I become a different character,much more crazy,a lot more open.It’s funny,because I’m a lot more open onstage than I am in my regular life.In front of a few people,I’m shy,I wouldn’t want to sing.”
“I’m going to keep writing more and more,and never stop.I’ve recorded a few songs and am starting work on my own album.In 10 years,I guess I’ll still be singing,producing,getting into producing other acts…and relaxing more.”

Jackie

“At the time we started,I was thinking of being a professional baseball player.The chicago White Sox were watching me as s short-stop,and I had a good batting average.I had to take the baseball career or the singing career.Sometimes I watch a baseball game and wonder ‘what if,’but I’m happy where I am.”
“In the future,I see myself being a writer,writing musical scores for motion pictures.That’s what we all want right now.Also producing,and I would like to direct movies,too.I want to do it all.”
“I feel like I’ve come a long way with a lot of hard work in 10 years-there’s been a lot fof rehearsing,a lot of planning.I can remember one night years ago watching the Ed Sullivan Show,and saying’Man,I sure wish I could be on the Ed Sullivan Show.’A month later,we got a call to do it.We were so happy,and all the fans wrote in ,so they called us back in another month do do it again….Everything has really come out the way I expected it.”

Tito
My favorite aspect of our work is planning an album.I like the sense of knowing what direction you want to go with the album,what type of songs you’re going to put on it,and writing it;then,going into the studio and developing it,and hearing it for the first time as the public will hear it.I find some producers will go in and say’play what’s on the paper’and you have five or six good musicians in the studio.They have a talent,and their hear just as well as the producer’s,so they can give you a lot that you aren’t aware of .So we try to use their ears too.
“I’ve learned a lot in the areas of writing,knowing how the business is run,negotiating contracts,knowing that you can’t always just get on the stage and sing.There are other things involved that you have to check on personally.”
“I’m glad I’m at the age where I’ve been through the hard parts,and I’d rather have done it when I was young rather than try to do it now.I still have a lot of life in front of me,and now I have that second wind.In the future I see producting other artists,writing for other artists,having one of the biggest publishing companies in the world.I’d like to do movies,but my main concern is music.That’s the roots of it all.”

Michael
“Doing ‘The Wiz’was an incredible experience.It was always something I wanted to do,because I always loved the movie,and always fell in love with the scarecrow.I saw the play six times.I’ll do other parts if I like the script as I did with this.
We worked outside on the movie a lot,and it was cold,the coldest ever in New York.There were 600 dancers at the World Trade Center,all wearing costumes like swim outfits,and it was so cold a lot of them quit.It took me a day to get the makeup on ,and then after I took it off,I’d look like a drug addict,with my eyes all watery and red.
I sing up front and more people know my name bacause I’m up front and they want to know who that person is.Motown decided to take a chance on me,with the solo albums.It’s up to the public,it’s like a vote,they decide to pick you.We’ve travelled the world,and if we don’t sing’Ben’ they all go crazy.I could never believe how big that song was.I haven’t done a solo album in a long time,but I will be doing some more.
I’d like the group to get into films,maybe direct a movie someday,because I always have a lot of ideas.I would love to write a lot of songs for other people as well.

The Jacksons Reveal a New Dimensionn in Sight and sound

Already renowned internationally as the world’s greatest contemporary singing performer group…and gold and platinum record crowned recording artists,THE JACKSONS have incorporated a fantastic dance capability into their act that brings delighted audiences screaming and applauding to their feet.

The jacksons,in a truly ‘primitive performing arts form’ have suddenly burst forth with a potpourri of modern and traditional dance that now makes them the ultimate in sight and sound entertainment.

They complement their fabulous singing and musicianship with a surprising dance capability reminiscent of Nijinski,Baryshnikov,Jose Greco intermixed with such ballroom dance stars as Fred Astaire,Bojangles Robinson,Gene Kelly and John Travolta.

Totally unschooled in dance,the Jacksons successfully meld their song,music and dance into a vital and memorable new idiom in terms of ultimate sophisticated enterainment.The dance feats performed by the Jacksons tryly transcend all traditional terpsichorian concepts…and will soonn prove that The Jacksons will be accepted on a par with all dance greats,and invited to perform in sight and sounds at such great traditional dance centers as Lin coln Center,Carnegie Hall,etc. as co-performers with the Joffrey and other U.S. Ballets.

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