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The five oldest brothers of the Jackson-family started working on
their showbusiness-career very early. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon
and Michael won numberless talent shows, practiced their dancing
steps, vocal harmonies and instruments every day. Between 1969 and
1970 the quintet became a household name on the Motown circuit,
producing on the Motown record label. Along with their harmony and
rhythm, the group choreographed their numbers. The group became a
singing and dancing sensation with number one hits like "I Want You
Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There".
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson Five (1970)
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The first hit "I
Want You Back" went instantly to number one and sold more than two
million copies. After successfully recording 13 albums, the group
felt a need to move on. Because they played Motown for so long, the
transition wasn't easy. Motown owned the name "Jackson 5" so when
the group signed with Epic Records in 1976, they became "The
Jacksons". Jermaine Jackson had decided to stay on with the Motown
record label so Randy Jackson, the youngest of the Jackson-brothers,
was brought in to replace him. To this day the Jacksons sold over
100 million records and are only topped by the Beatles in terms of
album sales by a group. 
