Tito Jackson

Toriano Adaryll Tito Jackson born October 15 1953 is an American musician He is an original member of the Jackson 5 later known as The Jacksons who rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s with the Motown label and later had continued success with the group on the Epic label in the late 1970s and 1980s Tito began a solo career in 2003 performing as a blues musician Toriano Adaryll Jackson was born at St Marys Mercy Hospital in Gary Indiana He is the third of nine children of the Jackson family Michael Marlon Jackie Jermaine Randy Jackson Rebbie La Toya and Janet who lived in a two bedroom house in Gary His father Joseph was a steel mill worker and played RB in a band the Falcons with his brother Luther His mother Katherine is a Jehovahs Witness She played the piano and the clarinet At ten years of age Tito was caught playing his fathers guitar after he broke a string After fixing the string Joe demanded that he play for him Once he was finished Joe bought him his own guitar and convinced Tito Jackie and Jermaine to form a singing group He was impressed with the vocals of Jackie and Jermaine By 1964 Marlon and Michael both joined the group the Jackson 5 after Katherine discovered that they could sing Katherine is a countryandwestern fan and she sang harmonies with her sons Before Motown signed them the brothers spent years rehearsing at home After school they rehearsed for hours played a gig did homework and got to bed 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 official lead singer of the group In 1965 they changed their name from the Jackson Brothers to the Jackson Five and won several talent shows around the Gary area After winning the Amateur Night competition for The Apollo Theater in August 1967 Joe Jackson began to work parttime at the steel mill to help his sons secure a recording contract The group signed with Steeltown Records in Gary 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 numberone singles I Want You Back ABC The Love You Save and Ill Be There but despite his talent as a guitar player Motown refused to allow Jackson to perform guitar on any of the Jackson 5 recording sessions instead forcing all their guitar parts to be performed by session musicians As a direct result his guitar work did not make its debut until he and the Jacksons left Motown for CBS Records in 1976 He began writing songs with his brothers during this time Tito and Jackie Jackson were the most consistently present members of the Jacksons with Jermaine Marlon Michael and Randy leaving at different times After the end of the Victory Tour Jackson performed session work and as a record producer After releasing 2300 Jackson Street the Jacksons ceased recording work Jackson was inducted with his brothers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 Source Article Tito Jackson from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30