Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was born April 29, 1958 to a working class family in Gary, Indiana. His parents, Joe and Katherine had ten children and Michael Jackson was the eighth child. The Jackson family was very musically inclined. Michael’s father played guitar in a small R&B band, his mother sang frequently, and his brothers often sand and played with their father’s guitar (Biography on Michael Jackson, 2002). Michael Jackson was no exception to his family’s musical ability.
At the age of four Joe Jackson pushed his children to start a band. This band was called the Jackson 5. The Jackson 5 quickly rose to fame. The band initially started playing in local talent shows and then landed a contract with Motown records at the end of 1968. The Jackson 5 first became well known with their hit “Baby” with Michael as the lead singer of the group. The group quickly escalated and in just seven years the Jackson 5 had released thirteen albums and charted several number one R&B hits (Michael Jackson Biography, 2014). There first four singles were “I Want you Back,” “ABC,” “The Love You Save,” and “I’ll be There. ” These songs broke a chart record when they went to the number one spot on the Billboard Hot One-Hundred (Biography on Michael Jackson, 2002). The Jackson 5 was unstoppable and at such a young age and their music careers would continue to grow.
The record company, Motown soon began to take over the Jackson 5 and began taking away their creative control. The Jackson 5 then left Motown Records and signed with Epic Records. During the later years of Jackson 5 Michael started recording solo records with Motown records, the Jackson 5’s previous recording company. In 1976 the Jackson 5 split due to...
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Michael Jackson passed away on June 25, 2009 of a drug overdose to propofol and benzodiazenphine intoxication, a drug he was using to help him sleep (Michael Jackson 2011). He was fifty years old, and even though he has passed, his music will still last a lifetime.
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