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Black History from Pittsburgh
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The
Week of April 16th, 2006: IN BLACK
HISTORY
REST IN PEACE: (R.I.P.)
Andrea Lee Oliver Woodson aka "Andy" aka "Mother" Lucy Curry , Dot Talley, Bertrand "Goocher" Frye, Irma Woodson, Russell Woodson, Nora Moorehead-Dixon, James Dixon, Anthony "Torry" Dorsey, Ross "Booper" Thomas, Termain "Butter" Woodson, Dorothy Jean Lee Ransom, John Martin Moorehead, Jr., Donna Ann Davis, Patrice "Trice Ball" Howze
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The
Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive,
abbreviated as J5, and later known simply as The Jacksons) was
an American popular music quintet from Gary, Indiana.
The group, active from 1962 to 1990, regularly played from a repertoire
of R&B, soul, funk, and later disco. Considered "one
of the biggest phenomenons in pop music[1]" during the
early 1970s, the Jackson 5 are also notable for launching the
career of their lead singer, Michael Jackson. The primary members
of the group were all the sons of Katherine and Joseph Jackson:
Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, and Randy. Joseph Jackson
formed the band in 1962 and served as its manager, with Jackie,
Tito, Jermaine, and unrelated youths Reynaud Jones and Milton
Hite comprising its original lineup. Within a year, Michael
and Marlon joined the band, and Michael became lead singer as
the group developed a following in the eastern and midwestern
United States during the mid-1960s. Signed
to the Motown label from 1969 to 1975, and to CBS Records (as
"The Jacksons") from 1975 until their disbanding in
1990, the Jackson
5 were one of the most popular groups of the era and became the
first recording act to have their first four major label singles
("I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love
You Save", and "I'll Be There") reach the top of
the American charts. Several future singles, among them "Mama's
Pearl", "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Dancing
Machine", were Top 5 pop hits and number-one hits on the
R&B singles chart. Most of the early hits were written and
produced by a specialized songwriting team known as The Corporation™;
later Jackson 5 hits were crafted chiefly by Hal Davis. While
not the first act considered a "boy band", The Jackson
5 is one of the earliest examples of the type as it is defined
today: five adolescents specifically packaged and marketed by
a record label for crossover pop success....
