"The continued success of Michael and Janet's careers as solo artists led the Jacksons to become known as the ""Royal Family of Pop"". All nine of the Jackson siblings have gold records to their credits with La Toya holding the distinction of being the first Jackson sister to attain one (awarded by France's SNEP for ""Reggae Night"", a song she co-wrote for Jimmy Cliff), and now to Janet Jackson for being the first black woman to receive the Billboard Icon Award. The Jackson family has been the subject of controversy linked to the Jordan Chandler Case. But the most controversial"
"Jermaine Jackson Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and member of the Jackson family. He was a member of The Jackson Five, a singing group composed of four of his brothers and him, from 1962 to 1975, where he was the second lead vocalist (after brother Michael) and played bass guitar. He sang the lead on some of their songs and had featured vocals on many others, including many of their biggest hits such as ""I'll Be There"" and ""I Want You Back"". When the group left the Motown label and"
"with him in court on many occasions. On June 25, 2009, Jermaine held a press conference at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and broke the news of Michael Jackson's death to the media. Jermaine Jackson Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and member of the Jackson family. He was a member of The Jackson Five, a singing group composed of four of his brothers and him, from 1962 to 1975, where he was the second lead vocalist (after brother Michael) and played bass guitar. He sang the lead on some of"
"Jackie Jackson Sigmund Esco ""Jackie"" Jackson (born May 4, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Jackson 5. Jackie is the second child of the Jackson family and the oldest Jackson brother. Sigmund Esco Jackson was born on his mother Katherine's 21st birthday in 1951. Nicknamed Jackie by his grandfather, taken from Jackson Boy, he came from a black working-class family. He and his brothers and sisters grew up in a two-room house in Gary, Indiana, an industrial city outside of Chicago. In 1964, Jackie's father, Joseph, formed the Jackson Brothers singing"
"Jackson performed at the MGM Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. A biography revealed her father, Joseph Jackson, was emotionally withdrawn, and told her to address him solely by his first name as a child. She began acting in the variety show ""The Jacksons"" in 1976. In 1977, she was selected to have a starring role as Penny Gordon Woods in the sitcom ""Good Times"". She later starred in ""A New Kind of Family"" and later got a recurring role on ""Diff'rent Strokes"", portraying Charlene Duprey from seasons three to six. Jackson also played the role of Cleo Hewitt during"
"in the sitcom ""Good Times"". She later starred in ""A New Kind of Family"" before joining the cast of ""Diff'rent Strokes"", portraying Charlene Duprey for two years. Jackson also played the recurring role of Cleo Hewitt during the fourth season of ""Fame"", but expressed indifference towards the series. When Jackson was sixteen, she was arranged a contract with A&M Records and began recording her debut album with the assistance of her father, working with a number of songwriters and producers such as René Moore, Angela Winbush and Bobby Watson, who produced her first single, entitled ""Young Love"", released on July"
"Diff'rent Strokes Diff'rent Strokes is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two Black boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman and widower named Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain) and his daughter Kimberly (Dana Plato), for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs."
"Randy Jackson (The Jacksons) Steven Randall Jackson (born October 29, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and dancer. Jackson is best known as a former member of his family band, the Jacksons. Jackson is the youngest Jackson brother, and the second-youngest Jackson sibling after his sister Janet Jackson. Randy was born in Gary, Indiana to Joseph Jackson and Katherine Jackson. Nicknamed ""Little Randy"", Jackson is the ninth child of the Jackson family and youngest of the Jackson brothers. Jackson was only three years old when the Jackson 5 was formed and therefore was not an original member. While his brothers"
"Gary Coleman Gary Wayne Coleman (February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010) was an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his role as Arnold Jackson in ""Diff'rent Strokes"" (1978–1986). After a successful childhood acting career, Coleman struggled financially later in life. In 1989, he successfully sued his parents and business adviser over misappropriation of his assets, only to declare bankruptcy a decade later. On May 28, 2010, Coleman died of a subdural hematoma at age 42. Gary Wayne Coleman was born in Zion, Illinois, outside Chicago, on February 8, 1968. He was adopted by W. G. Coleman, a"
"as their full-time manager. After many years as a band and with Michael as lead singer, the group continued to churn out even more hits and wealth, but tensions grew and in 1979, Michael severed ties with his father/manager and went on to pursue a solo musical entertainment career. Four years later, in 1983, Michael's siblings fired Joseph Jackson as their manager. In 1993, Michael Jackson accused his father of physical and mental abuse; a few of the other siblings confirmed this claim, but others denied it. Katherine Jackson (née Kattie B. Scruse) was born on May 4, 1930 in"
"born December 11, 1954, in Gary, Indiana, after his brother Tito Jackson. He is the fourth child born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson. His siblings are Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, La Toya, Marlon, Michael, Randy, and Janet. His father Joseph had musical aspirations, playing guitar with his brother’s band, The Falcons, and Katherine was a passionate pianist and singer, but their large family and lack of money ended their dreams with Katherine becoming a housewife, and Joseph, a steel worker at nearby Inland Steel Company in East Chicago, Indiana, (his parents lived there before they moved to Gary in 1950). While"
"His mother, Katherine, was a devout Jehovah's Witness. At ten years of age, he was caught playing his father's guitar after he broke a string. After fixing the string, Joe demanded that his son play for him. Once he was finished, Jackson's father bought him his own guitar. Shortly thereafter, Joseph convinced Tito, Jackie, and Jermaine to form a singing group, having been impressed with the vocals of Jackie and Jermaine."" 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"
"The Johnson Family Singers The Johnson Family Singers, a popular singing family during the decade of the 1940s, was probably the best-known family singing group during the ""golden days of radio."" This original family of singers consisted of the father Jesse (""Pa""), the mother Lydia (""Ma""), and four children—Kenneth (Red), Betty, and twins Bob and Jim, who struggled to survive during the Depression days of the late 1920s and 1930s. The turning-point to the family saga came in the Fall of 1937, when ""Pa"" Johnson returned from the Stamps-Baxter Music School in Dallas, Texas, where he was inspired by the"
"this, she was anticipated to pursue a career in entertainment, and considered the idea after recording herself in the studio. At age seven, Jackson performed at the Las Vegas Strip at the MGM Casino and began acting in the variety show ""The Jacksons"" in 1976. The year after, she was selected to have a starring role as Penny Gordon Woods in the sitcom ""Good Times"". She later starred in ""A New Kind of Family"" before joining the cast of ""Diff'rent Strokes"", portraying Charlene Duprey for two years. Jackson also played the recurring role of Cleo Hewitt during the fourth season"
"and Henry. A great-niece of professional boxer Henry Jackson Jr. (aka ""Henry Armstrong"") and fourth cousin of Eleanora Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday. Leeah D. Jackson is an actor, dancer, rapper and BMI songwriter. She began her career when she was 3 years old. appearing in television,print advertisements, commercials for companies such as McDonald's, Epson Printer, Kmart, General Motors, HomeTown Buffet and much more. Her television and film appearances include ""The Shield"", ""Boston Public"", ""Jimmy Kimmel Live!"", ""ABC Family - HBO Jam"", ""A Mother’s Choice"", and ""In The Hive"", and music videos for Mindless Behavior's ""Girls Talkin' Bout"", The"
"from his 2013 album ""I'm Blue, Skies"". In 2016, Jackson released his latest album, ""Renaissance"", an album adapted and expanded from his solo concert ""Music of the Mad Men Era."" Jackson was born at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Washington, on July 12, 1975, to David and Sherri Jackson, and was named by his father after the 1950s Western series ""Cheyenne"". The third of four children, he was raised in Oldtown, Idaho, a ""teeny mill town"" in a rural area in northern Idaho near the Washington border. His father was Native American and a Vietnam veteran. His mother taught Jackson, his"
"to model a successful part of her career abroad on the master tropes of a Baker-like image. Jackson exemplifies Baudrillard's notion that neither the message nor the content count as much as the referentiality of the signifier in postmodern performative discourse."" La Toya Jackson La Toya Yvone Jackson (born May 29, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and television personality. The fifth child of the Jackson family, Jackson first gained recognition on the family's variety television series, ""The Jacksons"", on CBS between 1976 and 1977. Thereafter, she saw success as a solo recording artist under multiple record labels"
"to raise their children, first in Gary, Indiana, then later dealing with The Jackson 5's early fame and its consequences. Part two of the film is based on the struggles of young Michael Jackson as he deals with his brothers marrying early into The Jackson 5 success, his problems with acne as a teenager, his eventual solo superstardom based on the success of his albums ""Off the Wall"" and ""Thriller"" and his legendary Motown 25 performance of ""Billie Jean"" as well as his difficult relationship with his father. Michael Jackson’s voice is heard on: ""Beat It,"" ""Human Nature,"" ""Billie Jean,"""
"Joe Jackson (manager) Joseph Walter Jackson (July 26, 1928 – June 27, 2018) was an American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes his children Michael and Janet. He was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2014. Joseph Walter Jackson was born to Samuel Jackson (1893–1993), a schoolteacher, and Crystal Lee King (1907–1992), in Fountain Hill, Arkansas, on July 26, 1928 (although, according to the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame and Katherine Jackson's book, ""My Family, The Jacksons"", the year was 1929). Samuel Jackson"
"sang together, with Joe playing guitar. After Joe's dream of a boxing career was dashed, he continued working at nearby East Chicago's Inland Steel Company. From 1950 until 1966, Jackson gave birth to 10 children, including twins Marlon and Brandon, the latter of whom died a few hours after birth. In the late 1950s, Jackson began working part-time as a store clerk in a local Sears in Gary. In 1963, Jackson, who was raised a Baptist, became one of Jehovah's Witnesses. In 1965, all of her children followed her into the faith. While Joe, who was brought up in the"
"and by his maternal grandparents and extended family. According to DNA tests, Jackson partially descends from the Benga people of Gabon. Jackson attended several segregated schools and graduated from Riverside High School in Chattanooga. Between the third and 12th grades, he played the French horn and trumpet in the school orchestra. Jackson also played the flute and piccolo. During childhood, he had a stuttering problem. While he eventually learned to ""pretend to be other people who didn't stutter"" and use the curse word ""motherfucker"" as an affirmation word, he still has days where he stutters. Initially intent on pursuing a"
"a two-bedroom house on Jackson Street in Gary. His mother, Katherine Esther Jackson (""née"" Scruse), left the Baptist tradition in 1963 to become a devout Jehovah's Witness. She played clarinet and piano and once aspired to be a country-and-western performer, but worked part-time at Sears to support the family. His father, Joseph Walter ""Joe"" Jackson, a former boxer, was a steelworker at U.S. Steel. Joe performed on guitar with a local rhythm and blues band, the Falcons, to supplement the family's income. Despite being a convinced Lutheran, Joe also participated in his wife's faith as did all their children. His"
"four-generations musical family. At 5 and 6 years old, Anthony Harrell and Grady Harrell III hooked up with their first cousin Canela Cox and formed the group Papa’s Results, being trained and taught by Grady Harrell II, who was then signed to MCA Records prior to a prison term. The children appeared in his R&B hit single “Sticks and Stone” and Anthony provided the singing voice of ""Young Michael Jackson"" played by Alex Burell in the 1992 TV mini series, """". Papa's results lasted until Canela moved to Holland to follow her mother's musical career. The brothers filled her spot"
"four older siblings. He, his father, mother, and sisters lived in a small home built around his grandfather's old toolshed. The family is primarily of English descent. At one point, his bed was in the hallway for lack of room. His mother lived in the home until she died on January 7, 2017. Jackson sang in church as a child. His first job, at 12, was in a shoe store. He wrote his first song in 1983. As a youth, Jackson listened primarily to gospel music, but otherwise he was not a major music fan until a friend introduced him"
"at #149. Tae Brooks is the son of Tricia and Billay Brooks. He is the nephew of Multi Grammy nominated songwriter/producer Chuck Brooks. Tae Brooks Taelyn Bryce Brooks (born October 6, 1997) better known by his stage name Tae Brooks, is an American recording artist, singer, songwriter and actor. Named by Billboard Magazine as #7 and #19 on the Next Big Sound chart, he is known as the voice of Michael Jackson in the animated TV series ""Black Dynamite"". Brooks was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and now resides in Los Angeles. Tae Brooks was born into a musical family of"
"Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. A prominent figure in popular culture, she is known for sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, and elaborate stage shows. The youngest child of the Jackson family, she began her career with the variety television series ""The Jacksons"" in 1976 and went on to appear in other television shows throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, including ""Good Times"" and ""Fame"". After signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982, she became a pop icon following the release of her"
"The Jacksons) The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 (later known as The Jacksons) were an American pop band composed of members of the Jackson family. The group was founded in 1964 in Gary, Indiana by brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine Jackson, with younger brothers Marlon and Michael joining soon after. They performed in talent shows and clubs on the Chitlin' Circuit, then signed with Steeltown Records in 1967 and released two singles. In 1969, they left Steeltown Records and signed with Motown, where they achieved 16 top-40 singles on the Hot 100. The group left Motown for Epic Records in"
"role of Marlon Jackson on the ABC–TV cartoon series ""The Jackson 5ive"". After the series, when he was fifteen years old, Sylvers started singing with his family-based musical group. Sylvers became the group's lead singer and was eighteen years old in 1975 when he sang lead on the group's biggest hit, ""Boogie Fever"". After the group's success passed, Sylvers embarked on a solo career, releasing his debut ""Have You Heard"" in 1980. Sylvers dated singer Freda Payne (who was fifteen years his senior) from 1979 until January 1983. Sylvers had eleven children, one of whom is actor Jeremy Sylvers; Jeremy"
"identity independent of the character, ""Willis,"" he portrayed. He appeared on ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"" on April 28, 2010, to discuss the troubled past he chronicles in his memoir. Todd Bridges Todd Anthony Bridges (born May 27, 1965) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his role as Willis Jackson on the sitcom ""Diff'rent Strokes"", for his recurring role as Monk on the sitcom ""Everybody Hates Chris"", and as a comedic commentator, from 2008 to 2013, on the television series """". Bridges was born May 27, 1965, in San Francisco, California. He is the son of Betty"
"marriage shortly after Halie's birth). Her father's sister, Jeanette Jackson-Burnett, and her husband, Josie, were vaudeville entertainers. Their son, her cousin Edward, shared stories and records of Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith and Bessie Smith, whose voices and blues singing impressed her so much that she would imitate their ways of bending and coloring notes. (Her voice and singing style would be compared to Bessie Smith's all her life.) At birth, Jackson suffered from genu varum, or ""bowed legs"". The doctors wanted to perform surgery by breaking her legs, but one of the resident aunts opposed it. Jackson's mother would rub"
"her children to follow the religion. Rebbie, La Toya, and Michael became the most devout of the children as time progressed. Reflecting on her early life, Rebbie acknowledged in a 1980s magazine interview that her role within the family had been that of a ""second mother"" to her younger siblings, whom she would often babysit, along with her eldest brother Jackie. She graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High school in Gary in 1968. Jackson began her singing career in 1974, performing with her siblings in Las Vegas. The Vegas shows had initially begun in April, without Rebbie; due to a sprained"
"strained, as her parents had married young and Geraldine had been disappointed when she immediately became pregnant with Shirley, as she had been looking forward to ""spending time with her dashing husband"". Jackson was often unable to fit in with other children and spent much of her time writing, much to her mother's distress. When she was a teenager, her weight fluctuated, resulting in a lack of confidence that she would struggle with throughout her life. She attended Burlingame High School, where she played violin in the school orchestra. During her senior year of high school, the Jackson family relocated"
"Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, later sharing a house in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn with his uncle Howard, wife Dorothy and young cousin Sidney until his parents separated by the time he was five. Unable to take on the responsibility of sharing mortgage payments alone, Elsie was forced to move to a one-bedroom apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn until she remarried in 1968. Jackson studied music in Fort Greene with his mother's childhood teacher, Hepzibah Ross (fondly called 'Aunt Heppie') with whom he took lessons for seven years. When Elsie was unable to continue payments for lessons, Aunt Heppie granted him a"