Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5

Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
Studio album by
the Jackson 5
ReleasedDecember 12, 1969[1]
RecordedMay–August 1969
Genre
Length37:51
LabelMotown
Producer
The Jackson 5 chronology
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
(1969) 		ABC
(1970)
Alternative cover
2001 re-release
Singles from Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
  1. "I Want You Back" / "Who's Lovin' You"
    Released: October 7, 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 was the debut studio album from Gary, Indiana-based soul family band the Jackson 5, released on the Motown label on December 12, 1969.[1] The Jackson 5's lead singer, a preadolescent Michael Jackson and his four older brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon, became pop successes within months of this album's release. Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5's only single, "I Want You Back", became a number-one hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 within weeks of the album's release. The album reached number 5 on the US Pop Albums chart, and spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the US R&B/Black Albums charts. To date, the Jackson 5's debut album has sold estimated 5 million copies worldwide. [4]

The album title suggested that Motown star Diana Ross had discovered the group, as do the Ross-penned liner notes on the back cover. Ross' supposed discovery of the Jackson 5 was in fact part of Motown's marketing and promotions plan for the Jackson 5. In actuality, it had been Motown producer Bobby Taylor who had discovered them.[5] Joe Jackson, the father and manager of the Jackson 5, thanked the "lovely Gladys Knight, (who) extended a helping hand to our family, by calling Motown executives and talking their ear off to take time out of their schedule and meet with us. She believed in us before others. Always grateful to her."[6] Knight also said she brought the Jackson 5 to Motown's attention.[7] Regardless, Ross embraced her assigned role and helped promote the group, especially grooming young Michael Jackson as a star.[8]

  1. ^ a b The Jacksons, Fred Bronson (2017-10-24). The Jacksons: Legacy. Running Press. ISBN 9780316473743. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Winner, Langdon (7 March 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone. No. 53. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. p. 46. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ Holanda, Helládio (2019-02-08). The Jacksons. Clube de Autores.
  5. ^ Taraborrelli, J. Randy (May 1, 2007). Diana Ross: A Biography. Citadel. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-8065-2849-6.
  6. ^ "Gladys Knight". Joseph Walter Jackson. 5 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. ^ OWN (29 April 2016). "Who Discovered the Jackson 5? - The Oprah Winfrey Show - Oprah Winfrey Network". Archived from the original on 2021-12-13 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ Ebert, John David (2010). Dead Celebrities, Living Icons: Tragedy and Fame in the Age of the Multimedia Superstar. Praeger – ABC-CLIO. p. 191. ISBN 9780313377648.