1970

• January:

The Jackson 5 receive their first Image Award from the NAACP for Best Singing Group of the year.

• January 31:

The Jackson 5 perform I Want You Back on the Andy Williams Show.

• February 21:

The Jackson 5 perform I Want You Back, ABC and a medley of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah/There Was A Time on American Bandstand hosted by Dick Clark.

• February 24:

The single ABC is released (number 1 on the Hot 100 Billboard)

• May 2:

The Jackson 5 give their first concert as Motown performers at Phiadephia ( Pennsylvania )

• May 8:

The album ABC is released and it becomes number 1!

• May 10:

The Jackson 5 perform I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save on the Ed Sullivan Show.

• May 13:

The single The Love You Save is released (number 1 on the Hot 100 Billboard)

• June 1:

The Jackson 5 are on the cover of Soul Magazine.

• June 19:

Concert in San Francisco ( California )

• June 20:

Concert at the Los Angeles Forum ( California ) before an audience of 18 000. At one point in the show, teenage girls invade the stage forcing the group to run for safety!

• August :

The single I’ll Be There is released and becomes the fourth consecutive number 1 single of the group on the Hot 100 Billboard which is a premiere in the industry!

• August 6:

The Jackson 5 are on the cover of Jet magazine for the first time.

• August 12:

Concert in Detroit ( Michigan )

• September 15:

The Third Album is released and becomes number 1.

• September 17:

The J5 perform The Love You Save & I’ll Be There at the Jim Nabors Show

• October 9:

The Jackson 5 kick off their first national tour in Boston (Massachussets) They are accompanied by a private tutor, Rose Fine.

• October 10:

The Jackson 5 sing the National Anthem at the opening game of the World Series at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati ( Ohio )

• October 11:

Concert in Memphis ( Tennessee )

• October 15:

The Jackson 5 Christmas Album is released on Motown.

• October 16 :

Concert at the Madison Square Garden of New York ( New York )

• October 17:

Concert at the Olympia Stadium of Detroit ( Michigan )

• October 18:

Concert at the Amphitheater of Chicago ( Illinois )

• November :

The Jackson family moves in a new house rented by Motown in
Bowmont Drive, Beverly Hills.
The single Santa Claus Is Coming to Town is released by Motown.

• November 28:

Concert at the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester ( New York )

• December 24:

The Jackson 5 are on the cover of Jet magazine.

• December 27:

Concert in Charlotte (New Carolina )

• December 28:

Concert in Greensboro (New Carolina)

• December 29:

Concert in Nashville (Tennesseee)

• December 30:

Concert in Jacksonville ( Florida )