- 1958
Katherine gives birth to Michael Joseph Jackson in Gary Indiana.
- 1960
- 1961
Jackie, Tito & Jermaine start a musical group together named The Jackson Brothers.
- 1963
Shortly after, Michael takes over from Jermaine as lead vocalist in the Jackson Brothers Group and Marlon also joins in.
- August 29, 1965
The Jackson 5 also enter and win the Roosvelt High School talent show where they perform "My Girl";
Two months later, they win the Annual Talent Show at Gilroy Stadium where they perform "Barefootin" and receive their first ever press article in the Gary Post Tribune.
Joe books the Jackson 5 into Mr Lucky's , a nightclub in Gary where they perform six times a week!
- 1966
May 16:
Katherine gives birth to Janet Damito Jo Jackson in Gary
- 1967
Joe enters the group in the Sunday Night Amateur Talent show at the Regal Theater in Chicago where they become three times winner and also win the Multiple Winners Super Talent show and are placed on the same bill as top R&B act of the year, Gladys Knight & The Pips.
August : The J5 are enter straight into the "Super Dogs" final at Harlem 's legendary Apollo Theater in NYC and they win it!
They come back as paid performers and Michael, backstage, gets to watch and study his favourite performers James Brown & Jackie Wilson.
New York lawyer, Richard Arons, helps Joe to book gigs in several cities ( Saint Louis , Philadelphia, Kansas City & Whashington)
At the end of the year, the group makes its first ever recording sessions in a studio owned by Mr Keith for a local record company named Steeltown Records.
- 1968
The Jackson 5 release their first single ever "Big Boy" which is premiered on a local radio station called WWCA.
Later the group records a second single for Steeltown "You Don't Have To be 21 (To Fall In Love)/Jam Session which is not released.
March :
The Jackson 5 make their first ever commercial photoshoot for Steeltown Records.
April:
The J5 perform at a campaign rally for Richard Hatcher in Gary with Bobby Taylor and Diana Ross & The Supremes amoung others.
May :
The J5 perform at the Apollo Theater in NYC.
July 17 :
The J5 are the opening act for Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers at the Regal Theater in Chicago . The group is invited to perform on the David Frost Show in New York but Joe cancels their TV debut when Bobby Taylor asks them to come to a Detroit studio to make an auditon for Motown!
July 23 :
The J5 give an audition to Motown at the Hittsville Studio in Detroit and the tape is sent to Berry Gordy.
They meet Suzanne De Passe and Ralph Seltzer
July 26 :
Joe and the Jackson 5 sign a recording deal to Motown during a meeting with Joe Seltzer.
September 27 :
The J5 perform at a benefit concert at Gilroy Stadium in Gary.
November 30 :
While the Jackson 5 perform at the Regal Theater in Chicago, their sister Rebbie gets married to Nathaniel Brown at the Kingdom Hall of Gary (on month later they move to Kentucky)
Christmas
Berry Gordy invites the Jackson 5 to perform at his house in Detroit.
They meet Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations and the Four Tops!
1969
The Jackson 5 do some preliminary work in a Detroit studio with Bobby Taylor
Joe, Tito, Jack Richardson, drummer Johnny Jackson & keyboards players Ronny Rancifer drive to Los Angeles while Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon & Michael fly out a few days later.
The group is accommodated at the Motel Tropicana on Santa Monica Boulevard.
Katherine remains in Gary with LaToya, Randy and Janet.
The group stars recording its first album with help from Motown producers Freddie Perren, Deke Richards & Fonce Mizell known as “The Corporation”
Suzanne De Passe, a young Motown executive becomes the group’s PR.
Michael moves to Diana Ross's home and the two of them spend a great deal of time together.
Katherine, LaToya, Randy & Janet watch it live at their home in Gary.
The family celebrates their new life by driving up to San Francisco .
Later, the group performs I Want You Back on the Joey Bishop Show.
1970
Bowmont Drive, Beverly Hills.
The single Santa Claus Is Coming to Town is released by Motown.
1971
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Joe, Tito, Jack Richardson, drummer Johnny Jackson & keyboards players Ronny Rancifer drive to Los Angeles while Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon & Michael fly out a few days later.
The group is accommodated at the Motel Tropicana on Santa Monica Boulevard.
Katherine remains in Gary with LaToya, Randy and Janet.
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The group stars recording its first album with help from Motown producers Freddie Perren, Deke Richards & Fonce Mizell known as “The Corporation”
Suzanne De Passe, a young Motown executive becomes the group’s PR.
- October:
Michael moves to Diana Ross's home and the two of them spend a great deal of time together.
- October 18:
Katherine, LaToya, Randy & Janet watch it live at their home in Gary.
- November :
The family celebrates their new life by driving up to San Francisco .
- December 14:
Later, the group performs I Want You Back on the Joey Bishop Show.
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Bowmont Drive, Beverly Hills.
The single Santa Claus Is Coming to Town is released by Motown.
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1971
Steeltown records release the single We Don’t Have To be 21 (To Fall In Love)/Jam Session.
A former Los Angeles police officer named Bill Bray is hired for security. He will eventually becomes Michael head of security until 1996!
Motown releases J5 new singles "Little Bitty Pretty One " (number 13 on the Hot 100 Billboard) and "Lookin' Through the Windows (number 16 on the Hot 100 Billboard)
1972
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1972
Michael spends time visiting Diana Ross on the set of her movie Lady Sings The Blues
Concert in Baltimore ( Maryland )
Concert in Columbia ( North Carolina )
Concert in Munich ( Germany )
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