Family, Fame, And A Father’s Quest For Fortune: Behind The Curtain Of The Jackson 5

The Brothers Rehearsed for Three Years Before Performing

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One night in the early 1960s, Joe Jackson came home from work and found that his sons had been playing with his guitar. Three of his eldest sons, Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine showed an interest in music, and he began teaching them.

Joe Jackson told Time magazine in a 1984 interview, “When I found out that my kids were interested in becoming entertainers, I really went to work with them. I rehearsed them about three years before I turned them loose. I saw that after they became better, they enjoyed it more.”