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Presenting…..
TITO JACKSON
It’s difficult to describe in words a career that so far has epitomised the American
Dream. Growing up in the Jackson family from their early days in Gary, Indiana
to the present day, they are the embodiment of a show business family. Tito
Jackson, born Toriano Adaryll Jackson, a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer with a
legendary career dating back to 1962, has performed for as long as he can
remember. Starting out from the humble beginnings of a local group called The
Jackson Brothers, moving on to become the Jackson 5 at Motown Records and
then progressing to The Jacksons at Epic Records, Tito Jackson has a solid
musical background which establishes him. It was a shrewd move on the part of
Motown president Berry Gordy Jr. to publicise that the Jackson brothers were
discovered by one of his artists Diana Ross, when in fact it was Gladys Knight
who actually discovered these talented artists.
In 1975, a move to Epic Records saw the birth of The Jackson, the same group
minus Jermaine. The Jacksons scaled incredible heights with such hits as
‘Everybody’ (from Destiny) to the Victory album, on which Tito Jackson produced
‘We Can Change The World’, a popular song on that tour. One of the performing
hightlights was a remarkable career reunion of The Jacksons on Motown 25 in
which his brother Michael Jackson dazzled the audience with his multi-award
winning ‘Billie Jean’, introducing the Moonwalk to the world. Other hits of the
group from the Motown days that became recording masterpieces are ‘I Want You
Back’, ‘ABC’, ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’ and ‘I’ll Be There’.
Tito also works closely with his three sons Taj, Taryll and TJ, known to the music
world as 3T. He also went on to work with his sisters Janet Jackson, Rebbie and
La Toya Jackson as well as Gamble & Huff, LA Reid, Baby Face and Howard
Hewitt.
In his solo career, Tito says ‘We all have a little blues in our lives’. Influenced by
some great blues artists such as Albert Collins and B.B. King, the opening of his
live performances starts with the Blues, but not the kind that will make you sad, the
kind that make you glad. He moves on to a medley of Jackson hits.
In the month of July 2009, during the 50th Anniversary of Motown celebrated
around the planet by many of it’s artists, Tito Jackson joined Jack Ashford’s Funk
Brothers for a remarkable tour of Spain including Alicante, Madrid, Malaga and
Marbella. This was particularly poignant given the fact that his brother Michael
had just passed away in June. When asked why he would be performing at such a
time, his exact words were ‘Michael would have wanted me to honour my
commitment’.
In October, his long time friend and mentor Gladys Knight
performed in the United Kingdom at a two week arena farewell tour and Tito
Jackson opened for her, introducing his Bowler Band. Now you can experience
the fullness of this complete historical show from the Blues, to the Jacksons and
beyond.
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Discography
• 1962
• 1976
ALL OF THE JACKSON 5 ALBUMS
ALL OF THE JACKSONS ALBUMS
MOTOWN RECORDS
EPIC RECORDS
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