By 1969, Jackson 5 had a one-year contract with Motown Records, making them the first group to achieve four consecutive number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100. “I Want You Back” is one of them.
By 1969, the Jackson 5 were already a Motown powerhouse with the Billboard Hot 100 single “I Want You Back”. it’s just amazing to see their perfect performance.
What impresses the most are the perfect harmonies of each of them as they dance and play guitar and bass. But of course, all eyes were on Michael Jackson back then.
Her incredibly mature performance and vocal quality at her age are hard to come by these days. He conveyed the emotion in his voice with ease and captured the audience’s full attention at the same time.
Sadly, this is all clouded by knowledge of the hardships the Jackson 5 endured at the hands of their father. Their torturous rehearsal regime wasn’t revealed to the public until the 1980s.
At that point, Michael Jackson withdrew from the Jackson 5 and his father’s influence. Regardless of that, his life was forever marked.
