Josh Richards was just 15 years old when he auditioned for The Voice Australia, with a powerful rendition of the song that has become a soul standard over the years.
That song is ‘I’ll Be There’ by Jackson Five. It was originally released in 1970. It features vocals from young Michael Jackson, along with his older brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon. The song reached number one on the chart, their fourth consecutive song to do so.
This makes the Jackson Five the first black group in history to have a top four. The song has historical and cultural value. It was also the best-selling song on Motown Records between 1959 and 1972. Indeed, the Jackson Five are very special, like a musical group, because they were one of the first few black artists. Get over it and make an impression.
Although the Jackson Five made it famous, ‘I’ll Be There’ was written by Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Bob West and Willie Hutch. Berry Gordy is part of music history, as the founder of the Motown record label. Motown has achieved unprecedented success during its years of operation.
Richards has put his own stamp on it and the results have been glorious.
Michael Jackson, who began his solo career in 1972, only became more famous after his time in the Jackson Five, the group never saw another number one hit in his career. . The group disbanded in 1989, reformed briefly in 2001. In 2012, the group reunited with Jackie, Marlon, Tito and Jermaine as members.
In 2019, Jackson Five reunited to celebrate 50 years together with a world tour. It hardly matters that 1964 was more than fifty years ago. The band’s spirit continues and the rest of the members still know how to put on a show. They have always had an influence on other musicians.
That a teenage boy from Australia would know the song, and the judges of a singing show would know it and be delighted to hear it, just shows how far that influence has spread. And while it’s impossible to reproduce the 1970s sound of the Jackson Five,
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