Michael had his classic moves even at that age. He was born to be on stage.

Come on man! Michael Jackson has to be the most talented kid I ever seen! He was a natural and this song puts me in a good mood!

“Rockin Robin", I’m telling ya- young MJ is just a bout rapping in that song! You will be moving your body, trust! Great beat! Please react to it J! 💛❤️✌️✨

Bless him look how young he is. Even then such a great voice. A great choice. Great reaction. 😀😀💖💕💖

the formula was in place from the beginning. all the talent and versatility. Never Can Say Goodbye another early hit for Jacksons and Gloria Gaynor as well

Always a pleasure to listen to the Jackson 5 ... That kid Michael was pure talent

Michael was 10 years old, and that was a performance to the studio recording of the song.

Even back then, you could tell Michael was bursting with talent.

A HUGE HIT! Michael was already so polished as a performer. Great to see this again.

This takes me back the the J5 and the Osmonds were the two families with the new with the tenny bopper idles. The J5 had ABC and the Osmonds had One Bad Apple. I still have the 45's from back in the day

There's just no bad songs with Michael. With his Brothers or Solo. One I like a lot is Dancing Machine!😍

I love Motown Monday's. I love this song. Thank you J.

Oh my, how could you not love little Michael. He was one of a kind & so confident on stage. Always a true performer ♥️

MJ was a couple of years younger than me. I remember seeing this on tv and couldn't believe someone my age could be so talented at that age. Amazing

I WAS WATCHING THIS WHEN IT PLAYED. I KNEW THEY HAD TALENT BACK THEN, ESPECIALLY MICHAEL.

Never a bad performance from the king of pop. Bring it on home by sam cooke another great one for motown mondays.

When they left Motown they had a really great song called Enjoy Yourself in 1976, and also Dancing Machine!❤️❤️

NO SURPRISE, that he grew up dancing so phenomenally well, dancing THAT WELL as a small child!!!

Looking at Michael back then makes me sad. He seemed happy then.

They were so much fun to watch and you could sense the budding star in Michael even then. Miss seeing those moves and hearing that voice.

I remember seeing this performance, They were so exciting when they came out with Motown. You got to play "Zipp-A-Doo-Dah" NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE", "CONER OF THE SKY", "SKYWRITER", "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER", "LOOKIN THROUGH THE WINDOWS, "DANCIN MACHINE".....I could go on forever.....Motown Royalty!!!!

This video reminds me of how much I miss American Bandstand. What a GREAT show. Dick Clark was the MAN! This song was HUGE when I was in elementary school. Every jukebox around my old neighborhood had it and it was played a LOT.

Michael is so captivating you almost miss the performance as a whole. Each brother is so talented, each part of each song is so well choreographed-each beat of the song has a movement, even something as simple as a head nod... and it adds so much to the performance as a whole. You can see how they perfected their craft and it was such a GIFT to the fans. Love them!

Little Michael. He was always a brilliant entertainer. Truly missed.

1970. Baby Michael at about age 11 or 12.This is so good, they were a group too be reckon with big time. Talent aplenty.

I can’t believe how quiet Michael’s talking voice has always been yet he can still sing like this loud

Hard to believe this had to be at least 50 years ago.

My childhood idols...Michael was a born entertainer!!!

OMG..they were all so gorgeous and talented....

I wonder how often Michael Jackson got one of his own songs stuck in his head.

This was their 2nd single and 2nd #1... The next song also hit # 1 "The Love You Save" - Great Song! I saw them in concert at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. in June of '70...

Speaking of ABC, JayveeTV please check out 80's well known new wave band called ABC and their songs Look of Love, The Night You Murdered Love, Poison Arrow, When Smokey Sings and Be Near Me. Also Naked Eyes - Always Something There To Remind Me and Promises Promises. Howard Jones - What is Love, Like to Get To Know You Well, Things Can Only Get Better and New Song.

He was born a legend! You can see it even here!

That child was nothing short of amazing.

Michael was only two years older than me and I have been in love with him my whole life. He was so magical and beautiful. Not only did adults stand there with their mouths dropped open with how cute he was but us children went crazy over him.

What a phenomenal group!! Classic Jackson 5 were top of the charts!!! Love them so much.. Dancing Machine!!

Such an amazing performer that crossed all barriers. A true blessing to the entertainment world.

I've never seen this video before until now and I'm 52! This was a really fun song! Amazing how young Michael was here, yet he basically took over the stage and made the song really fun.

God gave us Michael, we took him for granted. He is missed! He was 11-12 years old.

I think that Who's Loving You, which was originally done by Smokey Robinson, is easily the Jackson Five's greatest song, and Michael's best performance as a singer, young or older. He's masterful on the first the first word! Even voice teachers can't master the way he delivers the word "When"! First word of the song!

!!! I love them. When they left Motown and formed The Jacksons, they created some of my fave songs. "Lovely One" live in Toronto from '84 is incredible. Their dances are just WOW. Also "Destiny" where they performed in snowsuits on ABBA Snowtime in '79 is beautiful. I'd love to see your reactions to those two, and The Jacksons in general! Such a different vibe than their older stuff.

Michael such a cutie! This show was called American Band Stand. Sort of the caucasion version of Soul Train. I picked up dance moves from both American Band Stand and Soul Train. I saw the Jackson 5 at Wrigley Field many years ago. Loved it!

Love, love, love Michael Jackson! Me & my best friend use to make up dance routines to The Jackson Five, lol! The good old days!

When these songs were topping the charts The Jacksons had a Saturday Morning Cartoon Show. There are clips on youtube - fun to see.

Hey Jay, you like that, check out I Want You Back by Jackson 5.

I loved Michael and got to see the Jackson 5 when I was about 13 or 14 at Summerfest in Milwaukee Wi and I screamed my head off 😂

Some of us were privileged to see the very 1st showing of this! We were totally in awe.

Motown Monday’s yay!!! I love that you bring back Jackson 5 to see young Michael. This was a great hit at the time.

Yes!!! I remember watching Michael on this exact show. It was magical just S it is today! Thank you for reaching back in the past! So much musical talent during the 20th Century.

Every parent should have J5 greatest hits in their car and turn kids on to it....TIMELESS...KIDS LOVE IT

The Jackson 5 set a record at the time by having their first 5 singles all go to number 1 on the charts. Also, they were originally discovered by Gladys Knoigh, but Barry Gordy gave the credit to Dianna Ross.

He was a force of nature! Never been anyone like him. Before, or since. Probably never will be. Great reaction!.

Always like watching little Michael performing and his stage presence is intoxicating. This is one of my favorite Jackson 5 songs purely cause of the hook like you said it is nostalgic ☺️👍

I love the steady touches of fuzz guitar backing it up.

Jackson 5 performed this song in a comedy sketch on the Carol Burnett Show in 1974. Michael was 16 yo and each brother was introduced and did a solo verse.

That young and still the talent bursts out of Michael!

The Jackson 5's first hit. Wow!

Going back to Indiana is my favorite Jackson 5 song and I think the most underappreciated song.

Your Motown Mondays are amazing jay love seeing you have so much fun✌

This was in the beginning for The Jackson 5 Great song

For me a throwback for sure - ABC, Easy As One Two Three - listened to this as a kid about as old as Michael himself.

My daughter sang this in a school talent contest and won hands down. already loved this song , after that always will.

Rockwell - Somebody's watching me, Devo - Whip it, Rock Steady Crew - Hey you and Shalamar - Dancing in the sheets

Got me Dancing in the country in 2022 cutting this rug up. Get it Michael!!!

Check out these jams by The Jackson 5: “The Love You Save”, “2-4-6-8”, “I Found That Girl”, “Maybe Tomorrow” and “Lookin Through The Windows”.

American Bandstand was the place to go to get your name and music out there. I remember seeing Steppenwolf doing "Magic Carpet Ride"on Bandstand and I loved it. Barry Manilow did the intro song for Bandstand. There was mainly Ed Sullivan or American Bandstand at that time.

Smokey Robinson once said (jokingly) that a 10 year old kid was singing a love song better than he could pmsl!! Brilliant :)

This was the first of many Appearances that they made either together as a Group or as Solo Artists. Not even The Osmonds Family Members could say that about themselves. This was from January 1970 and it was their Debut Appearance on American Bandstand. They had just done Ed Sullivan earlier that month and a Year later it was cancelled after 23 Years on the air (1948-1971). They started with I Want You Back then ABC both of which went to Number One. If you can check out The UK Soap Opera Eastenders doing their Tribute To Motown where the Kids Sang ABC. Or even when a Character named Bianca Jackson came back with her Children and they sang "I Want You Back".

Conrad Murray killed our King of Pop. I feel so much for what Michael went thru his entire life, but Murray took him from his family, his life, his kids, his legacy. I miss u Michael. U r loved.

This song always makes me so happy 😊

React Michael Jackson - Rock With You

Back in the day, during a lot of "live" TV performances, singers were lip syncing. That's why the TV performance sounded like radio version. On the TV show the Midnight Special, performances were live with the bands playing the instruments.

Classic Jackson 5! You should check out some of their newer stuff like Can You Feel It when they started calling themselves The Jackson's. Shows their progression and the direction they wanted to take their music 😉

They were professional when start...not just Michael but ALLof them🥂💜

My first concert was the Jackson 5! They were amazing!

It's no wonder Michael (genecticly gifted) growing up in that house with all those talented brothers turned into the rare talent he was!

I'm not sure what the future holds for that little guy with the big voice but I get this feeling that his four brothers are going be huge stars someday.

I remember this as it was yesterday! They were fantastic!!!!! Great choice!!!!

One of the happiest songs. Quite a feat considering the childhood these kids had.

Do a reaction to The Jackson 5's Dancing Machine.

Thanks JV! I like your memory of this song! RIP MJ💕😢

Jay ,you now have to play One bad apple by the Osmonds. They were billed against the Jacksons but Donny and Michael remained friends throughout their lives. Also thier song Down by the lazy river. The Osmonds are a talented family played all thier instruments. You'll be amazed.

You should see how he bought the house down when they their version of James Brown's There Was A Time. Even Dick Clark knew he wasn't going to be some Flash In The Pan Singing Star. This was from American Bandstand in 1970 when they made the first of many performances. In Fact "All" of The Jacksons appeared on the show either as a Group or as Solo Artists.

J - you on the grind my friend. Continued success.

BORN TO BE THE KING OF MUSIC 😢😢👏👏👏👏👏

Wow, I still love this song.

Back in the day Bands had to catch the audience without the distraction of a multi-million dollar video. And they did ! 💪🏻👍🏻

Hometown boys....one of the best things to come out of Gary, Indiana....

Ok you have to check out when Michael was older and him and his brothers did this song "Can You Feel It"! This song needs to be on a loop for all people today! Talks about people of all colors coming together in unity to Triumph TOGETHER!!! Check it out!

Such great entertainers. Everybody loved the Jackson's and the Osmond's. You should check out the Osmond brother as well. Down By The Lazy River is a great one!

My best friend was born on Michael Jackson's birthday. So it was a many many years joke, I'd call her up and say,,,,,,, do you know this is Michael Jackson's birthday?? I miss her awful. I'll never stop thinking of her on August 29th

You should react to I Want You Back, Never Can Say Goodbye, I'll Be There, The Love You Save, Dancing Machine, Can You Feel It! Whew, that ought to blow your mind

Dude have a good taste in old songs. Nice

Michael was a rare talent to say the least. I recommend for a reaction from them about same time called Ben. It's a great but sad song 😓💗

Jackson 5 "Stop, The Love You Save".

Love the Jackson 5! I would also like to see you do some Osmonds... One Bad Apple, Crazy Horses, Yo Yo, Down By The Lazy River, Love Me For A Reason.. all huge hits back in the day!

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collins_Kids You really should check out The Collins Kids, who helped build early rock and roll, and were teen/preteen contemporaries of Elvis. Twelve year old Larry and fifteen year old Lorrie Collins (in these particular videos), were a staple on west coast TV shows, especially The Town Hall Party, a Los Angeles TV show. Larry was given the world's second double necked guitar, with his name on the neck of it because of how good he was. He was a guitar virtuoso and child prodigy. And was further trained by guitar master Joe Maphis, who had the world's first such fancy guitar. He quickly equaled, then surpassed his teacher on the guitar. Lorrie and Larry Collins were, just prior to this, tough farm kids from rural Oklahoma. Which probably goes a long way in explaining how little Larry could lug around, and dance while playing that massive and VERY heavy double necked guitar, which probably weighed close to half what he did, and still make it look easy. He was a tough little farm kid, made of muscle and sheer grit. And he was a firecracker on stage, known for being rambunctious and always amusing. His sister looks older than she is, but she's about fifteen years old in these videos. Circa 1956. "Johnny B Goode" The Collins Kids, (on live TV) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMmKZLeKurGchGw.html "St Louis Woman/Blues Medley (Larry ad lib comedy bits)", The Collins Kids, (on live TV) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sJ-Wn5acp-Ccm3U.html In the second video above, the kids start off slow, with a Blues song from their parents generation. Twelve year old Larry, impatient to get to the fast rockabilly interpretation of the Blues song that he loves, plays the clown, to the delight of the audience, and the bemused, and (probably feigned) annoyance of his more serious, femme fatale looking sister, who looks 18 or 20, but is only 15 here, and seems to be wanting to take the song more seriously. She loves her little brother though, and knows his improvised, comic showboating is an enjoyable part of the act for the audience, both in the auditorium and those watching the absolutely live TV show at home. So she plays along with his act, even when he gets himself in too deep with his clowning. The two are spectacular here, which is the norm for their highly talented performances. I SINCERELY hope that you do both of these. But please start off with Johnny B. Goode. I think that will be the best way to kick it off. Btw, I don't know of any other reactors who have done The Collins Kids yet. So probably you could be the "original reactor" if you do it soon. I guarantee you that these forgotten early rockabilly (proto-rock and roll) stars will NOT disappoint you! They were famous almost 15 years before the J5 came along. Kids helped build rock and roll, and perhaps they can help restart it some day. If you reactors help inspire them to do so, by showing the kids who watch your show, what they can aspire to do. The Collins Kids, like The Jackson 5, are a great way to illustrate to the younger generation what they could build their own abilities up to be able to do, if they try hard enough. We could have another musical golden age, if the young people decide to try to build one. >>>EDIT: I may have over-estimated their ages, according to Wikipedia. I had previously read, I believe, that they were 12 & 15 here. But Lorrie was born on May 7th, 1942, which means she'd have been 13/14 in 1956. And Larry was born October 4th, 1944. Which would almost certainly make him 11 years old here, or at most, barely 12. There's about 2.5 years between them. This only makes their performances in these videos even more impressive.

❤️I was dancing in my chair! ❤️ Bar still high! ❤️

The Jackson 5 made all us kids their ages back in 1970 feel like underachiever.

Barry Gordy and his Motown magic was Michael's elementary school education.