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Fortunately for my Gen X siblings and our mother they were BLESSED to see the brothers during their Dancing Machine heyday live on stage! ❤

4:00 WOW! So Motown sent the Jackson 5 back to Gary, Indiana on August 29, 1969. That's Michael's 11th birthday! All for a planned homecoming concert to entrench Motown's origin story for the J5. That's why I love this channel. You be getting those INTRICATE details!

❤ j5 forever I'm 60 years-old and still listening j5 bring back so much memories ❤

Did not know the lore behind that concert in Gary where the J5 were “discovered”. Another quality video!

Been following your documentary work for awhile now...This series along with your existing work on Prince is world class level...

Aw, here's dat GOOD shit now! I'm locked in. Food & drink ready. Gotta see this video.

That was an amazing reportage style piece 👏🏿👏🏿

I wanted to grow up and be Susanne DePasse! I remember watching The J5 on Ed Sullivan! My mom bought me the I Want You Back & ABC and Diana Ross's Ain't No Mountain High Enough 45s.

Alright. I have watched the entire video. I wanted to make a proper comment after fully watching it. I have said many times that Michael Jackson was a Motown artist EVEN AFTER he left Motown. There are companies like Motown, like the WWE, like Nintendo that leave a permanent imprint on you. It's like the nWo, the New World Order. When you're nWo, you're nWo...4 Life! When you're Motown, you're Motown...4 Life! The reason why Michael Jackson became the #1 Global Figure much less Artist in World History (only topped by The Bible & Jesus Christ himself-see Chartmasters' breakdown of this insane fact!) is because Michael went through the DOJO. Michael started in the Joe Jackson DOJO & got his initial training. Michael then honed his skills in the 1960s Chitlin' Circuit DOJO touring on the road. Michael then refined his skills further in the Motown DOJO helmed by Berry Gordy. These 3 DOJOS *guaranteed* that Michael, the most dedicated pupil in the Jackson 5, would become the Master. Sho'Nuff! Son Goku started with Master Roshi (Mutenroshi), the turtle hermit. Son Goku then trained with Kami in Kami's Lookout above the clouds. Son Goku eventually trained with King Kai, the North Kaio, in Heaven. Under these Masters in these DOJOS, Son Goku became #1 Under The Sun. He could exist on the Planet of the Kaioshins with the East Supreme Kai. He could even meet Zeno himself, the ultimate ruler of the multiverse. He could radiate past the bonds between worlds & universes because of the training he undertook in the DOJOS. The Michael Jackson & Son Goku connections are endless! Both even have a healthy child-at-heart that makes them better at their craft! The imprint of Joe Jackson's core 'Win At All Costs' ideology mixed with the experience of the Chitlin' Circuit in the Revolutionary 1960s mixed with the practices & ideas of Berry Gordy as well as the artist collective in Motown embedded success into Michael Jackson's veins. He had it all locked in FOR LIFE before he was even 15 years old. Motown was like a college for him & the lessons learned there made him good no matter where he went in his career. Even when the Jacksons & Motown were fighting after the split in 1975, you notice 3 years later in 1978 Michael working with Diana Ross on The Wiz, a Motown Production. Stephanie Mills who Diana Ross brutally replaced was once with Motown too. Suzanne DePasse's 1st project was the Jackson 5 & she saw them all the way through. Even after Suzanne DePasse became a mogul in her own right (Sister, Sister!) she STILL stayed linked to the Jacksons. Suzanne DePasse was in charge of the legendary miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream of 1992. The Gordys & the Jacksons even got linked in marriage/family through Jermaine so connections are permanent. I wouldn't even be surprised to see some latent Motown connections with this upcoming Michael biopic. Michael NEVER stopped being a Motown artist even when he worked at Epic for Sony/CBS. No surprise that the Moonwalk that became his trademark was displayed on Motown 25 through Billie Jean. Berry Gordy probably kicked himself constantly for letting the Jacksons get away from Motown directly but indirectly Motown aided their success. Even the almighty Thriller has Motown's imprint on it. Epic puts out a Michael album & then here comes Motown with some old 1970s throwbacks to reinforce Michaelmania. Berry Gordy's plan for the Jackson 5 wasn't just UNETHICAL GENIUS, it was DIABOLICAL GENIUS. Gordon Keith should always get the credit in the history books (and in payment hopefully one day) but Motown was the best bet for making the Jackson 5 the phenomenon that they are. No one else could do it like they did. Michael learned so much in that Motown DOJO that it stuck with him for the rest of his life. Crazy story this is. That's why so many people are fascinated with the Jackson story. PIONEERS!

Im really enjoying the series. Its well put together and very entertaining. Thumbs up 👍👍😎

Another great vid

I've always wondered what Jimi Hendrix thought of the Jackson 5.

I was twelve about to turn 13 years old and in the eighth grade when the Jackson Five released ‘I Want You Back’. It took a while to hear the complete song on the radio from the beginning, and then it was trying to figure out who made it, and where they were from. All that information came from the album after my older brother finally got it in about December 1969. I got to see them perform the song, for the first time, on the Andy Williams Show on Saturday night 01/31/1970. The rest of 1970 was spent trying to catch them on television again, as they got more popular from releasing more hits; like Dick Clark’s ‘American Bandstand’ three weeks later, (missed because of no prior notification of their appearance) where they debuted their next single ABC, and later in the summer on Ed Sullivan again, and the Jim Nabors Show, where they debuted ‘The Love You Save’, and ‘I’ll Be There’, respectively, both CBS shows missed because we couldn’t get CBS channels during the antenna era where stations broadcasting those shows couldn’t be seen if they were too far from your viewing area). Unfortunately, I didn’t see them perform again on television until April 1971 on the Diana Ross Special. By September 71 they were big enough to have their own Saturday morning cartoon and their own television special.

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Suzanne was FREAKING GORGEOUS!!!! 😍

My boy here has a a true Midnight Day Man!!!!! Knows his s- - t !!!!!!! I got it, I’m gone!!!!

Love your videos. They give a more in depth, behind the scenes info on the Jackson family and their struggles to make it to the top.

The Eagles could have not said it better, Welcome to the Hotel California. You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.

As usual your videos are on another level 🎉

Love My Bro's Jackie Marlon Tito Jermaine Michael Randy The Jacksons The Greatest Entertainers Of All Time...One Love Fam.

Once again thank you for another stellar video. Im a mega fan and I constantly learn something new through your work. I threw a fist pump when Berry said the tempo was off cuz I always a said the same thing

I remember the hype in 69 and 1970 what a time to be a teenager 😅😅

You're a Black entertainer and you make it on national television, you are automatically famous. There were only 3 channels to watch. People were watching anything in color.

That second verse ain't no joke on this song 😂😂

Can never tell what’s real anymore. Now that we have AI, you can use peoples voices and faces to create anything you want.

They worked Michael beyond what they should have and ruined his voice. In the younger years they had him singing too high for his range and during his voice change years, he shouldn’t have been singing until after his voice had completely changed. That is why he lost most of his range little by little until he could no longer sustain. They ruined his voice and he often struggled during that time, with his voice sounding strained and even cracking at times. Berry Gordy as much he did for black music, he was also did some jacked up things to those same black artists. He couldn’t get past Joe and he wanted total control of them, that is why he wanted to manage them. Joe knew this and knew what Berry was up to. If he had his way, that group would’ve imploded irreparably. He would’ve did to them what he did to the Supremes.

For me it was 1969 They Changed my Life as a Young person There songs still Send Chills Threw me I was About 14 or 15 Iam now 69 yrs old 😎✌️🎶🎶🎶

Diana Ross was the Jackson 5's handler

Another great episode!

Although Berry shouldn’t have been managing “The Supremes” and “The Jackson 5” it makes a WHOLE lot of sense because when Motown transitioned to California out of Detroit, there was a lot riding on the success of the label. He couldn’t let those investors down.

Heavy

Between Gordy and Joe, those kids had no lives. They worked them to death. It must’ve been extremely difficult for them, but was it worth it? No wonder they were completely screwed up.

Was it really "unethical"

One thing that did happen that was true is Motown wanted to put Michael first there was a magazine called Jets a black magazine then I wish I still had why because in one of the titles it said Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 now you know what that means right there take a look at the thing with the Temptations and that's where Joe Jackson got Furious cuz you know that breaks up groups

Do you host Disgraceland too?

Joe must of got his cut.

What was unethical?

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