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Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
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Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5
2 Classic Albums/1 CD 2001 Re-release
Singles from Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
Studio album by The Jackson 5
1. "I Want You Back"/"Who’s Lovin’ You"
Released December 18, 1969 Released: October 7, 1969
Recorded May - August 1969
Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 is the debut album from
Genre Soul, Pop
Gary, Indiana-based soul family band The Jackson 5, re-
Length 37:51 leased on the Motown label in December 1969. The Jack-
son 5’s lead singer, a preteenage boy named Michael
Label Motown
MS-700
(who later became a universally-recognized pop star on
his own and "The King of Pop") , and his older brothers
Producer Bobby Taylor Jackie, Jermaine, Tito, and Marlon, became pop successes
The Corporation within months of this album’s release. Diana Ross Presents
The Jackson 5 chronology the Jackson 5’s only single, "I Want You Back", became a
number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 within weeks
Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 ABC of the album’s release and eventually sold five million
(1969) (1970) copies worldwide.[3] The album reached #5 on the Pop Al-
bums chart, and spent nine weeks at #1 on the R&B/Black
Alternative Cover Albums chart.
The album title suggested that Motown star Diana
Ross had discovered the group, as do the Ross-penned
liner notes on the back cover. Ross’ supposed discovery
of the Jackson 5 was in fact part of Motown’s marketing
and promotions plan for the Jackson 5; Motown artists
Bobby Taylor and Gladys Knight were the ones who had
actually discovered the Jacksons. Ross did, however, in-
troduce the group to the public both in concert and on
television.
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Recording the album Gordy formed a group called The Corporation to handle
future Jackson 5 recordings. The Corporation included
Gordy, Perren, Mizell, and Richards; left out was Taylor,
Working with Bobby Taylor who also worked with the group on the second Jackson 5
After signing the Jackson 5 in March 1969, Motown CEO album, ABC and its singles without credit. All of the songs
Berry Gordy brought the group to Motown’s Hitsville produced and written by Gordy, Richards, Mizell, and
U.S.A. studio in Detroit, Michigan, and assigned them to Perren were billed under the Corporation name, to avoid
work with Bobby Taylor as their producer. Taylor, who a repeat of the issues that arose when former Motown
had personally brought the Jacksons to Motown, began songwriters / producers Holland-Dozier-Holland were
having Michael, Jermaine, and Jackie record cover ver- known by name and became as famous as the artists they
sions of current and past soul compositions, including produced for.
many in the Motown catalog. Over two dozen of these During this period, Gordy came across "I Want to Be
recordings were done, including covers of songs by The Free", a composition written by West Coast-based Mo-
Temptations ("(I Know) I’m Losing You", "Born to Love town producers Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, and
You"), Marvin Gaye ("Chained"), Stevie Wonder ("My Deke Richards for Gladys Knight. At first, Gordy wanted
Cherie Amour"), The Miracles ("Who’s Lovin’ You"), and the three producers to instead record the song with
the Four Tops ("Standing in the Shadows of Love"). Diana Ross, but soon decided to give the song "the
Among the non-Motown covers done were versions of Frankie Lymon treatment"[4] and record it with the Jack-
Sly & the Family Stone’s "Stand!", The Delfonics’ "Can son 5. Richards, Mizell, and Perren began re-working the
You Remember", and "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the song, and Gordy and Taylor also became involved in the
Walt Disney film Song of the South. The Jackson 5 also re- revision process. The result was "I Want You Back",
recorded "You’ve Changed", a song they’d recorded for which became the Jackson 5’s first Motown single, and
Gordon Keith’s small Steeltown label before joining the the first of four Jackson 5 songs that went to number-one
Motown roster. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970.
All of the songs Taylor recorded with the group dur- "I Want You Back" became the blueprint for future
ing these summer 1969 sessions held close to the group’s Jackson 5 recordings: there was now less of an emphasis
traditional R&B/soul sound, a sound somewhat less pop- on traditional soul, and more prominent elements of
aware than Motown’s signature "Motown Sound". Of doo-wop and bubblegum pop music. In fact, Motown’s
these recordings, the most famous became the cover of publicity department dubbed the Jackson 5’s sound "bub-
"Who’s Lovin’ You", with Michael Jackson re-delivering blegum soul". Gordy, Richards, Mizell, and Perren also
Smokey Robinson’s often-covered plea for the return of contributed the album track "Nobody" to Diana Ross Pre-
a long-gone lover. The Jackson 5 version of the song sup- sents the Jackson 5.
planted the Miracles’ original as the definitive recording
of the song, and many of the future covers of the song
(for example, En Vogue’s cover at the beginning of their
Track listing
1990 single "Hold On"), are based upon this version. All songs produced by Bobby Taylor except for "Nobody" and "I
The Jacksons recorded a number of songs with Bobby Want You Back", produced by The Corporation.
Taylor during these summer 1969 sessions that remained Side A
in the Motown vault for several years, including covers of
No. Title Writer(s) Singers Length
Ray Charles’ "A Fool for You", the Four Tops’ "Reach Out,
I’ll Be There", The Isley Brothers’ "It’s Your Thing", and 1. "Zip-a- Ray Gilbert, Michael Jack- 3:18
a version of Bobby Taylor’s own "Oh, I’ve Been Blessed". Dee-Doo- Allie son, Tito
These recordings would turn up on various Jackson 5 Dah Wrubel Jackson
compilations, and virtually all of them were included on (Recorded
the boxed set Soulsation!. May - Octo-
ber 1969) "
Enter The Corporation 2. "Nobody The Corpo- Michael Jack- 2:54
In August 1969, Berry Gordy decided to take a more direct (Recorded ration son, Jer-
role in the Jackson 5’s career. He had the Jacksons and August 1969) maine Jack-
their father, Joseph, move from Detroit to Los Angeles, " son
California, where Gordy had a satellite studio (the entire 3. "I Want The Corpo- Michael Jack- 3:04
Motown operation would move to Los Angeles by 1972). You Back ration son, Jer-
Taylor followed the group, and continued to work on the (Recorded Ju- maine Jack-
cover songs. ly 1969) " son, Jackie
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Jackson, Tito pressings,[5] but was replaced by "Born to Love You."
Jackson It would appear 26 years later on Soulsation!
4. "Can You Thom Bell, Michael Jack- 3:10
Remember William son
Recording Sessions
(Recorded Ju- Hart May - August 1969
ly 10 & 15, Other tracks from Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
1969) " recording sessions
To Sir, With Love
5. "Standing Holland- Michael Jack- 4:06
Oh, I’ve Been Blessed
in the Dozier-Hol- son, Jer-
Sunny Boy
Shadows of land maine Jack-
You Can’t Hurry Love
Love son
You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
(Recorded
Twenty-Five Miles
June 1969) "
La-la Means I Love You
6. "You’ve Gordon Kei- Michael Jack- 3:16
Changed th son Re-release
(Recorded Ju-
In 2001, Motown Records remastered all Jackson 5 al-
ly 19 & 29,
bums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series, as they
1969) "
had previously done in the late 1980s. Diana Ross Presents
Side B the Jackson 5 was paired up with ABC. One bonus track
No. Title Writer(s) Singers Length was included in a cover of Bobby Taylor’s "Oh, I’ve Been
Bless’d", a song also released on the rare 1979 outtakes
1. "My Cherie Stevie Jermaine 3:44
album Boogie.
Amour Wonder, Jackson
(Recorded July Sylvia
1969) " Moy, Hank See also
Cosby
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1970 (U.S.)
2. "Who’s Smokey Michael Jack- 4:06
Lovin’ You Robinson son
(Recorded July Notes
19, 24 & 29, [1] http://www.allmusic.com/album/r10005
1969) " [2] http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/
3. "Chained Frank Wil- Michael Jack- 2:54 thejackson5/albums/album/171109/review/
(Recorded Au- son son, Jermaine 5943897/diana_ross_presents_the_jackson_5
gust 1969) " Jackson [3] Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collectors
Edition, page 99. American Press.
4. "(I Know) Norman Jermaine 2:16
[4] *Olsen, Eric. "Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 At
I’m Losing Whitfield, Jackson
Motown: A Long Long Time Ago"
You (Record- Eddie Hol-
[5] http://j5collector.blogspot.com/2010/06/youve-
ed July 1969) " land
changed-me.html
5. "Stand! Sylvester Michael Jack- 2:30
(Recorded Stewart son, Marlon References
May 17, 1969) Jackson & • Hamilton, Andrew (2003). "Bobby Taylor". Allmusic.
" Jermaine Retrieved July 16, 2006.
Jackson • Olsen, Eric (15 June 2005). "Michael Jackson and the
6. "Born to Ivy Jo Michael Jack- 2:38 Jackson 5 At Motown: A Long Long Time Ago".
Love You Hunter, son, Jermaine Blogcritics.org.. Retrieved July 16, 2006.
(Recorded William Jackson
June 1969) " "Mickey"
Stevenson
External links
• "Reach Out, I’ll Be There" was considered to be on • (French) Overview of album at
the album, and appears on the back of early www.jackson5abc.com
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• The Jackson 5 albums
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• Albums produced by Deke Richards
• Albums produced by Alphonzo Mizell
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