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Michael Jackson montage

Advert for the Jacksons 1981 Live Lp

Jackson began his musical career at the age of seven as the lead singer of The Jackson 5 and released his first solo recording, Got to Be There in 1971, while remaining a member of the group.[2] He began a full-fledged solo career in 1979 and formally parted with his siblings in 1984.[3] Talk about an anointed voice...he tore this up

The Jackson 5 Alpha-Bits cereal 1971

The Jacksons Lovely One Part 2

The Jacksons Lovely One Triumph Tour

Things I do for you was another single relased off the Jacksons first self produced 1978 LP "Destiny" on Epic Records.

After that, all bets were off. Brown had a huge revue he traveled with; there was always a woman singer, whose job was to sing backup, warm up the crowd (usually with a short set that ended with "People"), and generally do the diva thing. In the fall of 1969, that was Vicki Anderson (the wife of Brown's longtime right-hand-man Bobby Byrd). In an attempt to cover the potentially lucrative answer-song market, he assigned her "Answer To Mother Popcorn (I Got a Mother For You)," and she co-wrote and sang the living hell out of it. It came out in September, and it wasn't a hit, but it's become a collectors' favorite, with an amazing screaming-diva vocal and a magnificently tense groove. Maceo Parker and his brother, Melvin Parker, joined James Brown in 1964; In his book Brown says that he originally wanted Melvin as his drummer but agreed to take Maceo under his wing as part of the deal. Maceo, Melvin and a few of Brown's band members left to found Maceo & All the Kings Men which toured for two years. In 1973 Maceo returned to James Brown's band. In 1975 Maceo and some of Brown's band members, including Fred Wesley, left to join George Clinton's Parliament.

The Payback was apparently written to be the soundtrack for Hell Up In Harlem (hence us stocking it) but was rejected by director Larry Cohen for "not being James Brown enough". James Brown decided to release the material as The Payback - and good job too. Like everything about James, this is another song that has been sampled by other artist.If you know your music, I didn't have to say that huh? lol

A great little album by The Godfather -- one that takes the core James Brown sound of the "Sex Machine" generation, and serves it up with a tighter mid 70s twist! Fred Wesley is still very firmly at the helm of the band -- and there's a power here that's equal to the later JBs work on the Breakin Bread album. The grooves are nicely free of the "fast funk" syndrome that crept into James' work a few years later as his answer to disco -- and are super tight all the way through!

"James presented obviously the best grooves," rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy once told The Associated Press. "To this day, there has been no one near as funky. No one's coming even close." Brown also left his mark on numerous other musical genres, including rock, jazz, reggae, disco, dance and electronic music. And the pompadoured, flamboyant Brown also influenced many artists with his dancing. His often copied, never quite equalled, rapid-fire footwork inspired such artists as Michael Jackson, Prince and Mick Jagger.

The Hottest Place on the Planet

After two LPs produced by Gamble and Huff, the Jackson wanted artistic control, and produced their next LP, 1978's Destiny, on their own. The album included the Jacksons' biggest post-Motown single, "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", which charted at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number three on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. "Shake Your Body", written by Michael and Randy, sold over two million copies, attaining double-platinum status. Destiny also went platinum, and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 album chart and number three on the R&B album charts. In 1980, the Jacksons received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Jacksons celebrate 10 Years in the Music Business by stopping by the "Train".

Evelyn "Champagne" King (nicknamed Bubbles as a baby because she blew saliva bubbles and later adopted the similarly themed nickname "Champagne").On the heels of 1983's artistically and commercially disappointing "Face To Face," King served up a much more consistent follow-up with her seventh album. From the onset of the set's vivacious opener, "Show Me (Don't Tell Me)" - with a lyrical context notably similar to 1983's "Action," "So Romantic" allows King plenty of room to showcase her flair for dance music without overcrowding her with excessive electronic gimmicks. It does an impressive job of melding dancefloor beats with rock guitars and keyboards - a vein in which the singer is very at home. Whether it be the intelligently produced 12" single "Just For The Night," boasting an understated echo-chamber effect that is concentrated in the background; the straightforward and soulful "Give Me One Reason" (one of the set's most melodic tunes, along with the emotive "Till Midnight"); or the nocturnal rocker "I'm So Romantic," or the funky 12" single "Out Of Control," the overall sound is very solid with an adept mixture of live instrumentation and synthesizers. With King's bold vocals atop them, the songs on "So Romantic" make it a worthwhile album.

1983 saw the release of In a Special Way, another gold album for DeBarge, featuring the hits Be My Lady, In A Special Way (another US #1 R&B hit), Time Will Reveal, also done by Boyz ll Men a capella in 2004, Stay With Me and A Dream. The final section of Stay With Me later became one of the most famous samples in hip-hop and R&B, with Big L (MVP), The Notorious B.I.G. (One More Chance [Remix]), Mary J. Blige (Don't Go), and Ashanti (Foolish) all making use of the sample for their own hit singles.

This single was from The Sylvers last album entitled "Bizarre" in 1984

At the age of 16, Janet released her debut album, Janet Jackson (1982), though the teenager protested that her last name should not have been on the cover. Produced by soul singers Angela Winbush, Rene Moore and Leon Sylvers of the famed Sylvers family music group, the album reached the top ten of the Billboard R&B album charts. The album spent 45 weeks in the chart's top 50 but was much less successful on the Billboard pop albums chart. The album yielded three singles: Young Love, Say You Do and Come Give Your Love to Me. The album Janet Jackson sold more than 250,000 copies at the time of its release

The Jacksons got together to help Promote Michael's first Epic Solo Album in the fall of 1979 while promoting the Groups Destiny 1978 release. This performance is from the second leg of the Destiny Tour, a tour in which many fans often confuse with the Triumph Tour 1981.