I Wanna Be Where You Are performance
Jackson performs I Wanna Be Where You Are with the Jackson 5 during their show at the Forum in Los Angeles, California.
Looking Through the Window
Jackson, along with The Jackson 5, performs Looking Through the Window on The Sonny and Cher Show.
Ben
Jackson releases his second album Ben. The hit singles from the album is Ben, My Girl, and Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day.
Got To Be There
Jackson releases his first solo album Got To Be There with Motown records. Some hit singles from the album include, Got To Be There, Rockin’ Robin, I Wanna Be Where You Are, and Ain’t No Sunshine.
Got To Be There performance
Jackson performs Got to be There on the musical variety special, Hellzapoppin . They also sing a medley of their other hits.
Hellzapoppin’ special
The Jackson 5 perform Sugar Daddy, Got To Be There, and Brand New Thing on the Hellzapoppin special.
Goin’ back to Indiana performance
Jackson performs Goin’ back to Indiana along with the Jackson five during the First National Tour in their hometown of Gary, Indiana. This the first tour for the Jacksons in the United States.
Stand performance
Jackson performs Stand along with the Jackson 5 on an episode of the Goin’ Back to Indiana television show.
Mama’s Pearl performance
Diana Ross makes an appearance with The Jackson 5, on the singer’s first solo TV Special.
ABC News interview
Jackson, age 12, is interviewed by ABC News along with his brothers, the Jackson 5 in Florida. Jackson is questioned about what type of audience he likes to write for and what type of songs he likes to create. The interview also covers how the Jackson 5 spend some of their free time when they aren’t rehearsing.
Whatever I sing, that’s what I really mean. I’m gonna keep singing this song. I don’t sing it if I don’t mean it.
Robert Abernathy interview
Jackson and his brother Jackie are interviewed by Robert Abernathy who questions them about how they got started with Motown, other interests outside of singing and the popularity of different genres of music. They also talk about how their education is handled while they are on the road with their private tutor.
I describe the sound as a pop sound, bubblegum soul mixture. It’s a mixture of soul and we started to capture all the crowds like black, white you name it, everybody.
ABC performance
Jackson performs ABC with the Jackson 5 during their first tour in North America, The USA tour.
There Was a Time performance
Jackson performs James Brown’s There was a Time at the American Bandstand on the Jackson 5’s first tour, The First National Tour.
Who’s loving you performance
Jackson performs his debut of Who’s loving you along with the Jackson five during the Ed Sullivan Show television special.
Sing a Simple Song performance
Jackson performs Sing a Simple Song along with a host of other hits on the Hollywood Palace Variety Show, hosted by Diana Ross and Sammy Davis Jr.
I Got the Feeling audition
Jackson performs I got the feeling written by James Brown, along with his brothers the Jacksons. He dances and sings during his this first audition for Motown Records CEO Berry Gordy. This is one of the major auditions of Jackson’s career.