History Music / TheJacksonFive

* CoolOldGuy: Even though most of the Jackson brothers have reached their sixties, they still [[https://www.google.com.vn/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-az.allevents.in%2Fbanners%2F8a806ded1f483924d36108953e0c466a&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fallevents.in%2Fdurant%2Fthe-jacksons-and-the-commodores-2016-choctaw-grand-theater-durant-ok%2F1646639615574993&docid=Vgy6G2SUl28e7M&tbnid=D10nCmfLE3dd6M%3A&vet=1&w=720&h=525&safe=off&bih=616&biw=360&q=the%20jacksons%202016&ved=0ahUKEwjKg43X9oXSAhWBvJQKHY_8CjIQMwgfKAcwBw&iact=mrc&uact=8 look hot]] and can still perform just as well as before.

* BadassBaritone: Tito's voice is the deepest of them all, and he used it to balance out his brothers' higher voice.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Michael. There is actually no leader, but as Michael was the lead singer, FaceOfTheBand and the most famous, he fitted this trope.
** TheLancer: Jermaine, for being the second lead singer and the second most famous.
** TheSmartGuy: Jackie, also the TeamMom.
** TheBigGuy: Tito, also the TeamDad, as he was noted by the other brothers to be the group's father figure.
** TheHeart: Marlon.
** SixthRanger: Randy.

** TheChick: Marlon.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Sigmund, Toriano and Steven are always referred to by their nicknames: Jackie, Tito, and Randy, respectively. Lilewise, Maureen is always reffered to by her own nickname: Rebbie.

* RecordProducer: Their early Motown records were written, arranged and produced by a group of Motown staffers credited only as "The Corporation™". Berry Gordy did not want any more "backroom superstars" like Holland-Dozier-Holland, who had become famous as Motown producers in the mid-1960s before leaving in an acrimonious royalties dispute in 1967, so he, Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren and Deke Richards (and Christine Yarian later on) were collectively credited under that name, even in the songwriting credits (though some later reissues credited the songwriters individually). The Corporation disbanded when Hal Davis took over as producer in 1972.

After gaining a following in the northern Indiana[=/=][[UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} Chicagoland]] area, including a regional hit with "Big Boy" in 1968, they signed with [[Creator/{{Motown}} Motown Records]]. Motown honcho Berry Gordy immediately put them to work with the writing[=/=]production team he called The Corporation (Freddie Perren, Fonce Mizell, Deke Richards and Gordy himself), establishing a style that mixed the gritty dance rhythms of Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone with catchy and cheery pop. Their Motown debut "I Want You Back" quickly shot up the charts and hit #1 at the start of 1970. This launched a whole string of Top 10 hits ("ABC", "The Love You'll Save", "I'll Be There", "Dancing Machine", "Enjoy Yourself", "Shake Your Body Down To The Ground", "Blame It On The Boogie", "Torture" and "Can You Feel It?"), making them the most commercially successful black act of their era. They were also featured in a cartoon series (''WesternAnimation/TheJackson5ive''), a variety show and numerous stage performances. After they moved to another label in the mid 1970s, they were forced to change their name to ''The Jacksons'', because Motown had copyrighted their original band name. Still, everybody on Earth kept referring to them as The Jackson Five.

* DistaffCounterpart: {{Averted}}. Despite being seen singing together on very special occasions, the three sisters Rebbie, Janet, and La Toya never mirrored their brothers' efforts and did their thing on their own, with Music/{{Janet|Jackson becoming a big name in her own right, simultaneously to Michael. However they do qualify for another trope, see below.

* DistaffCounterpart: Averted. Despite being seen singing together on very special occasions, the three sisters Rebbie, Janet and La Toya never mirrored their brothers' efforts and did their thing on their own, with [[Music/JanetJackson Janet]] becoming a big name in her own right, simultaneously to Michael. However they do qualify for another trope, see below.

* RefrainFromAssuming: Subverted. "This Place Hotel" was originally titled "Heartbreak Hotel" during its initial release, but Michael, who wrote and produced the song, later changed it to avoid confusion with the Music/ElvisPresley hit of the same name. The chorus remained unchanged, however.

* LyricalDissonance: "I Want You Back" is ridiculously upbeat, and employs what's been called "the happiest chord progression ever", all to support a lyric in which the narrator has a GreenEyedEpiphany about TheOneThatGotAway and has a HeelRealization about how much he screwed up the relationship, lamenting that "now it's much too late for me to take a second look."

* ChristmasSongs: "Jackson Five Christmas Album" is full of these.

* TheThreeFacesOfEve: Their three sisters are actually a very good example of this with Rebbie as the Mother (oldest child of the whole family and most experienced and stable of the three), La Toya as the Seductress (the only one to have posed for Playboy) and Janet as the Child (youngest child of the whole family and renowned for her sassiness as a little girl).

* RefrainFromAssuming: Subverted. "This Place Hotel" was originally titled "Heartbreak Hotel" during its initial release, but Michael, who wrote and produced the song, later changed it to avoid confusion with the Music/ElvisPresley hit of the same name. The chorus remained unchanged, however.

* NotableMusicVideos: They had a very notable one in 1981: "Can You Feel It"'s video featured the band as some sort of godlike beings spreading happiness and peace over the world. Back then, the video had an enormous impact on audiences because of the impressive computer effects for the time and grand epicness of it all. It would be the forebearer to Music/MichaelJackson's equally epic music videos later.

The Jackson Five (called The Jacksons beginning in the mid-1970s) were a pop band who were very popular from the late 1960s until the early 1980s. They performed catchy and cheery dance numbers and were commercially the most succesful black act at that time, spawning a string of Top 10 hits ("I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You'll Save", "I'll Be There", "Dancing Machine", "Enjoy Yourself", "Shake Your Body Down To The Ground", "Blame It On The Boogie", "Torture" and "Can You Feel It?"), a cartoon series (''WesternAnimation/TheJackson5ive''), a variety show and numerous stage performances. After they moved to another label in the mid 1970s, they were forced to change their name to ''The Jacksons'', because [[Creator/{{Motown}} Motown Records]] had copyrighted their original band name. Still, everybody on Earth kept referring to them as The Jackson Five.

Because the band was comprised of family members, they were often compared to the all-white The Osmonds, who were their main rivals. One band member was clearly the star of the group: child singer Music/MichaelJackson of whom we all know would break out to have an even more successful solo career, but that's a different story...

* HomesicknessHymn: "Goin' Back To Indiana" is sung from the perspective of someone who has struck out to find his fortune, and finds the glamorous life empty because his "baby" isn't with him. So he's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin goin' back to Indiana]] where his girl and his other beloved Indiana institutions are.

* FunnyAfro: All the band members wore afro haircuts.

* YourCheatingHeart: "This Place/Heartbreak Hotel" is probably one of the coldest aversions in music. In the song, Michael talks about a time ten years ago where he and his then-girlfriend went to a hotel for a night, only for him to find out it was designed specifically to break couples up. The hotel staff gave his girlfriend the impression Michael cheated on her, which he didn't do, causing her to break up with him inside the hotel, despite his pleas of innocence.

The Jackson Five (called The Jacksons beginning in the mid-1970s) were a pop band who were very popular from the late 1960s until the early 1980s. They performed catchy and cheery dance numbers and were the commercially most succesful black act at that time, spawning a string of Top 10 hits ("I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You'll Save", "I'll Be There", "Dancing Machine", "Enjoy Yourself", "Shake Your Body Down To The Ground", "Blame It On The Boogie", "Torture" and "Can You Feel It?"), a cartoon series (''WesternAnimation/TheJackson5ive''), a variety show and numerous stage performances. After they moved to another label in the mid 1970s, they were forced to change their name to ''The Jacksons'', because [[Creator/{{Motown}} Motown Records]] had copyrighted their original band name. Still, everybody on Earth kept referring to them as The Jackson Five.

Because the band was comprised of family members, they were often compared to the all-white The Osmonds, whom were their main rivals. One band member was clearly the star of the group: child singer Music/MichaelJackson of whom we all know would break out to have an even more successful solo career, but that's a different story...

* YourCheatingHeart: "This Place/Heartbreak Hotel" is probably one of the coldest aversions in music. In the song, Michael talks about a time ten years ago where he and his then-girlfriend went to a hotel for a night, only for him to find out it was designed specifically to break couples up. The hotel staff gave his girlfriend the impression Michael cheated on her, which he didn't do, which caused her to break up with him inside the hotel, despite his pleas of innocence.