Michael Jackson was only a kid, maybe a second grader, spins his way out of the pack of older boys and opens his mouth to sing and magic. “He’s only 4 ft. tall,” Don Cornelius, creator of Soul Train, recalls, “and you’re looking at a small person who can do anything he wanted to do onstage- with his feet or his voice. Michael did it all, within the framework of one package. Nobody else did that.” (TIME Michael Jackson) It’s amazing that even though Michael was the youngest he was the star of the Jackson Five. His father didn’t even consider him because he was too young, but then he heard him sing. In an instant he was a star. Joe Jackson pushed the Jackson Five to no end. If they made mistakes he punished them. (TIME Michael Jackson) He made them practice and polish their skills. Joe was very violent with the boys. If they messed up he whipped them. The boys did many gigs at strip joints. The Jackson Five were exposed to sex at a young age. It wasn’t the right environment for six year old Michael who would come home late at night. His mother sometimes opposed what her husband did with the boys, but she feared him as well. The Jackson brothers made it to Harlem’s Apollo Theater where the group won a competition in 1967. (TIME Michael Jackson) That same year the Jackson’s opened for Gladys Knight, who was part of Barry Gordy’s Motown Records. She was so impressed by Michael she wanted Gordy to take a closer look.
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