This blog post is about the Jackson family, where they lived, and how the Jackson 5 got their start. Michael Jackson's birthday is August 29, 1985. Michael, his 8 siblings, and his two parents (Joe and Katherine Jackson) lived at 2300 Jackson street in Gary, Indiana. The Jackson 5's first performance was in a talent show at Roosevelt High school in 1966. They sang "My Girl" and they got a standing ovation.
Michael Jackson's father, Joe, had a guitar that was very precious to him. When ever Joe would go to work he always would say, "Don't mess with the guitar while I'm at work!" And of course the kids did. But one day, when Joe was at work, Tito, (one of his sons) was using the guitar and accidentally popped a string. When Joe came home he noticed that his guitar was missing a string, so Tito told him what happened but Joe didn't get mad. He asked Tito to play him the song that he was working on so Tito did and Joe loved it. The next day Joe was late from work because he bought a new red and shiny guitar just for the family.