Tito Jackson Memorial Cover

Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (1953 - 2024) was an original member of the Jackson 5, the family band from Gary, Indiana, which became one of the biggest phenomena in pop music during the early 1970s. It was Tito's skills on the guitar which inspired the boys' father Joe to form a band. After winning local talent contests, in 1968 the group signed with Motown Records (home of Marvin Gaye, et al.), by which time
"Baby" Michael had emerged as the star. Their first single, "I Want You Back" (1969), became a U.S. chart-topper, and over the next seven years the group released 13 albums, mixing R&B, soul, funk, and pop.