"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 Tito began a solo career in 2003, the last of the siblings to do so, making his recording debut in 2016 with the album Tito Time. He released a second solo album, Under Your Spell, in 2021. He remained active until shortly before his death, performing with the Jacksons as headliners in Oxforshire, England and in California. He also managed 3T, a band made up of his three sons, Taryll, Taj, and TJ.