Tito Jackson

Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (born October 15, 1953) is an American musician.

He is an original member of the Jackson 5 (later known as The Jacksons), who rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s with the Motown label, and later had continued success with the group on the Epic label in the late 1970s and 1980s.

By 1964, Marlon and Michael both joined the group the Jackson 5, after Katherine discovered that they could sing.

Katherine is a country-and-western fan, and she sang harmonies with her sons.

Before Motown signed them, the brothers spent years rehearsing at home.

After school they rehearsed for hours, played a gig, did homework and got to bed.

After first performing in school functions and supermarkets, the brothers began participating in local talent shows when Jackson was twelve.

By then, his younger brother Michael, then seven, had become the official lead singer of the group.

In 1965, they changed their name from the Jackson Brothers to the Jackson Five, and won several talent shows around the Gary area.

After winning the Amateur Night competition for The Apollo Theater in August 1967, Joe Jackson began to work part-time at the steel mill to help his sons secure a recording contract.

The group signed with Steeltown Records in Gary in November of that year.

In January 1968, the Jackson Five's first single, "Big Boy", was released on the Steeltown label.

In 1969, the Jackson 5 signed with Motown Records in Detroit, and scored several hit songs, including the number-one singles "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There", but despite his talent as a guitar player, Motown refused to allow Jackson to perform guitar on any of the Jackson 5 recording sessions, instead forcing all their guitar parts to be performed by session musicians.

As a direct result, his guitar work did not make its debut until he and the Jacksons left Motown for CBS Records in 1976.

He began writing songs with his brothers during this time.

Tito and Jackie Jackson were the most consistently present members of the Jacksons, with Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, and Randy leaving at different times.

After the end of the Victory Tour, Jackson performed session work and as a record producer.

After releasing 2300 Jackson Street, the Jacksons ceased recording work.

Jackson was inducted with his brothers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.

In 2001, Jackson reunited with his brothers on Michael Jackson's 30th anniversary concert special at Madison Square Garden.

Tito began a solo career in 2003 performing as a blues musician.

Toriano Adaryll Jackson was born at St. Mary's Mercy Hospital in Gary, Indiana.

He is the third of ten children of the Jackson family, Michael, Marlon, Jackie, Jermaine, Randy Jackson, Rebbie, La Toya and Janet who lived in a two bedroom house in Gary.

His father, Joseph, was a steel mill worker, and played R&B in a band, the Falcons, with his brother Luther.

His mother, Katherine, is a Jehovah's Witness.

She played the piano and the clarinet.

At ten years of age, Tito was caught playing his father's guitar after he broke a string.

After fixing the string, Joe demanded that he play for him.

Once he was finished, Joe bought him his own guitar, and convinced Tito, Jackie, and Jermaine to form a singing group.

He was impressed with the vocals of Jackie and Jermaine.

Jackson began a solo career in 2003 performing as a blues musician in various clubs with his band, which included producer and guitarist Angelo Earl, and a management team that included Ed Tate.

In 2007, in the United Kingdom, Jackson appeared as a judge on the BBC celebrity singing competition Just the Two of Us for series two of the show.

He replaced singer Lulu, who was a judge on series one.

His co-judges were vocal coach CeCe Sammy, musician Stewart Copeland, and radio DJ Trevor Nelson.

In 2009, he was the executive producer of The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty, together with his brothers after Michael died.

In 2016, he had his first commercially successful solo single on the Billboard charts with the single, "Get It Baby", featuring Big Daddy Kane from his album Tito Time becoming the ninth and final Jackson family sibling to place a solo single on the charts.

The album was released in Japan late in 2016, and in the U.S on iTunes in April 2017.

Since its launch, three singles have been released to radio in the US.

The first single, "When the Magic Happens", featuring Jocelyn Brown, was released on April 1, 2017.

Jackson launched the album for the UK market in September 2017.