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For|other people with the same name|Jermaine Jackson (disambiguation)BLP sources|date=May 2009Infobox musical artist|name = Jermaine Jackson|image = JermaineJackson2007(cropped).jpg|image_size = 150px|caption = Jermaine Jackson, 2007|Background = solo_singer|Birth_name = Jermaine LaJuane Jackson|Born = birth date and age|1954|12|11||birth_place = Gary, Indiana , United States|U.S. |Died =|death_place =|Origin =|Instrument = Singing|Vocal s, bass guitar , guitar , keyboard instrument|keyboards |genre = R& B , Soul music|soul , Dance music|dance |Occupation = Musician , singer-songwriter , record producer , dancer , author |Years_active = 1964–present|Label = Motown Records|Motown , Epic Records|Epic , Arista Records|Arista , LaFace Records|LaFace |Associated_acts = The Jackson 5 , Switch (band)|Switch , Whitney Houston , Kino Kiongivi , Rihanna , Fabolous |URL = Official website| http://jermainejacksonentertainment.com/|Notable_instruments = Jermaine LaJuane Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an United States|American singing|singer , bassist , composer , a member of The Jackson 5 , older brother of United States|American Pop music|pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director. He also produced and recorded duets with American singer Whitney Houston in her early years as a recording artist.
Biography
Early life
Jackson is the fourth child of Joseph Jackson (manager)|Joseph and Katherine Jackson , born in Gary, Indiana after his brother Tito Jackson . His brothers and sisters are Rebbie Jackson|Rebbie , Jackie Jackson|Jackie , Tito Jackson|Tito , Marlon Jackson|Marlon , La Toya Jackson|La Toya , Michael Jackson|Michael , Randy Jackson (The Jacksons)|Randy and Janet Jackson|Janet .cite book|title=My Family, the Jacksons|last=Jackson|first=Katherine|publisher= St. Martin's Paperbacks |year=1990|isbn=0312923503|coauthors=Rich Wiseman He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness by his devout mother (though he later converted to Islam in 1989 after a trip to Bahrain). Jermaine was the original lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Jackson Brothers—an earlier incarnation of The Jackson Five—until 1968, when younger brother Michael Jackson|Michael began assisting with lead vocals. He remained the lead vocalist with Michael for many years. Jackson graduated from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California in 1973.Cite news | title =Vol. 44, No. 26 | newspaper =Jet | publisher=Johnson Publishing Company | page =55| date =20 Sep 1973 | postscript =
The Jackson 5
Jermaine and his brothers signed with Motown Records in 1968. As the co-lead singer of The Jackson 5 after his brother Michael, Jermaine sang notable parts of " I Want You Back ", " I'll Be There (Jackson 5 song)|I'll Be There ", " The Love You Save "," Dancing Machine ", and many other Jackson 5 songs. In 1975, after six years performing with his brothers, Jermaine split from the Jackson 5 to continue his solo career at Motown Records while the other Jackson brothers left to sign with Epic Records . In 1983, he reunited with his brothers for the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever television special. After the success of the broadcast, he rejoined the band to record the album Victory (The Jacksons album)|Victory and participated in the Victory Tour (The Jacksons tour)|Victory Tour . He stayed with the group for their final album 2300 Jackson Street in 1990. In 2001, he reunited with his brothers to perform for the Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special|30th anniversary
Solo career
Like Michael, Jermaine began a solo career while still a member of The Jackson 5, and had a hit with the 1972 Shep and the Limelites cover "Daddy's Home". It sold over one million copies by March 1973, and was awarded a music recording sales certification|gold disc .cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| edition= 2nd| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| location= London| page= 314| isbn= 0-214-20512-6 When The Jackson 5 left Motown , Jermaine left the group and stayed at Motown , as he had married Hazel Gordy and Motown head Berry Gordy was his father-in-law . In 2009, Jermaine claimed on the family reality series The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty it was because "Motown was gonna make us like the Beatles . We were the Jackson 5 and that's all I wanted."Citation needed|date=January 2011 Jermaine was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male R& B Vocal Performance for his 1980 album ''Let's Get Serious . He had numerous Billboard Hot 100|Billboard '' Top 30 hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including "Daddy's Home" (#9), "That's How Love Goes", "Let's Be Young Tonight", "Bass Odyssey", "Feel the Fire", "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" (featuring Devo on backing vocals) (#18), " Let's Get Serious (song)|Let's Get Serious " (#9, also one of his only two UK hits, peaking at #8), "Dynamite" (#15), " Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson song)|Do What You Do " (#13), and "I Think It's Love" (#16). A duet with his brother Michael, " Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) ", hit #1 on the Hot Dance Club Songs|dance chart in 1984. He and Michael also collaborated with Rockwell (musician)|Rockwell , both providing guest vocals on his 1984 hit single, " Somebody's Watching Me ". In 1985, his duet with Pia Zadora , When the Rain Begins to Fall , topped several singles charts in Europe. His final chart success, 1989's "Don't Take It Personal", hit #1 on the Billboard magazine|Billboard Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|R& B singles chart. Some of Jermaine's finest moments as a singer can be heard in the soulful "Castle of Sand" and the Earth Wind & Fire inspired "You Need To Be Loved".
Jackson is proficient on the electric guitar and is a talented bass guitar player. Already at an early age he performed the parts of legendary bass player James Jamerson etc., when J5 performed live. Jermaine also composed and produced for other artists like Switch (band)|Switch . He also produced and sang a couple of duets on Whitney Houston's debut album on Arista Records. In 1992, he produced The Jacksons: An American Dream , an award-winning and highly-rated miniseries about the history of The Jackson 5. Jermaine Jr. portrayed his father as a young teenager in the miniseries.
Reality TV: Big Brother UK
Jackson was the first housemate to enter the Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)|Celebrity Big Brother UK house in 2007. He steered clear of the Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy|controversy caused by the series, avoiding confrontation and offering moral support to fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty against alleged bullying from fellow housemates Jade Goody , Danielle Lloyd , and Jo O'Meara . He was often considered to be the most stable minded in the house. During a task in the Big Brother house, the housemates had to create a tribute band for The Jackson 5 . The performance of " I Want You Back " helped put The Jackson 5 back in the UK charts at #53. The final three consisted of Dirk Benedict , Jermaine Jackson, and Shilpa Shetty. After leaving Big Brother, cite web|url= http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showthread.php? t=7595 |title=Jermaine Jackson About Islam, Being Muslim and Michael Jackson |publisher=Turntoislam.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-05 Jackson did several interviews on UK television, stating why and how he took his peaceful and mediating stance in the Big Brother house. He also spoke about the Jackson 5 reuniting for a performance. Jackson was part of the second season of the CMT reality show Gone Country (television series)|Gone Country .
Later works
He is planning a stage show based on his family to be released in the UK. He has said that The Jacksons are recording an album and planning a family tour. Jackson returned to the UK in March 2007 to take part in the Channel 4 show Musicool as a mentor.
He is also currently involved in several charity projects and has been working on projects to help orphaned children around the world. Among other countries, he has visited Bangladesh as part of his work to raise funds and help children. He has also figured heavily on the Islam Channel in the UK where he talked about his Islamic faith as well as announcing several charity projects that he plans to undertake.
In April 2007, Jackson returned to the UK to take part in a one-off special of ITV's Challenge Anneka . On the same trip he appeared in Glasgow with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown , speaking in support of Searchlight (magazine)| Searchlight magazine's anti-racism campaign, the Daily Mirror "Hope Not Hate bus".Cite news |url= http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl? ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003& res_dat=xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2& res_id=xri:newsuk& rft_id=xri:newsuk:newsart:1253574261 |title=MAGIC BUS ; Last stop against racism |work= Daily Mirror via ProQuest News UK |date=2007-04-07 |author=Wynne-Jones, Ros |page=14 |accessdate=2008-07-04 |authorlink=Ros Wynne-Jones
On November 23, 2007, Jackson appeared on Katie & Peter: Unleashed and again talked of a reunion with his brothers on a tour the following year. In 2008, Jackson flew to Australia to be a guest judge and mentor for the top 5 Michael Jackson night on Australian Idol . In March 2008, Jackson was the guest of honour at the Muslim Writers Awards in Birmingham.
He currently appears on the A& E television series The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty documenting the return of him and his three brothers to music and preparing for a 40th anniversary tour and album. Jermaine Jackson will also be playing a concert at the planet hollywood hotel and casino in Las Vegas on October 2, 2010. The concert is set to be the kick off to his new tour titled "40 Years of Jackson Music", with a special dedication to his brother, Michael Jackson.
He wrote the memoir You Are Not Alone: Michael Through a Brother's Eyes . http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Alone-Jermaine-Jackson/dp/0007435673/ref=sr_1_2? s=books& ie=UTF8& qid=1323420339& sr=1-2
Personal life
On December 15, 1973, Jackson married Hazel Gordy, who is the daughter of Motown|Motown Records founder Berry Gordy . http://www.nndb.com/people/402/000025327/ Jermaine Jackson NNBD. Retrieved on 2009-078-07. http://music.aol.com/artist/jermaine-jackson/biography/1003904 Jermaine Jackson Biography AOL Music (AOL). Retrieved on 2009-07-08. The couple had three children together, Jermaine La Jaune "Jay" Jackson, Jr., (born January 27, 1977), Autumn Joy Jackson (born July 10, 1978), and Jaimy Jackson (born March 17, 1987).
After his divorce from Gordy in 1988, Jackson started living with Margaret Maldonado. The couple had two children, Jeremy Maldonado Jackson, (born December 16, 1986) and Jourdynn Michael Jackson, (born January 5, 1989).
Halima Rashid is Jermaine Jackson's wife, currently living in Los Angeles and often travel around the world. Jackson converted to Islam in 1989 after a trip to Bahrain http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413659/bio Jermaine Jackson - Biography IMBd. Retrieved on 2009-07-08.cite web|url= http://www.despardes.com/people/default.html|title=Jermaine Jackson|publisher=DesPerados.com|accessdate=2009-07-08 and publicly expressed his religious beliefs during his appearance on Big Brother (UK)| Big Brother . While filming the program, Jackson Salah|prayed and Ramadan|fasted . He also expressed his hopes to convert his brother Michael to Islam, saying it would provide him with peace and help to heal his problems. http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSL2926828620070131 "Jermaine Jackson wants Michael to convert to Islam" Reuters (2007-01-29). Retrieved on 2009-07-08. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-432451/Jermaine-Jackson-hopes-convert-brother-Michael-Islam.html "Jermaine Jackson hopes to convert brother Michael to Islam" Daily Mail (2007-01-30). Retrieved on 2009-07-08. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/3843563#3843563 "Jermaine Jackson talk" MSNBC TV ( Video ). Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
He supported his brother Michael Jackson , during the 2005 People v. Jackson|child-abuse trial . He came to Michael's defense on CNN's Larry King Live and appeared with him in court on many occasions. On June 25, 2009, Jermaine held a press conference at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and broke the news of Michael Jackson's death to the media.Citation needed|date=July 2010 Jackson attended the memorial service for his brother Michael on July 7, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. He acted as a pallbearer, and performed the song Smile (Charlie Chaplin song)| Smile by Charlie Chaplin , which was believed to be his brother's favorite song, in tribute.James Montgomery (2009-07-07) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1615435/20090707/jackson_michael.jhtml "Jermaine Jackson Brings 'Smile,' Tears To Michael Jackson Memorial" MTV. Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
Jackson is an avid Los Angeles Dodgers fan. In 2009 while wearing a Manny Ramirez jersey, he made a one-handed catch of a foul ball while seated behind the Dodgers dugout. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3658175/Michael-Jacksons-family-rift-two-years-after-music-stars-death.htm
In popular culture
Jackson was portrayed by Jason Griffith in the 2004 film Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story , while his son, Jermaine Jackson Jr., portrayed him in the 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream . In 2010 on Saturday Night Live , Jackson was portrayed by Kenan Thompson .
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
US cite web
1972
1973
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1984
1986
1989
1992
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Compilations
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1981
1991
1999
2000
2001
2007
2009
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Singles
Motown releases
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1972
1973
"You're in Good Hands"
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
"Burnin' Hot"
1981
1981
"You Like Me Don't You"
1982
"Paradise in Your Eyes"
"Very Special Part"
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Arista releases
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1984
"Dynamite"
Do What You Do "
" Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) " (with Michael Jackson )
1985
"(Closest Thing) To Perfect"
1986
"Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone"
"Do You Remember Me"
1987
1989
1990
"Two Ships (In the Night)"
1991
"You Said, You Said"
1992
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References
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External links
Portal|The Jackson Family
http://www.jermainejacksonmusic.com/ A complete Jermaine Jackson's website
http://www.jermainejackson-fanclub.com Only website full dedicated to Jermaine Jackson (fanclub)
http://www.alljermainejackson.com All Jermaine Jackson - A Jermaine Jackson Fansite
http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showthread.php? t=7595 Video interview about his Islamic beliefs
http://www.jackson5abc.com/jermaine/ Jermaine Jackson Complete Motown Discography
IMDb name|0413659
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