Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5The Jackson 5 practiced and rehearsed continuously during the late summer and early fall of 1969. Diana Ross formally introduced the Jackson 5 to the public on August 11, 1969, at a Beverly Hills, California club called The Daisy. Towards the end of August, the Jackson 5 made their first television appearance, singing The Isley Brothers' It's Your Thing at the Miss Black America Pageant in Madison Square Garden, New York City.
The Jackson 5's first single, I Want You Back, was written and produced by four Motown songwriters and producers — Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell, Deke Richards, and Freddie Perren — who were collectively billed as The Corporation?. I Want You Back was released as a single for The Jackson 5, as Motown decided to officially bill the group, on October 7. The group performed I Want You Back, Sly & the Family Stone's Sing a Simple Song, The Delfonics' Can You Remember, and James Brown's There Was a Time as part of their appearance on The Hollywood Palace as special guests of Diana Ross & the Supremes. I Want You Back was the only single from the Jackson 5's first album, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5, which was released in December 1969. The song reached number one in January, 1970.
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