The Jackson 5 started as a trio and became a quintet with the addition of Michael and Marlon. Older brother Tito was one of the group's original members. After his brothers pursued solo careers, he worked as a session musician and producer.
Tito became a blues performer in 2003 and had his first commercial hit "Get It Baby" in 2016. The song reached number 20 on Billboard's R&B chart. To watch the lyrics video, you can go here. The song, which features Big Daddy Kane, is available on "Tito Time," Tito's first solo album. The album's cover is pictured in this episode's thumbnail and chapters.
Also in the chapters, there's a publicity photo from The Jackson 5's 1972 TV special. Credited to CBS Television, the image is available for download on Wikimedia Commons. Here's the link.
To learn more about Tito including why he delayed his solo career, you can go to this 2016 VladTV interview. It's quite good.
This tribute is one of 41 stories that Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime journalist, has written and recorded in honor of the music notables who passed away in 2024. He's written tributes for other years as well. You can listen to the ones from 2023 on Everyday Creation. We'll have the 2022 tributes available later this year.
Sheldon also is the creator of Song of the Day, a story that he sends by email to a list of subscribers. To get on his subscriber list, email shzoldan@comcast.net with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.
This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Audible, iHeart and Spotify.
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