How we made the Jackson 5's I Want You Back
‘Michael and I were such pranksters. We’d put itching powder on men’s bald spots – or a bucket of water over a door to give someone a soaking’
Tito Jackson, singer
We were five of nine siblings who grew up in a house the size of a double garage in Gary, Indiana. We weren’t allowed to touch our father’s guitar when he went to work. Of course I did – my mum would let us play – and he found out, because I’d broken a string. He scolded me, put a new string on and said: “Show me what you know.” He was surprised that I could sing our tongues fell out of our mouths. We invited our other little brother, Marlon, to join as well, and that was the start of the Jackson 5.
