Chapter1
At home
with the Jacksons
Born in
1958,Michael Jackson was the seventh of nine children. The Jacksons lived in a
little house on Jackson Street in Gray, Indiana, a poor city near Chicago, full of factories
and the thousands of other small houses. Soon he ‘s brother Marlon joined the band,
too. At the age of four,
Michael started singing along with Jermaine. In July 1968, the band went to Detroit
because Motown Records wanted to hear them . Joe knew that this was an
important meeting, the Jackson 5 was born.
In 1969, The Jackson 5 and their father moved to Los Angeles to
chase their dream of success. The rest of the family stayed in their little house in Gray, In LA the boys lived with their father in cheap hotels, but to Michael the city was
beautiful. He introduced the band the band to Diana Ross who was one of Motown’s biggest stars. Gordy decided that Michael
could learn more from Diana. In October ,
1969, at the age of eleven, he want to live with her for a month. She was like a second mother to him ,
taking him to museums and teaching him about art. In later
years,he said that a lonely child.When
he lived with Diana Ross, he missed his real mother and often called her on the
telephone .He was living the dream, but there was a price to pay.


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