Michael Jackson, Childhood and Adolescence

THE EARLY YEARS OF MICHAEL JACKSON AND JACKSON 5 (1958-1975)

Michael Jackson Teenager, 
Michael Jackson with child actor Jimmy Safechuck
 and Fansat the Kahala, Hilton Hotel, 1988

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Michael Jackson, the eighth son of a family of 8 children

Michael Jackson, was born on August 29, 1958, the eighth of ten children in a working-class African American family in Gary, Indiana, an industrial suburb of Chicago. His mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was an ardent devotee of Jehovah's Witnesses, and his father, Walter Joseph "Joe" Jackson, was a factory worker steel is performed with a band of R & B (Rhythm and Blues) called the Falcons. 

Michael Jackson, had three sisters Rebbie, La Toya and Janet Jackson, and five brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy Jackson. A sixth brother, Michael Jackson, named Brandon, died shortly after birth.

The Difficult relationship between Michael Jackson and his father Joe

Michael Jackson, had a very difficult relationship with his father, Joe's father Michael Jackson, acknowledged in 2003 that periodically whipped Michael Jackson, as a child. Even Michael Jackson, confessed that he was physically and emotionally abused during the endless trials to which he was subjected by his father "Joe". HOWEVER Michael Jackson, recognizes that in some way due to the exhausting trials to which he was subjected by her father and a strict discipline on the part of this is that it is largely an abrupt and huge artistic success.

Abuses suffered by Michael Jackson on his Childhood

Michale Jackson first spoke openly about the abuse suffered in childhood in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, issued in February 1993. Michael Jackson, admitted that he had cried many times in the great solitude in which he was immersed. The father of Michael Jackson, also said and accepted that he had insulted her son Michael Jackson, saying repeatedly that he had a fat nose. In fact and in these traumatic events, comes the deep dissatisfaction of Michael Jackson, his appearance, in addition to his recurring nightmares, and chronic sleep problems, their tendency to remain hyperactive to avoid falling asleep. Obviously, these childhood traumas affect his adult life as it actually was, having a kind of adult child, where he tried at all costs to enjoy great childhood or adult who did not in its infancy.

The Reality Show - "Living with Michael Jackson"

In an interview with Martin Bashir, later included in the emission of 2003 in Reality TV, called "Living with Michael Jackson," in this TV star, came to light many of the most hidden traumas Michael Jackson, in the TV show Martin Bashir asked Michael Jackson, on abuse in childhood and the many beatings that his father would often tip, what he Michael Jackson, she could only cover her face and sob into a long silence, during which it recognized between words and phrases interspersed with deep pain, when they were little he and his brothers were severely punished by his father when he did not respond optimally to rehearsals, choreography and other events preparation for future events.

The Birth of Michael Jackson 5-1964

In 1964, Michael Jackson, Jackson and Marlon joined the Jackson Brothers, a band formed by brothers Jackie, Tito and Jermaine, including Michael Jackson, Jackson and Marlon joined the band as backing musicians with tambourines and other instruments accompaniment. Michael Jackson, later began performing choruses and dances, becoming more Protogonos. When I was eight, Michael Jackson, began sharing lead vocals with his older brother, Jermaine Jackson, and the group name was changed to The Jackson 5. The band toured the Midwest extensively from 1966 to 1968, often playing in a string of black clubs known as the "Chitlin cirucuito", which were often made of striptease performances and other events for adults. In 1966, they won a local talent show, with performances by James Brown and Motown's hits with "I Got You (I Feel Good)", directed by Michael Jackson,

Rolling Stone, described as a miracle Michel Jackson - 1968

The Jackson 5, he recorded several songs, including "Big Boy" for the local Steeltown label in 1967 before signing with Motown Records in 1968. Rolling Stone later described the young Michael Jackson, as "a prodigy" with "overwhelming musical gifts", writing that "quickly became the main draw of the singer." The group The Jackson 5, set a sales record when their first four singles ("I Want You Back", "ABC," "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There") reached number one in Billboard Hot 100 between 1972 and 1975.