EARLY MUSIC OF MICHAEL JACKSON ALONE Michael Jackson, later childhood and adolescence , released four studio albums solo with Motown, among them Got to Be There and Ben, published as part of the franchise music of the Jackson 5, and a remake of Bobby Day's "Rock in Robin. "The group's sales began to decline in 1973, and the band members angered by Motown's strict refusal to allow creative control of the productions. Although it won several Top 40 hits, including the first 5 hits disco "Dancing Machine", and 20 hit "I Am Love."