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May - August 1969 Other tracks from Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 recording
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# 1 R&B, # 5 Pop |
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
USA 18/12/1969
Arrangers : The Corporation, Dave Blumberg, Paul Riser, David Van Depitte
Produced by Bobby Taylor & The Corporation
Executive Producer : Berry Gordy
Recorded at the the Motown's Hitsville Studio, Detroit, Michigan and the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California.
Side 1
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1. Zip A Dee Doo Dah 3:15 (Ray Gilbert / Allie Wrubel) |
30 sec |
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2. Nobody 2:42 (The Corporation) |
30 sec |
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3. I Want You Back 2:58 (The Corporation) |
30 sec |
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4. Can You Remember 2:57 (Thomas Bell / William Hart) |
30 sec |
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5. Standing in the Shadows of Love 4:05 (Brian Holland / Lamont Dozier / Edward Holland
Jr,) |
30 sec |
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6. You've Changed 3:05 (Jesse Reese) |
30 sec |
Side 2
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1. My Cherie Amour 3:39 (Stevie Wonder / Sylvia Moy / Henry Cosby) |
30 sec |
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2. Who's Lovin' You 3:57 (William "Smokey" Robinson) |
30 sec |
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3. Chained 2:50 (Frank Wilson) |
30 sec |
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4. (I Know) I'm Losing You 2:13 (Cornelius Grant / Norman Whitfield / Barrett
Strong) |
30 sec |
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5. Stand! 2:34 (Sylvester Stewart) |
30 sec |
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6. Born To Love You 2:26 (Ivy Jo Hunter / William "Mickey"
Stevenson) |
30 sec |
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The majority of the album was produced by Bobby Taylor, true discoverer of the group in 1968 in Chicago. During spring and summer 1969, the latter chose to make them sing soul music standards, in order to coach them, but also to prove to the Motown big boss, Berry Gordy, their capacities. So, besides the anthem I Want You Back, produced by The Corporation (Gordy, Perren, Mizell, Richards), the album contains several covers from the Detroit's compagny : The Four Top's Standing in the Shadows of Love, Stevie Wonder's My Cherie Amour, The Temptations' (I Know) I'm Losing You, a wonderful treatment of Smokey Robinson's Who's Lovin' You , but also a Walt Disney Them, in album's opening,Zip A Dee Doo Dah, and Sly & the Family Stone's Stand!. The album also includes one of their debut Steeltown songs, You've Changed. All instrumentation was made before the 5 brothers stepped in the studio, to the great displeasure of Tito and Jermaine, who didn't play guitar and bass. When, in 1976, Michael was asked why this LP was called "Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5", he responds : "That's it, Diana didn't discovered us, but it was made to believe it. As she presented us to the public, it's not really a lie". In order to promote the album, the Jackson 5 made their second important tv appearance, in the famous Ed Sullivan Show, with the well advised eye of Diana Ross, from that time, a name forever associated with the Jackson 5. |
On
december 18, 1969, Motown releases the first album of the Jackson
5, which tops #5 in the pop charts, in february 1970, and #1 in the
R&B chart. It sells more 600000 copies in the United States, an
exceptionnal number for a first LP.
Le
18 décembre 1969, Motown publie le premier album des Jackson 5, LP
qui monte à la cinquième place des classements Pop, en février
1970, et N° 1 dans le classement R&B. Il se vend à plus de
600 000 exemplaires aux Etats-Unis, chiffre exceptionnel pour un premier
33 Tours.
L'album a été produit en majorité par le chanteur Bobby Taylor, véritable découvreur du groupe en 1968 à Chicago. Durant le printemps et l'été 1969, ce dernier a choisi de leur faire chanter des standards de la musique soul des années 60 afin d'une part de les entrainer, mais aussi de prouver au big boss de Motown, Berry Gordy, leurs capacités.
Outre l'hymne I Want You Back, produit par The Corporation (Gordy, Richards, Perren, Mizell), l'album comprend donc des reprises de la firme de Detroit, Standing in the Shadows of Love des Four Tops, My Cherie Amour, de Stevie Wonder, (I Know) I'm Losing You des Temptations, un magnifique traitement de Who's Lovin' You des Miracles, mais aussi Zip A Dee Doo Dah, thème de Walt Disney, et Stand!, un succès pour Sly and The Family Stone quelques mois plus tôt, et même une reprise d'une de leur propres chansons, issues des sessions Steeltown, You've Changed.
Toutes les instrumentations ont été réalisées avant que les cinq frères ne mettent les pieds en studio, au grand désarroi de Tito et Jermaine qui n'ont pu assurer basse et guitare. Quand, en 1976, on demande à Michael pourquoi ce disque est intitulé "Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5", il répond : "C'est comme ça, Diana ne nous a pas découvert mais on a voulu le faire croire. Comme elle nous a présenté au public, ce n'est pas vraiment un mensonge". Pour la promotion, le 14 décembre, les Jackson 5 ont effectué leur deuxième passage important à la télévision, au Célèbre Ed Sullivan Show, sur CBS, sous l'oeil avisé de Diana Ross, un nom désormais associé aux Jackson 5 pour toujours.
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