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The 25 Best Motown Tracks

It was 53 years ago today that Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from some relatives and founded Tamla Records, a small Detroit label that would eventually lead to Motown Records.  read more

Jackson 5 to reunite in 2009, sans Michael

Close your eyes and try to imagine the following: peanut butter without jelly. Beer without alcohol. She without Him. Doesn't work right? Well, that looks to be where the Jackson 5 reunion is headed, with the buzz-kill news that Michael Jackson will not be participating in the new 2009 album or tour. ...  read more

Jackson 5 to reunite for New Year's Eve show

The possibility of a Jackson 5 reunion show has been played out like the amorous storyline in an ABC drama. First the Jacksons spark up interest with little rumors started by their old promoter Leonard Rowe. Then, they start to flirt a little more with Jermaine Jackson slightly confirming the group's feelings towards reuniting. But, the question never really gets answered, and we are still left anxiously waiting to find out if they'll reunite. Luckily, we can go ahead and cue the elevator make-out scene of this news story because it looks like this family get together is actually going...  read more

Jermaine makes Jackson 5 reunion slightly more official

The saga of the Jackson clan is so lengthy, convoluted and tragic that it could probably fill the pages of a Dickensian epic. Let's call it Blighted Expectations: A Tale of Five Jacksons. Well, as we've previously reported, there could soon be a new entry to the Jackson family history: a 21st Century reunion tour. But whereas the source on that last report (a promoter) was a bit dubious, now one of the Jacksons is on the record stating that the reunion will happen, with the King of Pop included and everything. Jermaine Jackson spoke with BBC 6 Music, and...  read more

Possible Jackson 5 reunion tour...maybe

This month you might have done a double take as you waited in line to pay for your goods at the grocery store. There, right next to the Altoids and Snickers bars, is a picture of a very porcelain Michael Jackson on the whitest cover ever of Ebony Magazine. The King of Pop has reason to celebrate, as this year marks the 25th anniversary of Thriller, the album that launched him into the realm of international stardom and won him eight Grammy Awards to boot. So what better time than now for The Man in the Mirror to triumphantly return...  read more