Tito Jackson

Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (born October 15, 1953) is an American singer and lead guitarist and original member of The Jackson 5, who later changed their name to The Jacksons, who rose to fame in the late 1960s with the Motown label, later finding success under the Epic label in the 1970s and 1980s. Jackson was the third eldest of the nine Jackson siblings and was raised in Gary, Indiana. His father, Joe worked with a band called the Falcons at the time of Jackson's birth but eventually quit after the success of his family grew. Jackson's early career aspirations began when his father was often away at work at U.S. Steel, playing with his father's guitar, which he had forbidden his kids to do. Then one night, Jackson broke one of his father's guitar strings while his father worked night hours. When his father found out about it, he whipped him with a belt. After he got his guitar fixed, he ordered Jackson to play for him, warning that if he broke it again, he'd get more discipline. Upon playing the guitar, an impressed Joe Jackson later bought the eight-year-old Jackson his own guitar. Within a year, he discovered that Tito and his brothers Jackie and Jermaine could also hold