1. Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson was an American singer and guitarist.
30 Facts About Tito Jackson
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Tito Jackson was a founding member of the Jackson 5, a group who rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s with the Motown label and had continued success on the Epic label in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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Tito and Jackie Jackson were the most consistently present members of the Jacksons, with Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, and Randy leaving at different times.
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In 2001, Tito Jackson reunited with his brothers on Michael Tito Jackson's 30th anniversary concert special at Madison Square Garden.
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Tito Jackson began a solo career in 2003 performing as a blues musician.
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Tito Jackson was nominated for a Grammy Award three times, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Jackson 5.
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Tariano Adaryll Tito Jackson was born at St Mary's Mercy Hospital in Gary, Indiana, on October 15,1953.
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Tito Jackson was the third of ten children of the Jackson family: Rebbie, Jackie, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Brandon, Michael, Randy, and Janet who lived in a two-bedroom house in Gary.
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Tito Jackson's mother, Katherine, is a Jehovah's Witness.
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At ten years of age, Tito Jackson was caught playing his father's guitar after he broke a string.
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Tito Jackson was impressed with the vocals of Jackie and Jermaine.
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Tito Jackson began writing songs with his brothers during this time.
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Tito and Jackie Jackson were the most consistently present members of the Jacksons, with Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, and Randy leaving at different times.
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Tito Jackson was inducted with his brothers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
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In 2001, Tito Jackson reunited with his brothers on Michael Tito Jackson's 30th anniversary concert special at Madison Square Garden.
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Tito Jackson began a solo career in 2003 performing as a blues musician in various clubs with his band, which included producer and guitarist Angelo Earl, and a management team that included Ed Tate.
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In 2007, in the United Kingdom, Tito Jackson appeared as a judge on the BBC celebrity singing competition Just the Two of Us for series two of the show.
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Tito Jackson replaced singer Lulu, who was a judge on series one.
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Tito Jackson's co-judges were vocal coach CeCe Sammy, musician Stewart Copeland, and radio DJ Trevor Nelson.
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In 2016, he had his first commercially successful solo single on the Billboard charts with the single, "Get It Baby", featuring Big Daddy Kane from his album Tito Time becoming the ninth and final Jackson family sibling to place a solo single on the charts.
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Tito Jackson launched the album for the UK market in September 2017.
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On July 9,2021, Tito Jackson released the first single "Love One Another" from his second solo album "Under Your Spell", released August 6.
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On September 16,2022, Tito Jackson took the stage at Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi, Mississippi together with Kenny Neal.
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In June 1972, Tito Jackson married Delores "Dee Dee" Martes at the age of 18, and the couple divorced in 1988.
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Tito Jackson defended his brother from child molestation allegations levied against him.
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Additionally, following Tito Jackson's death, it was revealed that he had been married to a Japanese woman named Mizuki Matsui since 2020 and that they had a daughter named Tariana Katherine, born in March 2020.
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On September 15,2024, Tito Jackson suffered a heart attack in Gallup, New Mexico.
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Tito Jackson was on a road trip with his business partner Terry Harvey to transport Tito Jackson's antique cars from California to his new residence in Claremore, Oklahoma when he began sweating and complaining of chest pains.
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On November 4,2024, Tito Jackson was buried in a private family garden in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills following a memorial service attended by family members and friends at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, where his brother Michael and father Joe are buried.
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In 2021, Tito Jackson released "Make Your Mind Up", a collaboration with EEDB and Toni Tuklan, featuring Kaos Mc And Duendy Primeiro.