Michael jacksons 63rd Birthday Tribute, Happy Birthday MJ
Happy birthday Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was born inGary, Indiana, near Chicago, on August 29, 1958. He was the eighth of ten children in theJackson family, a workingclassAfricanAmericanfamily living in a twobedroom house on Jackson Street. His mother, Katherine Esther Jackson(néeScruse), played clarinet and piano, had aspired to be acountryandwesternperformer, and worked parttime atSears. She was aJehovah s Witness. His father, Joseph Walter Joe Jackson, a former boxer, was a crane operator atU. S. Steeland played guitar with a localrhythm and bluesband, the Falcons, to supplement the family s income. Joe s greatgrandfather, July Jack Gale, was a US Armyscout; family lore held that he was also a Native Americanmedicine man. Michael grew up with three sisters (Rebbie, La Toya, andJanet) and five brothers (Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, andRandy). A sixth brother, Marlon s twin Brandon, died shortly after birth. (Read full article here
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