Jackson 5 Has ‘Em Dancing in Aisles
by George C. Jordan III, The Morning Union, July 30, 1973
Several people Sunday afternoon were dancing in the aisles at Saratoga Performing Arts Center as Motown Records’ five little boys with their dynamic performance entertained.
The Jackson 5, first discovered by Diana Ross — formerly of the Supremes, performed a mixture of their old and current songs which have made them famous in faraway places, including Australia where they just returned from.
Their appearance here in the Western New England
region is part of their 42-city tour of the United States.
Some 3500 people turned out at the center under sunny skies.
Along with the famous group was a backup group from Berry Gordy’s Motown Records Commodores 一 a college group from Alabama which combined the best of Sly and the Family Stone and the Temptations, both in sound and body maneuvers.
The Commodores are black male vocalists from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama who had their debut with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue.
The Jackson 5 should be called the Jackson 5½ with their newest addition, Randy Jackson. Randy stole the spotlight during his brothers’ performance number “Superstitious.” During the hour-long set, eight-year-old Randy played the bongo drums and tambourine.
Michael Jackson, the group’s lead singer who had many of the teenage girls in the audience screaming, is considered by most observers as the major force behind the quintuplet.
Michael did a number of his songs, including “Got to Be There,” “Sky – Writer,” “Ben,” “Never Can Say Good Bye,” and “With a Child’s Heart,” his latest single release.
During his song of “The ABC” several in the audience stood up by their seats and danced while others danced in the aisles.
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