User:Janiol C./sandbox

David Samuel Thomas "Dave" Jackson (June 5, 1949 - March 6, 2018) was an American pop singer, songwriter, and philanthropist.

Jackson is known as one of the greatest pop artists of all time due to albums such as "Smooth Rockin" (1969) "Starlight Sun" (1980) "Bratz" (1985) and "ANNiversary" (1993). He has 10 siblings, Maureen Reilette "Rebbie" (1950)-, Sigmund Esco "Jackie" (1951)-, Toriano Adaryll "Tito" (1953-), Jermaine (1954-), LaToya Yvonne (1956-), Marlon David (no reference intended) (1957-), Brandon (1957-1957), Michael (1958-2009), Randy (1961-) and Janet (1966-). His parents are Joseph Walter Jackson (1928-2018) and Katherine Esther Jackson (1930-).

The Jackson 5/Jacksons (1964-1969)

Jackson was one of the founding members of the Jackson 5 in 1964 along with his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon. David was 15 at the time of founding. In 1967, The Jacksons, with a now 18 year old David Jackson, signed with Steeltown Records and released 2 singles, including "Big Boy." In 1969, one day after his 20th birthday, David Jackson left the Jacksons after signing with Motown in 1968.

Smooth Rockin' (1969-1980)

On September 12, 1969, after leaving the Jacksons, now called The Jackson 5 after the 6th member (David) left, David Jackson went solo and released his new album, Smooth Rockin', beginning a solo career that would last more than 30 years. The album had songs such as T.I.U (Take It Up) released in 1971. It also had the titular song, Smooth Rockin', released in November 1969 after The Jackson 5's performance on the Ed Sullivan show. David Jackson had also collaborated with the King of Rock n' Roll, Elvis Presley in 1975 to make "This Past Evening". The final song for Smooth Rockin', (album) was "Face It" released in 1977 when David turned 28. This was the longest lasting album, lasting 8 years.

Starlight Sun (1980-1985)

After a 3 year hiatus (presumably recording songs for Starlight Sun) David Jackson released his 2nd studio album as a solo artist, "Starlight Sun." which had songs such as "Better" (1981) and "Wanna Be Startin Somethin" (1983) which was a collaboration with brother Michael Jackson. This was David Jackson's most successful album, with over 41 million copies sold. This was the 2nd most controversial album right behind "ANNiversary" (1993) due to songs such as "Better" (1981) which talked about superiority in races, comparing black people to white people. ANNiVersary was controversial due to songs like "Slave to the Rhythm" (1994) and "Child on the Floor" (1995) but we'll talk about that later. Starlight Sun's final song was "Small Moments" (1984).

Bratz (1985-1989)

On July the 5th 1985, after 9 months of recording songs for his new album Bratz, David Jackson finally released his new album Bratz. Bratz was an album purely meant to compete with Michael Jackson after Michael Jackson released his new album Bad in 1987. In fact, Bratz was meant to be a diss track to Michael Jackson and Bad was a diss track to David. After the release of the song "5 Star" in 1987, Jackson made a statement in January 1988 that the album would come to a conclusion in early 1989.

Wild Ways (1989-1993)

In Summer 1989, David Jackson once again released an Album along with a song. This time it was called Wild Ways. In this album, David Jackson straight up insulted Michael Jackson with the release of the song "My Brother Is A Monster" in 1991. Michael then released the song "Jam" a few months later and David Jackson barged into the video and began to sing like a thug. The final song in this album was a sequel to "Starlight Sun." (1980) It was named Starlight 2 Sun and released in 1993.

ANNiVersary and ANNiVersary 2: HiStory in the Mix (1993-1998)

ANNiVersary (1993-95) was a very controversial album after all the heat between Michael and David Jackson. Songs like "Slave to the Rhythm" released 1994-08-03, was controversial because it had lyrics such as "She works and dances to the Rhythm, she dances like a slave" and after that controversial album Jackson released, David then released a remix album called ANNiVersary 2: HiStory in the Mix in 1995 which lasted until 1998.

Indestructible (1999-2006)

Indestructible was not a very successful album, as it was the final album in David Jackson's solo career which lasted from 1969-2006, which was 37 years. The songs in this album were referring to David Jackson now being over 40 years old, as he turned 40 on 5 June 1999. David was declining at the start of the 21st century. Songs like Invincible (2000) sold only 6000 copies. After June 2006, Indestructible went discontinued without notice.

Last years (2007-2018)

In 2007, aged 58, David Jackson announced his retirement from music. After the funeral of Michael Jackson in June 2009, Jackson gave a public speech in front of 50,000 people about how even though some of the greatest people in music have died, we can still cherish them. Throughout the 2010s, David Jackson made some public appearances, then one day in 2018 at 12:47 pm, David Jackson suffered an untimely heart attack and unfortunately passed away at 1:00 pm on 6 March 2018 aged 68.

Legacy (2019-)

Although David Jackson is no longer with us, people still celebrate his music and all his charitable work. Still, 6 years after his death, people are impersonating him at music festivals, and making useful documentaries. On 10 March 2018 after his autopsy was completed, it was stated he had 10 plastic surgeries and hidden vitiligo, and also mild breathing problems.

R.I.P King of Pop

1949-2018 🕊