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Jackson, as many of her siblings have, attributed James Brown as a "major influence."<ref>[http://www.askmen.com/celebs/interview_150/174b_latoya_jackson_interview.html Interview: La Toya Jackson]</ref> |
Jackson, as many of her siblings have, attributed James Brown as a "major influence."<ref>[http://www.askmen.com/celebs/interview_150/174b_latoya_jackson_interview.html Interview: La Toya Jackson]</ref> |
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La Toya Jackson (born May 29, 1956) is an American singer and activist.
Biography
1956-80: Early life and first album
She was born on her sister Rebbie's sixth birthday in Gary, Indiana. Jackson joined her siblings on stage in 1972 with a tap dancing routine while their father Joe Jackson arranged for them to perform in Las Vegas, among other cities.[1] Jackson attended college but dropped out after her father insisted that she find a career in show business like her siblings. La Toya has been said to have had a close relationship with her brother Michael Jackson.
She and her sisters Rebbie and Janet began a short-lived music group under their father's direction. The three never preformed live and separated after creative differences. La Toya began working on her first solo album the next year. La Toya released her first solo album in 1980 and tried to have her last name not used on the cover, in an attempt to distinguish herself from her siblings. However, her father argued against her doing it. Jackson reflected that she "wanted to see what I could do as an individual."[2]
1981-83: Early solo career
In 1982, Jackson released a follow up album to her self-titled one, called My Special Love. The album generated two singles, "Stay the Night" and "I Don't Want You to Go".
2009: Brother's death
Jackson was among the earliest of her brother's siblings to show up at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after he was pronounced dead following suffering cardiac arrest. Jackson was named the informant on her brother's death certificate and requested a second autopsy of her deceased sibling. Jackson made the request after pointing out suspicious medical paraphernalia in Michael's rented house, evasive behavior by his doctors, and discovering that $2 million in cash and jewels had gone missing. On July 13, 2009, Jackson went public with her conclusion that her brother was killed when an interview containing her opinion was published in News of the World and the Daily Mail.[3] The Los Angeles County Corner ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide weeks later.[4]
Influences
Jackson, as many of her siblings have, attributed James Brown as a "major influence."[5]
Discography
- Main article: La Toya Jackson discography
Studio albums
- La Toya Jackson (1980)
- My Special Love (1981)
- Heart Don't Lie (1984)
- Imagination (1986)
- La Toya (1988)
- Bad Girl (1991)
- No Relations (1991)
- From Nashville to You (1994)
- Stop in the Name of Love (1995)
- Compilations Albums
- Heart Don't Lie/Imagination (2013)
Extended plays
- Starting Over (2011)
Stage recordings
- Formidable (1992)
References
- ↑ [Jackson, La Toya; Patricia Romanowski (1991). La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family. Dutton Publishing. p. 65.]
- ↑ Waiting for the day when she's not just 'his sister'
- ↑ La Toya Jackson: Michael was murdered... I felt it from the start
- ↑ Coroner rules Jackson’s death a homicide
- ↑ Interview: La Toya Jackson