Michael Jackson

:For other people with the same name, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation)

Early childhood

Jackson was born the seventh of nine children in Gary, Indiana, to Joseph and Katherine Jackson. The entire family – including older siblings, Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, LaToya and Marlon, and younger siblings Randy and Janet – lived together in a tiny two-bedroom house, and Jackson's father earned a meager living working in a steel mill. At the behest of their mother, but against Joseph's wishes, the Jackson children were raised as Jehovah's Witnesses and practiced door-to-door evangelism.

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Gary - Indiana - Joseph - Katherine Jackson - Rebbie - Jackie - Tito - Jermaine - LaToya - Marlon - Randy - Janet - Jehovah's Witnesses

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In accordance with Joseph Jackson's strict rules, the children were kept locked in their house while he worked the night shift. However, the children would regularly sneak out of the house to their neighbors? homes, where they practiced singing and playing music. The older Jackson brothers would sometimes play Joseph?s prized guitar without his permission while he was at work. Eventually, Joseph found out about their musical abilities and decided to capitalize upon it, in order to leave Gary for California.

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Guitar - California

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