Jackie Jackson

Two years later The Jacksons followed up Destiny with another successful album Triumph, featuring Jackson's first solo song in the group Wondering Who as well as co-writing the single Can You Feel It.

In 1984 the brothers released Victory, which saw the return of Jermaine and a more limited contribution from now-superstar Michael. Again, Jackie Jackson took the lead with the song Wait as well as writing the single, "Torture". This album was not as big a hit as its predecessors, but the subsequent tour by the same name proved to be the group's best attended tour. Jackie missed most of the tour because of a leg injury suffered just before the opening. This was officially described at the time as a knee injury incurred during strenuous rehearsals. However, the author Margaret Maldonado, who is also the mother of two of Jermaines' children, claims that Jackie was in fact injured in an automobile accident. Supposedly, Enid Jackson ran over her husband in the parking lot of a movie theatre, after she caught him with another woman (namely, Paula Abdul, who was the Victory Tour's choreographer.) Happily he made a speedy recovery and was able to participate in the last portion of the tour. Read Less

Michael and Marlon were very distant from the album leaving Jackie, Jermaine, Tito and Randy to record and promote 2300 Jackson Street as a four-piece. In the same year Jackson released his second solo album Be the One. Although a bigger success than his previous Motown release, Be the One it still failed to reach a large audience. Read Less