“There has to be a party. Which is why there have to be as many inductees crammed in as groupies at a Mรถtley Crรผe orgy.”
By February 21, 1970, the Jackson 5 were no strangers to the national stage. Just two months earlier, theyโd dazzled millions on The Ed Sullivan Show, announcing their arrival as Motownโs freshest sensation. But their appearance on American Bandstand was something else entirely. This wasnโt just about proving they belonged; it was about showing the…
Beginnings in the Delta Cotton Plant, Arkansas, 1915: Nestled amidst a sea of cotton fields, this town, where the Mississippi Delta begins its stretch, bore witness to the birth of Rosetta Nubin. It wasnโt just any place; the Delta was the cradle of American music, a melting pot of African rhythms, field hollers, and church…