5 performed in talent shows and clubs on the Chitlin' Circuit, then signed with Steeltown Records in 1967 and released two singles. The group was managed by Joe Jackson. In 1968, the group left Steeltown Records and signed with Motown and Berry Gordy, where they were the first group to debut with four consecutive number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with the songs "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There". During the couple's early years in Gary, Jackson sang together with Joe playing the guitar. Joe and his brother Luther also formed an R&B band in the mid-1950s called the Falcons, for extra income. Joe had a boxing career, but later went on to work as a crane operator at East Chicago's Inland Steel Company to support the family. Jackson a devout Jehovah's Witness began working part-time at Sears in Gary. She played the instruments clarinet and piano on the side. Jackson caught baby Michael dancing to the old, rickety washing machine, a Maytag early on. Jackson knew Michael had rhythm and loved music. Their son, Tito, would sneak to play Joe’s guitar while Joe was not home and one day broke a guitar string. After the guitar was fixed, Tito played for Joe. That sparked the forming of the family group Jackson named “The Jackson Brothers 5”, that later became the Jackson 5. While Joe led the rehearsals in the living room, Jackson designed and hand sewed the stage outfits for the boys, and visited The Salvation Army for shoes. Jackson also spent time singing harmonies with the boys around the kitchen table. Jackson served as the family's backbone. Personal life Jackson filed for divorce in March 1973, but chose to rescind the divorce papers. In August 1974, Joe and Cheryl Terrell's daughter, Joh'Vonnie Jackson, was born. Jackson would again file for divorce in 1982, but again would rescind the papers. Jackson and Joe would remain legally married until Joe's death in 2018. Despite rumours that the couple were estranged, Jackson denied them. In 1990, Jackson released her autobiography, My Family, The Jacksons, which documented her early years and her relationship with her husband and their children, eight of whom wrote salutes to their mother in the book's foreword. In 1980, Jackson and her two youngest children, Randy and Janet, confronted a woman who worked for Joe's company, whom Jackson had