Jermaine Jackson

American musician and member of the Jackson 5 (born 1954)

Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (December 11, 1954) is an American singer, recording artist, dancer and bass guitarist. He is a former member of The Jackson 5 group, brother of Janet Jackson & brother of late American pop star Michael Jackson. In 1980 he was nominated for a Grammy Award. He was a housemate in Celebrity Big Brother UK 2007. In September 2009, he planned a memorial fan based concert for Michael in historic part of Vienna, Austria but not many big stars registered so the event was canceled. He hopes more top stars will show up for July 2, 2010 worldwide tribute in Europe.

Jermaine Jackson
Background information
Birth nameJermaine La Jaune Jackson
Born (1954-12-11) December 11, 1954 (age 69)
Gary, Indiana, United States
GenresR&B, soul, dance
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, dancer, producer
InstrumentsVocals, Electric Bass, Guitar, Keyboards
Years active1964–present
LabelsMotown, Epic, Arista, LaFace

Personal life

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Jermaine was born in 11 December 1954 at St Mary's Marcy Hospital in Gary, Indiana, He is fourth child of Joe Jackson and Katherine Jackson.

On December 15, 1973, Jackson married Hazel Joy Gordy.

Jermaine always sternly defended his brother Michael without exception; in life and in death he officially represented Michael on behalf of Jackson family & friends.

Jackson has eight children. They are Jermaine Jr., Autumn, Dawn, Jeremy, Jaimy, Joudynn, Jaffar and Jermajesty.

On February 22, 2013 his second name was changed to Jacksun for "artistic reasons".[1]

Jermaine Jackson was a Jehovah's Witness.

References

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  1. Crossan, Jamie (23 February 2013). "Jermaine Jackson changes his name to Jermaine Jacksun". NME.

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