Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine LaJaune Jackson ( born December 11, 1954 in Gary, Indiana, USA ) is an American singer. Since his conversion to Islam in 1989, he called Muhammad Abdul Aziz.
Life
Jermaine Jackson is a brother of pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. His parents are Joseph Jackson and Katherine Jackson.
He was already at the age of 15 years with four of his brothers under the name Jackson Five a record deal with Motown Records.
By far the following, Jermaine made the third most successful solo career of the Jackson siblings. Similar to the Michael Motown Group Jermaine's talent and his image as a heartthrob of the Five tried early on in parallel with the success of the group to market solo.
After the brothers 1975 record company Epic and changed the name to Jackson, Jermaine remained at Motown as a solo artist. Meanwhile, he was married to the daughter of Motown founder Berry Gordy. Only in 1980 he scored with Let's get serious a Top Ten hit in England. In Germany he had in 1984 with the duet eingesungenen with Pia Zadora When the Rain Begins to title case, a number - one hit. Four weeks was the title at the top of the German charts and was awarded a gold disc; both reached the more famous brother Michael in the 1980s in Germany with no single individual. During a tour of the Middle East in Bahrain, he converted to Islam and changed his name. He is the father of six sons and three daughters. During the funeral ceremony for his deceased brother on 25 June 2009 Michael Jackson sang the song Smile and paid tribute to him on behalf of the Jackson family respect and recognition. On September 26, 2009 he wanted to organize a tribute concert in Vienna at Schönbrunn Palace. However, it was canceled on 11 September 2009, as many stars were unable to attend due to the short time window and other obligations.