The lone Jackson family member to stay with Motown while the other brothers split for CBS/Epic (he was then married to Berry Gordy's daughter Hazel), Jermaine enjoyed an artistically diffident career during the '70s at Motown, surfacing with an occasional hit like a remake of Daddy's home (1972) and Let's be young tonight (1975). Jermaine got a badly needed shot in the arm from Stevie Wonder, who wrote and produced Let's get serious, a Top Ten pop and soul dance hit that came around the time of brother Michael's pop ascendancy. After scoring a Top 20 pop hit in 1982 with the infectious Let me tickle your fancy, Jermaine left Motown in 1983 for Arista Records, where he scored a pair of hits in 1984 with Do what you do and the scintillating dance number Dynamite. Subsequently, he re-joined the Jacksons in time for their ill-fated Victory tour in 1984. Jackson has recorded sporadically since, though he generated controversy in 1991 when Word to the Badd, a thinly veiled attack on his brother Michael, was leaked out to urban music stations. (John Low)

1 Precious moments (Jackson, Keane) 2 Our love story (Batteau, Jackson, Keane) 3 If you say my eyes are beautiful (Willensky) 4 I think it's love (Jackson, Omartian, Wonder) 5 Give a little love (Cromwell, Malloy) 6 Voices in the dark (Jackson, Omartian, Sudano) 7 Do you remember me (Jackson, Omartian, Sudano) 8 Lonely won't leave me alone (Foster, Jackson, Keane, Wakefield) 9 I hear heartbeat (Leeson, Vale) 10 Words into action (Leeson, Vale) (3): Duet Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson. Musicians: Steve Lukather - guitar (3) Whitney Houston - vocals (3) Paulinho Da Costa - percussion Chuck Findley - horn Gary Grant - horn Portia Griffin - vocals Gary Herbig - horn, saxophone Jerry Hey - arranger, Horn Kim Hutchcroft - horn Jermaine Jackson - arranger, vocals, producer Paul Jackson, Jr. - guitar John Keane - drums Tom Keane - synthesizer, arranger, keyboards, vocals, producer Michael Landau - guitar Michael Omartian - synthesizer, arranger, drums, keyboards, programming, producer John "J.R." Robinson - drums Marc Russo - saxophone Marcus Ryle - programming Slam One - synthesizer, drums, keyboards Julia Tillman Waters - vocals Bo Tomlyn - synthesizer, keyboards Ernie Watts - saxophone Maxine Willard Waters - vocals Vesta Williams - vocals Monalisa Young - vocals Exhale A very special Christmas Victory

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