“I Want You Back” #1 1/31/1970

The debut Motown single for the Jackson 5, also on the soundtrack of the first “Guardians Of The Galaxy” flick. Two other releases on a small label had flopped. Even though Gladys Knight and Bobby Taylor (front man of the Vancouvers) brought the family act to Hitsville U.S.A., Berry Gordy promoted them as being discovered by Diana Ross. Gordy wanted the bigger name involved to curry favor with the media, plus he felt it would help jumpstart Diana’s solo career. He and Ross were dating, too. 11-year-old Michael Jackson was the group’s front man.