April 9 +10 +11 +12+13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20+21+22+23 : Joe Jackson arranges for the whole family , including sisters Rebbie, LaToya & Janet to perform twice a day a family show at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas ( Nevada ). Katherine attends every shows.
April 26+27+28 : The Jackson family moves their cabaret set to the Sahara Tahoe in Stateline.
August : The Jackson family is on the cover of Jet Magazine including Rebbie, LaToya & Janet.
August 21+22+23+24+25+26+27+28+30+31 +September 1+2+3 : The Jackson family return to the MGM Grand Hotel of Las Vegas for another series of shows.
August 27 : The Jackson 5 perform “It’s Too Late To Change the World” and “Dancing Machine” on the Merv Griffin Show. Janet makes her TV debut and performs with Randy a Sonny & Cher skit (taped earlier in Los Angeles).
August 30 : Cheryl Terrel, Joe’s lover, gives birth to a baby girl named Joh’ Vonnie.
September 12 : The Jackson 5 land in Brazil at Viracopos Airport in Sao Paulo, the first stop of the tour in the country. They check into the Othon Palace Hotel with the 21 people accompanying them, including Joe, Katherine LaToya and Janet, along with Miss Rose Fine, the children’s tutor. Randy, the youngest boy in the family, also joins the group. A press conference is organized at the hotel. The Brazilian press, represented by Folha de S. Paulo, is somewhat suspicious of the group, and the questions are unsettling and somewhat aggressive.
September 13 : Concert at the Palácio das Convenções d’Anhembi in São Paulo, Brazil.
September 14 : Concert at the Pavilhão de Exposições do Anhembi in São Paulo, Brazil.
In addition to these two dates in Sao Paulo, the group tapes a TV show for Brazilian television, Tupi, in the Sumaré neighborhood. The recording lasts until dawn due to technical issues. The program is the only recording that exists of the Jackson 5’s visit to Brazil. Unfortunately, it was largely destroyed by the fire that struck the TV channel’s building. Only 1 minute and 40 seconds of the recording survived the fire and are now preserved at the Brazilian Cinematheque, along with the rest of the channel’s files. Rare footage of Michael performing “Never Can Say Goodbye” and “Ben” was broadcast in 2009.
September 17 : Concert at the Gigantinho in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
September 18 : Concert at the Belo Horizonte, Estádio Independência in in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
September 19 + 20 : Concert at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
During their visit to Rio de Janeiro for two dates, the group stops by the Globo radio studios. They are guests on the daily show hosted by Paulo Giovani, a renowned radio presenter.
The Jackson 5 give a press conference at the à Hotel Nacional in Rio.
September 21 : The Jackson 5 have to cancel their concert at the last minute at the Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil because their music material is still in Rio : ” The spectators were furious. We jumped outside, and when the bus driver saw us, he stopped immediately. We barely had time to jump into the bus, and inside, the enraged crowd was breaking everything. People surrounded the bus, pushing it and throwing anything they could get their hands on. “Quick, lie down and cover your heads with your hands,” I shouted to the boys. Shattered glass flew, and within minutes, all the windows were broken. The driver miraculously managed to navigate through the furious crowd without harming anyone, and afterwards, we were free on the road”. The concert is reschudeled for the daf after.
September 22 : Concert at the Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil.
The Jackson 5 perform “Life Of The Party” on the Sonny Comedy Revue.
September 23 : The Jackson family flies back to Los Angeles.
October 4+5+6 : New series of family shows at the Sahara Tahoe in Stateline.
November 20+21+22+23+24+25+26+27+28+29+30+31 + December 1+2+3 : Last series of family shows at the MGM Grand Hotel of Las Vegas.
November 24 : Jackie gets married to Enid Spann in Las Vegas. Soon after he leaves Hayvenhurst to move in hIs own place with Enid.
December : The whole Jackson family is on the cover of Ebony magazine.
Janet attends the 46th annual Santa Claus Lane Parade in Hollywood, California.
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