January : The Jackson 5 tour the West Indies.
January 10 : Concert at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
January 16 : The album “Forever Michael” & the single “We’re Almost There” are released by Motown.
January 25 : The Jackson 5 perform “Life Of The Party” on the Carol Burnett Show (taped at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City). Janet & Randy also perform on the show.
Michael performs “We’re Almost There” on American Bandstand.
February 5 : Michael, Randy & Janet pose for pictures at the Warwick hotel in New York City.
February 6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13 : The Jackson 5 are in concert at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
While in NYC, The Jackson 5 tape a performance on Wonderama, a children’s television program that originally appeared on the Metromedia-owned stations.
February 17 + 18 + 19 : Concerts at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines.
February 18 : Michael accepts an award on behalf of Diana Ross at the American Music Awards and he also presents an award with Janet to Gladys Knight & The Pips.
March 1 : The Jackson 5 are nominated for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance – Duo, Group Or Chorus with “Dancing Machine” at the 17th Grammy Awards ceremony held at Uris Theater in New York. Michael attends the ceremony and poses for pictures with Stevie Wonder.
March 8 : The Jackson 5 share the stage with Bob Marley & the Wailers at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. The show, which was initially scheduled for February 15, 1975, was held at Kingston’s National Arena on March 8, 1975 and featured the Wailers original line-up of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer along with Carlton Barrett (drums), Aston “Family Man” Barrett (bass), Al Anderson (lead guitar), Lee Jaffe (harmonica) and a brass section of Bobby Ellis (trumpet) and Richard “Dirty Harry” Hall (saxophone). Also on the bill were Marcia Griffiths, Bongo Herman, and the I-Three. The Jackson Five took the stage nearly an hour and a half prior to the Wailers and gave a tremendous performance with their fancy footwork and hit songs.
March 14 : Concert at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida.
March 15 + 16 : Concerts at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
March 16 : The Jackson 5 appear on the Cher TV show taped at CBS Television City in Los Angeles. They are introduced by Janet and they perform “I Am Love” + a skit called “The World Is a Mess” and finally Cher joins the group to perform a medley of “I Want You Back”/”I’ll Be There”/”Never Can Say Goodbye”/”The Love You Save”/”Dancing Machine”.
March 28 : The Jackson 5 sign a contract with CBS Epic Records and terminate their relationship with Motown Records. For copyright reasons, the group can no longer use the Jackson 5 name and brand. Jermaine refuses to sign the contract. Randy joins the group officially.
April 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 : Concerts at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino – Celebrity Room in Las Vegas, Nevada.
May : Joseph negociates a new recording deal for the Jackson 5 with CBS Epic Records. The Jackson 5 will receive an advance, known in the record industry as a “signing bonus”, of 750 000 dollars and an additional 500 000 dollards from a “recording fund”. They are guaranteed to be paid 350 000 dollars per album.
May 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 : Concerts at the Shady Grove Music Theatre in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
May 13 + 15 : Concerts at the Mill Run Playhouse in Niles, Illinois.
May 14 : Michael and Berry Gordy have a private meeting at Berry’s Bel Air estate. A few days later, Michael accept to sign the CBS Epic Records deal that Joseph negociated. Jermaine refuses to sign the deal and decides to leave the group and to stay at Motown.
May 15 : “Moving Violation” is the last album of the Jackson 5 released by Motown.
June : “Forever Came Today” is the last official single of the Jackson 5 released by Motown.
“Just A Little Bit Of You” is the last official single of Michael Jackson released by Motown.
June 9 + 10 : Concerts at the Mill Run Playhouse in Niles, Illinois.
June 11 : Concert at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago.
June 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 : Concerts at the Mill Run Playhouse in Niles, Illinois.
June 24 + 25 + 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 : Concerts at the Nanuet Star Theatre in Nanuet, New York.
June 28 : The Jackson 5 perform “Dancing Machine”, “Moving Violation” & “Just A Little Bit Of You” (by Michael) on American Bandstand (taped in Los Angeles).
Late June : Berry Gordy’s vice-chariman of Motown, Michael Roshkind, telephones Joseph to inform him that Motown owns the name “The Jackson 5”. It was a clause in the contract signed by Joseph and his sons in Detroit on July 26, 1968. Joe is furious.
June 30 : Joe Jackson calls a press conference at the Rainbow Grill atop the Rockfeller Center in Manhattan with the whole family, except Jermaine, to announce that the Jackson familu is leaving Motown for CBS Epic Records. Earlier in the morning, Berry Gordy had one of his lawyers send a telegram to Arthur Taylor, president of CBS Records, warning him not to use the name “The Jackson 5” during the press conference since Motown owned exclusive rights to this name and brand.
June 30+31 + July 1+2+3+4+5 : Concerts at the Nanuet Star Theater Nanuet in New York City.
July : Berry Gordy and Motown file a lawsuit againt Joseph Jackson, The Jackson 5 and CBS seeking five million dollars in damages for signing wuth CBS before the Motown contract had expired. Joseph Jackson files a countersuit, claiming Motown owe the family royalties, unpaid advances and expenses.
The Jackson 5 perform “Forever Came Today” & “Body Language” on the Carol Burnett Show without Jermaine!
July 6 : Jermaine flies from Los Angeles to New York. He meets the brothers at their hotel but decides not to perform with them. The Jackson 5 perform at the Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York. For the first time ever, Jermaine does not perform with his brothers. Marlon sings his solo parts.
July 7 : Jermaine joins Joseph and the brothers at CBS Records in Manhattan. Jermaines decides to fly back to Los Angeles. He officially leaves the Jackson 5.
The Jackson 5 perform “Moving Violation”, “Forever Came Today” and “One Day in Your Life” on the Dinah Show. Janet & Randy also perform their Vegas act (the show was taped earlier in Burbank).
July 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 +13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 : Concerts at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino – Celebrity Room in Las Vegas, Nevada.
August 2 : Concert at the Florida State Fair in Tampa, Florida.
August 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 : Concerts at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, California.
August 8 : Dee Dee gives birth to Taryll Jackson.
August 16 : Marlon secretly gets married to Carol Ann Parker. He doesn’t tell any member of the Jackson family until January 1976.
August 18 + 19 + 20 + 21+ 22 + 23 + 24 : Concerts at the Painters Mill Music Fair in Owings Mills, Maryland.
August 27 + 28 + 29 + 30 + 31 : Concerts at the Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York.
August 28 : The Best Of Michael Jackson is released by Motown.
September : Enid Jackson files for divorce from Jackie (later the couple reconcile and remain married until 1987).
September 1 : Concert at the Mount Vernon Memorial Stadium in Mount Vernon, New York.
September 12 + 13 + 14 : Concerts at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan.
September 19 : Concert at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
September 21 : Concert at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia.
September 26 : Concert at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.
September 27 : Concert at the Rochester Community War Memorial in Rochester, New York.
October 5 : The J5 perform “Forever Came Today”, “All I Do Is Think Of You”, “One Day In Your Life”, “Just A Little Bit Of You” & “We’ve Got Forever” on the Soul Train Show (taped in Los Angeles).
October 10 : Concert at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.
October 11 : Concert at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.
October 12 : Concert at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
October 17 : Concert at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Huntsville, Alabama.
October 18 : Concert at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.
October 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30 + 31 + November 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 : Last series of concerts at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino – Celebrity Room in Las Vegas, Nevada.
November 5 : Issued as a B-side to “Forever Came Today”, on the pop charts, airplay of “All I Do Is Think Of You” was so massive on the urban side that the song was charted also eventually peaking at number fifty on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart. The 45 single is issued by Motown. It is the final charted single issued as The Jackson 5 before the group leaves Motown for CBS.
November 24 + 25 + 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30 : Concerts at the Front Row Theater in Highland Heights, Ohio.
December 11 : The Jackson 5 perform “All I Do Is Think Of You” on the The Mike Douglas Show in Philadelphia.
December 21 : The Jackson 5 perform a full concert with an orchestra at the Televisa San Ángel in Mexico City (Mexico). Katherine, Janet & LaToya attend the concert. Jermaine is not on stage, Marlon takes over his parts. The concert is filmed and later air on Mexican TV channel TIM.
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