Author: Fred Colby

TV performances, Interviews and concerts from LaToya Jackson during the 80’s.

November 8, 1980 : LaToya performs “If You Feel the Funk” and “Are You Ready” on the Soul Train Show.

November 10, 1980 : LaToya performs “Night Time Lover” and “If You Feel The Funk” on Dutch TV Show TopPop.

LaToya performs Night Time Lover on Solid Gold.

December 13, 1980 : LaToya performs “Night Time Lover” and “If You Feel The Funk” on American Bandstand.

February 12, 1981 : LaToya performs “Night Time Lover” and “If You Feel The Funk” on another duch TV show.

October 10, 1981 : LaToya performs “Stay The Night” on the Soul Train Show.

Michael and Latoya private home tape at Hayvenhurst in 1983.

April 24, 1984 : LaToya is a guest on Good Morning America with Barbara Walters.

June 30, 1984 : LaToya and Howard Hewett sing “Heart Don’t Lie.” LaToya  sings “Bet’cha Gonna Need My Lovin’ on American Bandstand.

August 25 : LaToya performs “Heart Don’t Lie” on Solid Gold.

September 8, 1984 : LaToya performs “Hot Potato” on Solid Gold.

February 13, 1985 : Latoya guest stars as herself in an episode of “The Fall Guy” where she performs her single “Hot Potato”.

October 27, 1985 : Janet supports LaToya by performing background vocals on her song “Baby Sister” during a live performance at the 16th annual World Popular Song Festival in Japan. “Baby Sister is the 1st single from LaToya’s ‘s 4th studio album “Imagination” released in 1986.

March 27, 1988 : The single “You’re Gonna Get Rocked!” is  released throughout the U.S., Europe, and Canada. It will peak at #103, barely missing the Billboard Hot 100. Latoya shoots a music video for this song and performs the song on several TV shows around the world.

March 29, 1988 : LaToya gives her very first full concert at Donald Trump’s Castle Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City before a sold-out audience. Katherine, Rebbie, Janet & Rene attend the performance and visit her backstage with Donald Trump.

October 1988 : LaToya’s 5th studio album titled “LaToya” is released by RCA.”You’re Gonna Get Rocked!” is released as a single. The video is directed by Greg Gold. A huge promotion campaign followed in the fall of 1988, with LaToya performing the song live on many different TV shows worldwide. LaToya performs “You’re Gonna Get Rocked” on the German TV shows Eurotops and Extratour, on the Dutch program “Countdown”, in Caracas for Venezuelan television.

January 31, 1989 : LaToya gives a press conference in New York City to reveal her upcoming cover for Playboy Magazine. She is a guest on “Good Morning America” at ABC Studios and “Late Night With David Letterman”.

February 1989 : LaToya appears on the March cover of Playboy magazine and stops talking to the family who blames her manager Jack Gordon. She gives a one hour interview on the Phil Donahue Show.

March 1989 : LaToya performs her new single “Such a Wicked Love” in Puerto Vallarta for Mexican television and in Caracas for the Venezuelan television program “Only For Men”. She also performs her single “You Blew” in Caracas for the Venezuelan television program “Only For Men” and in two German TV shows, including Günther Jauch’s Na Siehste!

March 25, 1989 : LaToya debuts her new single “Such a Wicked Love” on “Bob Hope’s Easter Vacation in the Bahamas”. NBC’s Standards and Practices department censor her performance, deeming her dance moves “too prurient” for prime time television.

June 1989 : Teldec Records initiates a huge promotional campaign for LaToya’s new single “Bad Girl” presenting the song in four TV shows, including Günther Jauch’s Na Siehste! (where she had previously performed her last single You Blew), followed by a performance on ZDF Fernsehgarten and the NDR Talk-Show (both shows being broadcast on the same day). The music video for the track shows LaToya with two male dancers who also performed with her on the TV shows.

September 1989: LaToya performs a “Sizzling Spectacular” concert on pay-per-view at Bally’s Reno in Nevada.

The Young and the Restless cast members (last update in September 2024*)

* Guest stars and short runs are not included.

Current cast members*

*Veterans in bold (more that 10 years on the show)

Melody Thomas Scott as Nicole “Nikki” Reed (1979–)

Eric Braeden as Christian Miller aka Victor Newman  (1980–)

Michael Damian as Danny Romalotti (1981–1998, 2002–2004, 2008, 2012–2013, 2022–)

Kate Linder as Esther Valentine (1982–)

Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott (1982–1988, 1999–)

Beth Maitland as Traci Abbott (1982–1996, 1999, 2001–2002, 2006–)

Lauralee Bell as Christine Blair (1983–2006, 2010–)

Tracey E. Bregman as Lauren Fenmore  (1983–1995, 2000–)

Tricia Cast as Nina Webster (1986–2001, 2008–2014, 2020–)

Jess Walton as Jill Foster (1987–)

Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott (1989–)

Veronica Redd as Mamie Johnson (1990-2004, 2023-)

Christian LeBlanc as Michael Baldwin (1991–1993, 1997–)

Joshua Morrow as Nicholas “Nick” Newman (1994–)

Sharon Case as Sharon Newman (1994–)

Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers (1994–1997, 2000–2013, 2019–)

Camryn Grimes as Cassie Newman (1997–2007,2009–2010, 2013–2014, 2020–2021) & Mariah Copeland (2014-)

J. Eddie Peck (1993–99, 2023-)

Susan Walters as Diane Jenkins (2001–2010, 2022-)

Christel Khalil as Lily Winters (2002–)

Greg Rikaart as Kevin Fisher (2003–)

Bryton James as Devon Hamilton (2004–)

Michael Graziadei as Daniel Romalotti Jr (2004-2013, 2016, 2022-)

Amelia Heinle as Victoria Newman (2005–)

Judith Chapman as Gloria Baldwin (2005-2018, 2020-)

Vail Bloom as Heather Stevens (2007-2010, 2023-)

Elizabeth Hendrickson as Chloe Mitchell (2008–2017, 2019–)

Melissa Claire Egan as Chelsea Lawson (2011–)

Melissa Ordway as Abby Newman (2013–)

Jason Thompson as William “Billy” Abbott (2016–)

Sienna Mercuri as Katie Abbott (2016-)

Cait Fairbanks as Tessa Porter (2017–)

Michael Mealor as Kyle Abbott (2018-2021, 2022-)

Sean Dominic as Nathan “Nate” Hastings Jr (2019–)

Mark Grossman as Adam Newman (2019–)

Judah Mackey as Connor Newman (2019-)

Alex Wilson as Christian Newman (2019-)

Brytni Sarpy as Elena Dawson (2019–)

Mishael Morgan as Amanda Sinclair (2019-)

Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra (2020–)

Leigh-Ann Rose as Imani Benedict (2020-)

Conner Floyd as Philip “Chance” Chancellor IV (2021-)

Jacob Aaron Gaines as Moses Winters (2021-)

Dana Sparks as Lena Cavett (2021-)

Rory Gibson as Noah Newman (2021- )

Reylynn Caster as Faith Newman (2021-)

Anna Khaja as Dr Malone (2022-)

Paxton Mishkind as Johnny Abbott (2022-)

Kelsey Wang as Allie Nguyen (2022-)

Allison Lanier as Summer Newman (2022-)

Maddie & Millie Ingle as Aria Porter-Copeland (2023-)

Lily Brooks O’Briant as Lucy Romalotti (2023-)

Hayley Erin as Claire Grace (2023-)

Redding Munsell as Harrison Abbott (2024-)

Recording sessions : 1974–1975

Studios : Motown studios, Los Angeles.

Label : Motown

Release date : May 15, 1975

Peak on Billboard 200 : 36

ORIGINAL TRACK LISTING

“Forever Came Today” (originally performed by the Supremes) (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 6:23
“Moving Violation” (Liz Shaw, Harold Beatty) – 3:37
“(You Were Made) Especially for Me” (Michael Lovesmith, Brian Holland) – 3:28
“Honey Love” (Michael Lovesmith, Edward Holland, Brian Holland) – 4:40

“Body Language (Do the Love Dance)” (Hal Davis, Donald Fletcher) – 4:07
“All I Do Is Think of You” (Michael Lovesmith, Brian Holland) – 3:17
“Breezy” (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino) – 3:38
“Call of the Wild” (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino) – 2:33
“Time Explosion” (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino) – 4:13

Re-release

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all J5 albums in a “Two Classic Albums/One CD” series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Dancing Machine. The bonus tracks were the outtakes “Through Thick and Thin” (which appeared on 1976’s Joyful Jukebox Music) and the Disc-o-Tech #3 Remix of “Forever Came Today”.

ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS*

*Worked by MJ during his lifetime. Covers and remixes by other artists are not included

OUTTAKES FROM THE ALBUM RECORDING SESSIONS

OTHER SONGS FROM THIS ERA

CONCERTS

The Jackson 5 on tour 1970-1976 

Previous era : « Forever, Michael » (1975)

Following era : The Jacksons (1976)

Recording sessions : October–December 1974

Studios : Motown studios, Los Angeles.

Label : Motown

Release date : January 16, 1975

Peak on Billboard 200 : 101

ORIGINAL TRACK LISTING

1. “We’re Almost There”
2. “Take Me Back”
3. “One Day in Your Life”
4. “Cinderella Stay Awhile”
5. “We’ve Got Forever”
6. “Just a Little Bit of You”
7. “You Are There”
8. “Dapper-Dan”
9. “Dear Michael”
10. “I’ll Come Home to You”

ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS*

*Worked by MJ during his lifetime. Covers and remixes by other artists are not included

OUTTAKES FROM THE ALBUM RECORDING SESSIONS

OTHER SONGS FROM THIS ERA

CONCERTS

The Jackson 5 on tour 1970-1976 

Previous era : « Dancing Machine » (1974)

Following era : « Moving Violation »  (1975)

Recording sessions : 1974

Studios : Motown studios, Los Angeles.

Label : Motown

Release date : September 5, 1974

Peak on Billboard 200 : 16

ORIGINAL TRACK LISTING

“I Am Love” (Don Fenceton, Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson, Ronnie Rancifer) – 7:29
“Whatever You Got, I Want” (Gene Marcellino, Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson) – 2:58
“She’s a Rhythm Child” (Clarence Drayton, Hal Davis, Ruth Talmage) – 2:39
“Dancing Machine” (Donald Fletcher, Hal Davis, Weldon Dean Parks) – 2:43
“The Life of the Party” (Clarence Drayton, Hal Davis, Tamy Smith) – 2:35
“What You Don’t Know” (Gene Marcellino, Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson) – 4:25
“If I Don’t Love You This Way” (Leon Ware, Pam Sawyer) – 3:28
“It All Begins and Ends with Love” (Don Fenceton, Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson) – 3:07
“The Mirrors of My Mind” (Charlotte O’Hara, Donald Fletcher, Nita Garfield) – 3:08

Re-release

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a “Two Classic Albums/One CD” series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Moving Violation. The bonus tracks were the outtakes “Through Thick and Thin” and the Disc-o-Tech #3 Remix of “Forever Came Today”.

ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS*

*Worked by MJ during his lifetime. Covers and remixes by other artists are not included

OUTTAKES FROM THE ALBUM RECORDING SESSIONS

OTHER SONGS FROM THIS ERA

CONCERTS

The Jackson 5 on tour 1970-1976 

Previous era : « G.I.T.: Get It Together »  (1973)

Following era : « Forever, Michael » (1975)

Recording sessions : November 1972 – July 1973

Studios : Motown studios, Los Angeles.

Label : Motown

Release date : September 12, 1973

Peak on Billboard 200 : 100

ORIGINAL TRACK LISTING

“Get It Together” 
“Don’t Say Goodbye Again” 
“Reflections” (originally by Diana Ross & the Supremes)
“Hum Along and Dance” (originally by the Temptations)
“Mama, I Got A Brand New Thing (Don’t Say No)” (originally by the Undisputed Truth)
“It’s Too Late to Change the Time” 
“You Need Love Like I Do (Don’t You)” (originally by Gladys Knight & the Pips and the Temptations)
“Dancing Machine” 

Re-release

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all J5 albums in a “Two Classic Albums/One CD” series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Skywriter. The bonus tracks were the outtakes “Pride and Joy”, “Love’s Gone Bad” and “Love Is the Thing You Need”. “Love Is the Thing You Need” and “Pride and Joy” were released on Joyful Jukebox Music in 1976, and “Love’s Gone Bad” was released on Boogie in 1979.

ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS*

*Worked by MJ during his lifetime. Covers and remixes by other artists are not included

OUTTAKES FROM THE ALBUM RECORDING SESSIONS

OTHER SONGS FROM THIS ERA

CONCERTS

The Jackson 5 on tour 1970-1976 

 

Previous era : « Music & Me » (1973)

Following era : « Dancing Machine » (1974)

Recording sessions : March 1972 – January 1973

Studios : Motown studios, Los Angeles.

Label : Motown

Release date : April 15, 1973

Peak on Billboard 200 : 92

ORIGINAL TRACK LISTING

1. “With a Child’s Heart”
2. “Up Again”
3. “All the Things You Are”
4. “Happy” (Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues)
5. “Too Young”
6. “Doggin’ Around”
7. “Euphoria”
8. “Morning Glow”
9. “Johnny Raven”
10. “Music and Me”

The track order of 7-9 were changed in later releases. “Johnny Raven” was moved to track 7, “Euphoria” was moved to track 8 and “Morning Glow” was moved to track 9.

ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS*

*Worked by MJ during his lifetime. Covers and remixes by other artists are not included

OUTTAKES FROM THE ALBUM RECORDING SESSIONS

OTHER SONGS FROM THIS ERA

CONCERTS

The Jackson 5 on tour 1970-1976 

Previous era : « Skywriter »  (1973)

Following era : « G.I.T.: Get It Together » era (1973)

Recording sessions : 1972–1973

Studios : Motown studios, Los Angeles.

Label : Motown

Release date : March 29, 1973

Peak on Billboard 200 : 44

ORIGINAL TRACK LISTING

“Skywriter” (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino) – 3:08
“Hallelujah Day” (Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian) – 2:46
“The Boogie Man” (Deke Richards) – 2:56
“Touch” (originally performed by the Supremes) (Pam Sawyer, Frank Wilson) – 3:00
“Corner of the Sky” (from the Broadway musical Pippin) (recorded 1972) (Stephen Schwartz) – 3:33
“I Can’t Quit Your Love” (originally performed by the Four Tops) (Leonard Caston, Kathy Wakefield) – 3:12
“Uppermost” (Clifton Davis) – 2:26
“World of Sunshine” (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino) – 2:45
“Ooh, I’d Love to Be with You” (Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell) – 2:49
“You Made Me What I Am” (The Corporation) – 2:50

Demos/Alternate Versions/Outtakes/unreleased tracks from the album’ sessions

Re-release

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all J5 albums in a “Two Classic Albums/One CD” series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Get It Together. The bonus tracks were the outtakes “Pride and Joy”, “Love’s Gone Bad” and “Love Is the Thing You Need”. Each of these tracks also appear on the compilation album Joyful Jukebox Music/Boogie.

ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS*

*Worked by MJ during his lifetime. Covers and remixes by other artists are not included

OUTTAKES FROM THE ALBUM RECORDING SESSIONS

OTHER SONGS FROM THIS ERA

CONCERTS

The Jackson 5 on tour 1970-1976 

Previous era : « Ben » (1972)

Following era : « Music & Me » (1973)

Recording sessions : November 1971 – February 1972

Studios : Motown studios, Los Angeles.

Label : Motown

Release date : August 4, 1972

Peak on Billboard 200 : 5

ORIGINAL TRACK LISTING

1. “Ben” (recorded November 1971) Walter Scharf, Don Black 2:42
2. “Greatest Show on Earth” (recorded December 1971 – February 1972) Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino 2:47
3. “People Make the World Go Round” (recorded December 1971 – February 1972) Thom Bell, Linda Creed 3:15
4. “We’ve Got a Good Thing Going” (recorded December 1971 – February 1972) The Corporation (Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy, Deke Richards, Freddie Perren) 3:01
5. “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” (recorded December 1971 – February 1972) Gladys Hampton, Regina Adams, Ace Adams 2:58
6. “My Girl” (recorded December 1971 – February 1972) Smokey Robinson, Ronald White 3:05
7. “What Goes Around Comes Around” (recorded December 1971 – February 1972) Allen Levinsky, Arthur Stokes, Dana Meyers, Floyd Weatherspoon 3:35
8. “In Our Small Way” (recorded July – November 1971) Beatrice Verdi, Christine Yarian 3:39
9. “Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day” (recorded December 1971 – February 1972) Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder 3:19
10. “You Can Cry on My Shoulder” (recorded November – December 1971) Berry Gordy 2:32

ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS*

*Worked by MJ during his lifetime. Covers and remixes by other artists are not included

OUTTAKES FROM THE ALBUM RECORDING SESSIONS

OTHER SONGS FROM THIS ERA

CONCERTS

The Jackson 5 on tour 1970-1976 

Previous era : « Lookin’ Through the Windows »  (1972)

Following era : « Skywriter » (1973)

Recording sessions : 1971-1972

Studios : Motown studios, Los Angeles.

Label : Motown

Release date : May 23, 1972

Peak on Billboard 200 : 7

ORIGINAL TRACK LISTING

“Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing” (originally performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell) (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 2:30
“Lookin’ Through the Windows” (Clifton Davis) – 3:46
“Don’t Let Your Baby Catch You” (The Corporation) – 3:11
“To Know” (The Corporation) – 3:22
“Doctor, My Eyes” (originally performed by Jackson Browne) (Jackson Browne) – 3:14
“Little Bitty Pretty One” (originally performed by Thurston Harris) (Robert Byrd) – 2:51
“E-Ne-Me-Ne-Mi-Ne-Moe (The Choice is Yours to Pull)” (Johnny Bristol, Wade Bowen, David Jones, Jr.) – 2:53
“If I Have to Move a Mountain” (The Corporation) – 3:20
“Don’t Want to See Tomorrow” (Stephen Bowden, Jim Chambers, Hal Davis, Theodore McFaddin) – 2:46
“Children of the Light” (Michael Randall) – 2:27
“I Can Only Give You Love” (Richard Hutch, Willie Hutch) – 2:33

Re-release
In 2001, Motown Records remastered all J5 albums in a “Two Classic Albums/One CD” series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Goin’ Back to Indiana. The bonus tracks were “Love Song”, the B-side of this album’s title track single, and a live performance of “Who’s Lovin’ You”, which first appeared on the soundtrack of the 1992 TV movie The Jacksons: An American Dream.

ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS*

*Worked by MJ during his lifetime. Covers and remixes by other artists are not included

OUTTAKES FROM THE ALBUM RECORDING SESSIONS

Love Song : Recorded with The Jackson 5 in 1971-1972. Released in 2001 (Lookin’ Through the Windows remastered).

OTHER SONGS FROM THIS ERA 

CONCERTS

The Jackson 5 on tour 1970-1976 

Previous era : « Got To Be There » (1972)

Following era : « Ben » (1972)