Jermaine Jackson born on 11 December 1954 in Gray, Indiana, is an American Grammy Award-nominated singer and a proficient electric and bass guitarist. He is a son of Katherine Jackson and Joseph Jackson, a former boxer and musician. Jermaine Jackson is the elder brother of famous American pop stars, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He completed his graduation from Birmingham High School in 1973, and during his years and in his school days, he was elected as the ‘most talented’ and ‘best dressed’ student. In 1973, he married Hazel Gordy, the daughter of Berry Gordy who founded Motown Records. Jermaine Jackson converted to Islam in 1989 and changed his name to Muhammad Abdul Aziz. He married Jermaine Jackson started his career as a lead singer when he joined the two-time Grammy Award-nominated American popular music family group, The Jackson 5, under the label of Motown Records, a musical company. In 1969, his brothers joined the group and Jermaine Jackson became a co-lead singer with his younger brother, Michael Jackson, and sang several notable parts of songs like “I Want You Back”, “I’ll Be There”, “I Am Love” and “Dancing Machine”. Performing with his brothers for almost fourteen years, Jermaine Jackson split from Jackson 5 in 1975 and continued his career as a solo singer at Motown Records. In 1972, as a solo singer he produced a hit song “Daddy's Home” recorded by a famous American music group, Shep and the Limelites, which reached the number two position on Billboard pop chart. In 1980, he was nominated for the Grammy Award for ‘Best Male R&B Vocal Performance’ for his album Let's Get Serious. Jermaine Jackson sang several hit songs from 1970 to 1980, including “That's How Love Goes”, “Let's Be Young Tonight”, “Bass Odyssey”, “Feel the Fire”, “Let Me Tickle Your Fancy”, “Let's Get Serious”, “Dynamite”, “Do What You Do” and “I Think It's Love”. In 1984, a duet with his brother Michael Jackson, “Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin’ (Too Good to Be True)”, hit the number one position on the dance chart, and also in 1985, his duet along with a famous America actress and singer, Pia Zadora, “When the Rain Begins to Fall”, topped several singles charts in Europe. His single “Don't Take It Personal”, hit the number one position on the Billboard R&B singles chart in 1989. Under LaFace Records label, Jermaine Jackson delivered many other singles like “You Said, You Said” and “I Dream, I Dream”.
In 1992, Jermaine Jackson produced an award-wining miniseries about the history of The Jackson Five, The Jacksons: An American Dream. He appeared as a guest judge on a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, Australian Idol. Jermaine Jackson appeared in Lionel C. Martin directed movie, Longshot in 2000. In 2007, he participated in the reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother UK and he won the second place to Shilpa Shetty, a famous Indian actress, in the finale of Big Brother. Jermaine Jackson appeared in several interviews on the UK television channels and shared his experiences of Big Brother. He is a participant of second season of an American reality TV show Gone Country and appeared as a mentor in the Channel 4 show Musicool. He has made several appearances on other television programmes, like Australian Idol, Challenge Anneka, Katie & Peter: Unleashed. Jermaine Jackson appeared in Glasgow, Scotland, with British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to support anti-racism campaign organised by Searchlight magazine, Daily Mirror ‘Hope Not Hate bus’. Jermaine Jackson is involved in several charity projects to help orphaned children around the world. He appeared as a guest of honour at the Muslim Writers Award in March 2008, in Birmingham.
