Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5

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Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 12, 1969 [1]
RecordedMay–August 1969
Genre
Length37:51
Label Motown
Producer
The Jackson 5 chronology
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
(1969)
ABC
(1970)
Alternative cover
DRossJackson5.jpg
2001 re-release
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)SingersLength
1."Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (recorded May 1969)Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel Michael Jackson, Tito Jackson 3:18
2."Nobody" (recorded August 1969) The Corporation Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson 2:54
3."I Want You Back" (recorded August 1969)The CorporationMichael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Marlon Jackson 3:04
4."Can You Remember" (recorded July 10 & 15, 1969) Thom Bell, William HartMichael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson3:10
5."Standing in the Shadows of Love" (recorded June 1969) Holland–Dozier–Holland Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Tito Jackson4:06
6."You've Changed" (recorded July 19 & 29, 1969)Jesse ReeseMichael Jackson3:16
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)SingersLength
7."My Cherie Amour" (recorded July 1969) Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Hank Cosby Jermaine Jackson3:44
8."Who's Lovin' You" (recorded July 19, 24 & 29, 1969) Smokey Robinson Michael Jackson4:06
9."Chained" (recorded August 1969) Frank Wilson Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson2:54
10."(I Know) I'm Losing You" (recorded July 1969) Cornelius Grant, Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland Jermaine Jackson2:16
11."Stand!" (recorded May 17, 1969) Sylvester Stewart Michael Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Jermaine Jackson2:30
12."Born to Love You" (recorded June 1969) Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson2:38

Recording sessions

The songs on the album were recorded during May–August 1969.

Other tracks taken from its sessions include:

Re-release

In 2001, Motown remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series, as they had previously done in the late 1980s. Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 was paired up with ABC . One bonus track was included in a cover of Bobby Taylor's "Oh, I've Been Bless'd", a song also released on the rare 1979 outtakes album Boogie .

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1969)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [10] 17
Canadian Albums ( RPM ) [11] 10
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 16
US Billboard 200 [13] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1970)Position
US Billboard Pop Albums [14] 40
US Billboard Top Soul Albums [15] 7

See also

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