I just listen to some of my J5 albums and I don't think it is fair to ridicule Jermaine when he says he was the co-leadsinger of J5.

1. Zip A Dee Doo Dah - Michael
2. Nobody - Michael/Jermaine
3. I Want You Back - Michael(/Jermaine)
4. Can You Remember - Michael
5. Standing In The Shadows Of Love - Michael/Jermaine
6. You've Changed - Michael
7. My Cherie Amour - Jermaine
8. Who's Lovin' You - Michael
9. Chained - Michael(/Jermaine)
10. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Jermaine
11. Stand! - Jermaine/Michael
12. Born To Love You - Michael/Jermaine
13. The Love You Save - Michael/Jermaine
14. One More Chance - Michael
15. ABC - Michael(/Jermaine)
16. 2-4-6-8 - Michael/Jermaine
17. (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need - Michael
18. Don't Know Why I Love You - Michael
19. Never Had A Dream Come True - Michael/Jermaine
20. True Love Can Be Beautiful - Michael
21. La La (Means I Love You) -.Michael
22. I'll Bet You - all members of J5
23. I Found That Girl - Jermaine
24. The Young Folks - Michael
25. Oh, I've Been Bless'd - Michael

Out of the songs on J5's 2 first albums Michael sang lead/co-lead on 22 songs. Jermaine sang lead/co-lead on 14 songs.
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Helped you out some - 3rd LP/Maybe Tomorrow

I'll Be There - Michael/Jermaine
Ready or Not (Here I Come) - Michael
Oh How Happy - Jermaine/Michael
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Jermaine
Can I See You in the Morning - Michael
Goin' Back to Indiana - Michael
How Funky Is Your Chicken - Michael/Jermaine
Mama's Pearl - Michael/Jermaine/Jackie
Reach In - Michael/Jermaine
The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage - Michael/Jermaine
Darling Dear - Michael
Maybe Tomorrow - Michael/Jermaine
She's Good - Jermaine
Never Can Say Goodbye - Michael
The Wall - Michael
Petals - Michael/Jermaine
Sixteen Candles - Jermaine/Michael
(We've Got) Blue Skies - Michael
My Little Baby - Michael/Jermaine
It's Great to Be Here - Michael/Jermaine
Honey Chile - Michael
I Will Find a Way - Jermaine
Sugar Daddy - Michael/Jermaine
I'm So Happy - Jermaine

Mike is on 20 of the 24 tracks. Jermaine is on of the 16 of the 24 tracks.

As a long time Michael Jackson fan, I think it's only fair to acknowledge Jermaine as co-lead singer of The Jackson 5.

The fact is that Michael's sang most of the lyrics on songs that Jermaine's vocals appeared on. Jermaine tended to only sing the bridge parts on most Jackson 5 songs like I Want You Back, I'll Be There, Dancing Machine and all of the other Jackson 5 you have listed. Michael often sang no less than 85% of Jackson 5 each Jackson 5 song. So while Jermaine vocals can be heard on the majority of Jackson 5 songs (and he does deserve more acknowledgement), and he was co-lead singer Michael was the front man of The Jackson 5, as his vocals (and dancing) dominated The Jackson 5 sound etc.
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there is only one lead singer, did Michael Jackson sing lead on the majority of the Jackson five songs, if the answer is yes then Michael was the fuckin lead singer.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Third Album, and Maybe Tommorow are great albums. I love Can I See You in the Morning and (We've Got) Blue Skies, their amazing songs.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

thank U

Well, Michael and Jermaine shared some leads but..... this ain't kewl.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...lLZTgyM-ts

See, this is why brothers fight.

It ain't kewl.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...uMSfKESoeU

carlcranshaw said:

what's your point? That was hilarious. Jermaine didn't take himself too serious and was a good sport IMO. This clip is with better sound: http://www.youtube.com/wa...dGsN7KLa4Y


You wanna see something kewl? Try this: http://www.youtube.com/wa...RuSNIHtcy8

TonyVanDam said:

I agree

carlcranshaw said:

I've seen some of the MSG performance unedited. It wasn't good as in the old days...

82 tour? What tour is that...Triumph tour was great but that was in 81 if I remember correct...

I went through every single J5 album track and B-side a few years ago for somebody, to highlight who sang on what. Twas funny seeing that Marlon barely ever got a look in at all

manthevan said:

The Triumph Tour. I thought it was 82. That one.

Michael is the only lead singer that anyone cared about or matters/mattered.

Jermaine shared ALOT of lead parts, and even had his own solo Jackson 5 hits ("I Found That Girl"). Why not acknowledge him? He's a great singer!

CinisterCee said:

he was a great singer. but he was no Michael Jackson.

KidOmega said:

Could not have said it better myself.

manthevan said:

You have remembered correctly. The Triumph Tour was in 1981.

KidOmega said:

I don't know about that, in the J5 days, Jermaine was just as popular/amybe even more popular then Mike, when it came to the lady's.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I actually saw an old clip the other day where they mentioned that Jermaine was the girls favorite.

manthevan said:

As much as people hollered over Michael Jackson's talent then, it was his brother Jermaine who actually was considered the sex symbol in The Jackson 5. Jermaine's was pin-up regular in teen magazines like "Right On" in the early 1970s.