La Toya Jackson
(born May 29, 1956, near
Gary, Indiana
) is an
American
singer
,
songwriter
,
writer
,
actress
,
television personality
and a former
model
. She was the fifth of ten offspring born to Joseph and
Katherine Jackson
. She wanted to be an
attorney
but her father insisted that she work in show business like her siblings. She sang background vocals with
The Jackson Five
, her brothers' band. She had many musical hits during the 1980s and 1990s and returned in 2004. In 1989 Jackson was on the cover of
Playboy
magazine.
Jackson was born at St Mary's Mercy Hospital in Gary, Indiana, She was fifth children and ten child of
Joe Jackson
and
Katherine Jackson
[1]
In 1980 Jackson's first album
La Toya Jackson
was released. Jackson wanted the album to be called "La Toya" but her dad would not let her. Her second single "Night Time Lover" was produced by La Toya's brother Michael. Jackson's third album was released in 1984. She sung backing vocals on Michael's single ""P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)". In 1985 Jackson sung on "We Are the World" as part of
USA for Africa
. It sold over 20 million copies.
In 1991 Jackson's first book
La Toya, Growing Up In The Jackson Family
was published.
Jackson released her ninth album
From Nashville to You
in 1994.
In July 2009 Jackson released the single "Home" in dedication to her brother
Michael Jackson
, who died on June 25 2009. All of the money from people buying the single went to AIDS_Project Los Angeles, which was one of Michael's favourite charities.
She released a new EP for 2011,
Starting Over
. In the same year a best-selling memoir written by Jackson of the same name was released. In 2010 she released Dream Cream, a hand cream for Alessandro International.
On April 13, 2013 a reality series about Jackson's life called
Life with La Toya
started on the
Oprah Winfrey Network
.
Jackson's newest single “Feels Like Love” was played for the first time on December 14 at a West Hollywood nightclub.
[2]
Jackson did not move out of the Jackson family home until she was 31 years old. In 1989 she married her manager Jack Gordon. She did not want to. In 1993 Gordon beat Jackson with a chair many times. She had to have 12 stitches in her mouth. In 1996 Jackson escaped from Gordon with the help of her brother Randy. She sued Gordon under the
Violence Against Women Act
.
It was reported that on December 9, 2013 Jackson married Jeffrey Phillips in
Los Angeles
.
[3]
However Jackson said this is not true.
[4]