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Janet Jackson: Early career
By the age of seven, Janet had dreams of being a horse jockey after a growing infatuation with horses. However, Papa Joe had more on Janet's plate than for her to be a jockey. After the success of his sons' career had began to dwindle due to a changing musical scene, Joseph had decided to put his entire family to work as entertainers.
In April 1974, seven-year-old Janet Jackson made her public debut performance at a Las Vegas nightclub, with nearly all nine members of the Jackson family (Rebbie didn't join until a few months later at a different city). Jackson easily became the star of the shows emulating and imitating various icons such as
Cher and
Mae West, in particular.
By 1976, Janet and the family's Vegas act had gotten the attention of CBS' Fred Silverman who was desperately trying to find a new variety act after Sonny &
Cher had ended while ABC had the competing Osmonds family show featuring Donny and Marie.
Debuting on June 16, 1976, "The Jacksons" debuted and the Jacksons became the first African-American family to have a variety show on TV. The show lasted only two seasons and was cancelled in 1977.
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William James Ivey sez, My new book, Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights, is just out (May 10). The idea for Arts, Inc. hit me when I was chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, during Bill Clinton?s administration. I became convinced that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, copyright extension, and Clear-Channel-style media consolidation were undermining our basic rights to an arts system that really serves the public. Things have only gotten worse. Congress and the FCC might think it?s important to institute hefty fines when Janet Jackson?s breast pops out during a Super Bowl telecast, but it?s shrinking Fair Use, globalized record companies and film studios ? they serve shareholders, not art -- left-behind citizens who lack quality Internet access, and Viacom against Google and Microsoft stalking Yahoo that are the real threats to the vibrant cultural scene that?s essential in our democracy. Arts, Inc. is on sale now. Look for interviews and reviews; I?ll be making the case around the country ? at a performing arts conference in Denver next week, and at the Center for American Progress in DC in mid-July. Link...
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