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b. 29 May 1956, Gary, Indiana, USA.
As a member of the singing Jackson family, LaToya
served her apprenticeship as a backing vocalist to
the Jacksons group along with her sisters, Rebbie
and Janet Jackson. LaToya embarked on a solo career
in 1980, signing to the Polydor Records label.
Despite the family connection, LaToya's solo career
found difficulty in emulating the success of her
younger sister Janet; her highest single chart
position was with the US number 56, "Heart Don't Lie"
(1984) on her new label, Private I/Epic. A later
label change to RCA Records did not alter her
fortunes. She later exacerbated family relations
with a nude spread in Playboy magazine, a somewhat
scurrilous autobiography in 1991, and by refusing to
sanction the 1992 ABC mini-series The Jacksons: An
American Dream. Driven on by her manager/husband
Jack Gordon, her sporadic recording career
nevertheless failed to cash in on the attention. A
multi-million dollar contract to appear at the
Moulin Rouge in Paris ended acrimoniously after only
four months in summer 1992. Much more successful was
the release of her Playboy video two years later.
Further misguided career choices included a
Nashville-recorded country album and a selection of
Motown covers recorded in Scandinavia. Jackson
divorced Jack Gordon in 1997 and began patching up
relations with her estranged family. She settled
down in Las Vegas to begin a new career.. |
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