1972

Jan 1 -- Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN

Jan 2 -- Coliseum, Greenville, SC

Jan 6 -- Records "That's How Love Goes"

Jan 12 -- City Auditorium, Atlanta, GA

Jan 24 -- Got to Be There is released

Feb 17 -- "Rockin' Robin/Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" (Motown 1197) is released

Mar 1 -- "Hellzapoppin" special airs

April 4 -- "Little Bitty Pretty One/If I Have To Move A Mountain" (Motown 1199) is released

May 2 -- "I Wanna Be Where You Are/We've Got A Good Thing Going" (Motown 1202) is released

May 23 -- Lookin' through the Windows is released

June 5 -- Michael appears on The Dating Game

June 16 -- Tito marries Dee Dee Martes in a small private ceremony at Joy House Wedding Gardens in Inglewood, CA

June 23 -- "Lookin' through The Windows/Love Song" (Motown 1205) is released

June 30 -- Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

July 1 -- American Bandstand airs with Michael as a featured guest

July 1 -- Civic Center, Baltimore, MD

July 2 -- Scope, Norfolk, VA

July 7 -- Coliseum, Richmond, VA

July 8 -- Coliseum, Charlotte, NC

July 9 -- Coliseum, Greensboro, NC

July 12 -- Ben/You Can Cry On My Shoulder (Motown 1207) is released

July 14 -- Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH

July 14 -- Jermaine is released

July 14 -- "That's How Love Goes/I Lost My Love In The Big City" (Motown 1201)

July 15 -- Civic Center Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

July 16 -- Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OH

July 18 -- International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL

July 21 -- Civic Center Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

July 22 -- Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX

July 23 -- Coliseum, Houston, TX

July 24 -- Memorial Auditorium, New Orleans, LA

Aug 4 -- Coliseum, Columbia, SC

Aug 4 -- Ben released

Aug 5 -- Atlanta, GA

Aug 6 -- Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN

Aug 11 -- Savannah, GA

Aug 12 -- Washington, DC

Aug 13 -- Charlotte, WV

Aug 17 -- Kentucky State Fair, Louisville, KY

Aug 18 -- Municipal Auditorium, St. Louis, MO

Aug 19 -- Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO

Aug 20 -- Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis, IN

Aug 22 -- Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO

Aug 25 -- Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA

Aug 26 -- Forum, Los Angeles, CA

Aug 27 -- San Diego, CA

Sept 10 -- The Jackson family hosts a party for record industry insiders and their families at their home in Encino

Sept 15 -- The Jackson 5 appear as guests on a taped broadcast of The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour

Sept 30 -- International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL at thePUSH Expo: Save the Children (2:00 pm show)

Oct 2 -- "Corner Of The Sky/To Know" (Motown 1214) is released

Oct 26 -- The Jackson 5 appear as guests on a taped broadcast of The Flip Wilson Show

Oct 29 -- The Jackson 5 land in England for their first European Tour & rehearse for the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium

Oct 30 -- Palladium, London, England

Oct 31 -- Performance at Gala Champagne Lunch in their honor at London's Talk of the Town

Nov 1 -- The J5 leave England to fly to Amsterdam

Nov 2 -- Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nov 4 -- Circus Krone, Munich, Germany

Nov 5 -- Stadhalle Offenbach, Frankfurt, Germany

Nov 5 -- Back in the U.S., The Jackson 5 Show airs

Nov 6 - Olympia Theater, Paris, France

Nov 8 -- Tapes show for airing on Top of the Pops on Nov. 9

Nov 9 -- Odeon, Birmingham, England (Two shows: 6:30 and 9:00 pm)

Nov 10 -- Belle Vue, Manchester, England (7:45 pm)

Nov 11 -- Empire, Liverpool, England (Broke attendance record previously held by the Beatles)

Nov 12 -- Empire Pool, Wembley, England (Two shows: 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm)

Nov 18 -- The Jackson 5 perform at the 6th Annual Black Image Awards at the Hollywood Palladium

Dec 9 -- Jackson 5 appear in the Watts Christmas Parade, Los Angeles, CA, serving as honorary chairmen; the parade is televised the following day on KTLA

Dec 15 -- "Daddy's Home/Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)" (Motown 1216) is released


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Dates documented in local Black newspapers and press clippings of the era. Thanks to my friends at MJJVault for help in pulling together the chronology, especially Justin, Corey, Chris, LKizzle, Jaorecords, Jaywonder, EZ, and the hostess with the most-est, Christina. And a special thanks to the old-school fan and chronologist, Tony, who started it all, and ChiDrummer, an original fan and frequent poster on Soulful Detroit.