Name	Tito Jackson
Height
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	15-October-1953
Place of Birth	Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Famous for	singing

Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson is an American singer and lead guitarist and original member of The Jackson 5, who later changed their name to The Jacksons, who rose to fame in the late 1960s with the Motown label, later finding success under the Epic label in the 1970s and 1980s.

Jackson was the third eldest of the nine Jackson siblings of Gary, Indiana.

Jackson's early music aspirations began when he self-taught on his father's (Joe Jackson) guitar while his father was at work. Joe had forbidden his kids to mess with the guitar, so Tito was disciplined when he broke one of his father's guitar strings while practicing. After Joe got his guitar fixed, he ordered Jackson to play for him,—upon hearing young Jackson play, Joe bought the eight-year-old his own guitar.

Within a year, realizing that Tito and his brothers Jackie and Jermaine could also sing, Joe built a group around them, called The Jackson Brothers. Younger brothers Marlon and Michael later became backing musicians. From Tito's early efforts on his father's guitar, the Jackson music family was now on its way.

In 1966, the band's name changed to The Jackson Five and Tito and his brothers soon participated in talent contests, which led way to them performing professionally a year later. At first, Tito played bass within the family band, switching to rhythm guitar by the time he was 13. By the late 1960s he had switched to electric guitar.

In 1968, Tito and his brothers signed with Motown Records and The Jackson Five began recording material a year later.