. >> born and raised in sggary, indiana, joe and katherine jackson had six sons and three daughters. my father, he saw something in us. >> every free minute the jacksons had outside of school, they practiced, and they competed in talent shows and contests around the nation. >> we all traveled together. it was great, something that i will never forget. >> it was a family doing it. >> all the uptown, through the regal theater in chicago. >> a great learning experience. >> in 1974, they took their album and its hit single "dancing machine" on the road. ♪ she's a dancing machine >> making historic television appearances on soul train and the carol burnett show. and in the process, setting off a new dance craze, the robot. >> whatever was hot at the time, they would embrace it and make it better. >> the jacksons could look around and see there were other musical forces that were changed, that were ahead of where motown was, they were changing. they started to bristle against the restrictions motown kept on them. >> in 1974, their contract expired at motown, and the jackson 5 left their mo