Joe Jackson is 88 Today

Joe Jackson, the manager who launched the careers and the father of Michael and Janet Jackson, turns 88 today. Known as a task master the one time steel mill worker got his group of sons, The Jackson 5, signed to Motown Records and his daughter, Janet Jackson, signed to A&M Records.  

Jackson is the father of 11 children including a daughter, Joh'Vonnie Jackson, who was born on August 30, 1974 during Jackson's 25-year-long affair with Cheryl Terrell.