LOS ANGELES () - The Jacksons will have a life-time achievement awarding during acting rights group BMI's eighth annual Urban Awards on September 4.
Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael Jackson will be bestowed with the Icon award during the ceremony, which honors the most-performed R&B/hip-hop songs of the past year in the BMI repertoire.
A BMI spokeswoman said Michael Jackson has yet to confirm his attendance, only the others will on hand at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills. As honorees, the Jacksons will non perform. Other artists, as yet unpredicted, will rent the phase to cover the group's songs.
Starting out as The Jackson 5 in their hometown of Gary, Ind., the siblings found fame at Motown Records where they enjoyed a string of hits beginning with 1969's "I Want You Back."
Later smashes included "Enjoy Yourself," "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" and "State of Shock" with Mick Jagger, released in 1984 at the superlative of Michael Jackson's stardom.
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