Claim: The Jackson family is a family.

Toriano Adaryll `` Tito '' Jackson -LRB- born October 15 , 1953 -RRB- is an American singer -- songwriter and guitarist . Jackson was an original member of The Jackson 5 and The Jacksons , who rose to fame in the late -- 1960s and 1970s with the Motown label , and later recorded as a solo artist on the Epic label in the late -- 1970s and 1980s . Jackson is the third child in the Jackson family .