Jermaine Says Jackson Five Will Reunite

It seems that Michael Jackson is doing more than recording his "comeback album." In an impromptu interview he granted to start-up Sirius Satellite Radio Station during the Consumers Electronic show in Las Vegas, Michael's older brother Jermaine revealed that the Jackson Five have reformed.

"We're in the studio working very hard on a new J-5 album that will be released this summer," he said, adding almost as an after thought that the brothers would also be hitting the road after the album is released. "We're going to do a new tour. We're very, very excited."

Jackson offered no details about the reunion -- which would be the brothers' first outing since the Jacksons' 1984 Victory Tour -- but didn't hesitate when asked if the new CD and tour would include Michael. "Absolutely," he enthused.

Michael is currently in the studio with producers Rodney Jerkins and David Foster recording his next album, which is due out in March. Calls to his representatives were not returned by press time.

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Brenda Lee | 1964

As the British Invasion reached its peak in 1964, Brenda Lee went from Nashville to London to record one of her hardest-rocking hits, her perky vocal backed by a stuttering, squalling guitar. That guitar was played by session musician Jimmy Page, yet to skyrocket to fame with first the Yardbirds and then Led Zeppelin. "She said to me, 'I've come here to make a record with the British sound,'" remembered producer Mickie Most. "She felt she wouldn't get the same sound in Nashville because they're only just catching up on the British beat group sound of about six months ago."

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