"Mama's Pearl," The Jackson 5 (1971)
Don't even try to resist this groove
Peak: #2 on the Hot 100
Streams: 4.1 million
Michael Jackson was such a phenomenally successful artist that he almost makes The Jackson 5 seem like a footnote. Here in the present day, it’s hard to hear “ABC” or “I Want You Back” without considering everything that Jackson would do (or allegedly do) later. The group’s recordings become a prologue to the s…