"ABC" N°1

On April 25 1970, the Jackson Five, Michael Jackson's first band, are N°1 with ''ABC'', their second hit. It was written with the same design as "I Want You Back", and was first heard on American Bandstand (on the ABC network) in February 1970. "ABC" knocked The Beatles' song "Let It Be" out of the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 and was also number one on the soul singles chart for four weeks.

"ABC" was the first single from the second album of The Jackson 5, ABC and is considered one of the band's signature songs. It is one of the shortest titles to hit #1, and is the first song alphabetically in the list of #1 hits of the Billboard Hot 100.

Artwork by Dave McDowell

Watch The Jackson 5 performing "ABC" live