Got To Be There released

Got to Be There is Michael Jackson's debut solo studio album, released on 24 January 1972 by Motown Records. Recorded while Jackson was 13 and still part of the Jackson 5, the album was Motown's bid to position him for a parallel solo career. It produced two top-five U.S. hits — the title track and a cover of Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin" — and reached #14 on the Billboard 200.

Producers: Hal Davis, Freddie Perren