1971

Jan 2 -- Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, FL

Jan 3 -- Civic Center, Mobile, AL

Jan 7 -- "Mama's Pearl/Darling Dear" (Motown 1177) released

Jan 29 -- Arena, Dayton, OH

Jan 30 -- St John Arena, Columbus, OH

Jan 31 -- West Side High School, Gary, IN

Mar 16 -- "Never Can Say Goodbye/She's Good" (Motown 1179) released

Mar 26 -- Fort Worth, TX

Mar 27 -- Dallas, TX

Mar 28 -- Houston, TX

Mar 29 -- Appearance on live L.A. local morning show The Stephanie Edwards Show [video]

Apr 1 -- Mid-South Auditorium, Memphis, TN

Apr 4 -- Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS

Apr 5 -- Monroe, LA

Apr 6 -- New Orleans, LA

Apr 7 -- City Auditorium, Atlanta, GA (two shows: 4:00 and 8:00 pm)

Apr 9 -- Louisville, KY

Apr 10 -- Cleveland, OH

Apr 12 -- Maybe Tomorrow released

Apr 18 -- Diana! special airs

May 28 -- Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

May 29 -- Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN

May 30 -- Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK

June 22 -- "Maybe Tomorrow/She's Good" (Motown 1186) released

June 22 -- Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI (80,000 in attendance)

July 16 -- Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

July 17 -- Civic Arena, Charleston, WV

July 18 -- Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, VA

July 20 -- Coliseum, Charlotte, NC

July 21 -- Sports Arena, Toledo, OH

July 23 -- International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL

July 24 -- Cincinnati Garden, Cincinnati, OH

July 25 -- Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI

July 27 -- Coliseum, Flint, MI

July 28 -- Allen County War Memorial, Fort Wayne, IN

July 30 -- Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

July 31 -- Civic Center, Baltimore, MD

Aug 1 -- Dorton Arena, Raleigh, NC

Aug 2 -- Coliseum, Macon, GA

Aug 6 -- Coliseum, Greensboro, NC

Aug 7 -- Columbia Coliseum, Columbia, SC

Aug 8 -- Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, FL

Aug 10 -- Curtis Hixon Auditorium, Tampa, FL

Aug 11 -- Municipal Auditorium, Birmingham, AL

Aug 13 -- Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO

Aug 14 -- Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO

Aug 15 -- Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

Aug 17 -- Garrett Coliseum, Montgomery, AL

Aug 18 -- Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK

Aug 20 -- Coliseum, Denver, CO

Aug 26 -- Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA

Aug 28 -- Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH

Aug 29 -- Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, IA

Aug 31 -- Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, ON

Sept 9 -- Michigan State Fair, Detroit, MI

Sept 12 -- HIC Arena, Honolulu, HI

Sept 16 -- Goin' Back to Indiana special airs

Sept 29 -- Goin' Back to Indiana released

Oct 1 -- Black Expo, International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL

Oct 7 -- "Got To Be There/Maria (You Were the Only One)" (Motown 1191) released

Oct 12 -- The J5 record "Love Call" and "I Can Only Give You Love"

Oct 15 -- International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL

Nov 4 -- Appearance on The Flip Wilson Show

Nov 23 -- "Sugar Daddy/I'm So Happy" (Motown 1194) released

Nov 27 -- The J5 attend the Grambling-Cal State Fullerton football game at the L.A. Coliseum, and have to make a quick exit when the announcer points them out, causing a mob scene [source]

Dec 20 -- Greatest Hits released

Dec 23 -- Dressed as Santa Claus, the Jackson 5 pass out Christmas presents to 400 underprivileged children at a Motown Christmas party held at the Pacific Townclub [source]

Dec 24 -- Charity concert for the Foundation for the Junior Blind, Los Angeles, CA

Dec 27 -- Coliseum, Houston, TX

Dec 28 -- Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX

Dec 29 -- Scope, Norfolk, VA

Dec 30 -- Coliseum, Richmond, VA (breaks attendance record at 12,780)




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Dates documented in local Black newspapers and press clippings of the era. Thanks to my friends at MJJVault for help in pulling together the chronology, especially Justin, Corey, Chris, LKizzle, Jaorecords, Jaywonder, EZ, and the hostess with the most-est, Christina. And a special thanks to the old-school fan and chronologist, Tony, who started it all.