Billboard Top 40 Singles 1971: #14: “Mama’s Pearl”- Jackson 5. January 30, 1971.

• Single: “Mama’s Pearl’- Jackson 5
• Record Company- Motown
• Genre: Bubblegum Pop
• Written by : The Corporation
• Time: 3:12
• B-side:”Darling Dear”
• Album-Third Album
• Grade: B-
• Peaked at #2 10 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.

The Jackson 5’s first four singles- “I Want You Back”, “ABC”, “The Love You Save” and “I’ll Be There” all went to #1. This was the fifth single “Mama’s Pearl” and it just came up short at #2. The sixth single from the group “Never Can Say Goodbye” also peaked at #2. They were an gnat’s eyelash away from having their first six singles all go to #1. My grandma always said that she thought the Jackson 5 sounded like mice.