4. La Toya Jackson
Now we have reached my personal favourite of the Jackson siblings, La Toya. Many have dubbed La Toya the 'thinking man's Jackson', with the iconic singer and television personality even having an army of loyal devotees known as
The Church of La Toya. Many of La Toya's questionable career choices were the result of her abusive relationship with twisted manager and eventual husband, Jack Gordon - forcing the fragile star into degrading Playboy shoots and obscure musical directions (captured through her bizarre country album, From Nashville To You). La Toya's close relationships with her family were shattered by this controlling relationship with Gordon, after being forced to pen a trash-talking tell-all about the rest of her siblings. The autobiography also discussed a terrifyingly brilliant incident involving La Toya's encounter with insane record producer, Phil Spector, which needs to be
read to be believed. However personal life aside, La Toya's albums are full of camp delights featuring dated production, cheeky lyrics and La Toya's sweet, charismatic vocals. The singer's initial music career was met with slight success with a moderately successful debut album and catchy singles like 'If You Feel The Funk'. However, the real delights lie in La Toya's later albums like the Full Force/Stock-Aitken Waterman produced, 'You're Gonna Get Rocked!' Here Toy is at her edgiest with tracks like 'Such a Wicked Love' and the highly addictive title track. Praise should also go to the marketing team behind La Toya's following album, 'Bad Girl' (her answer to Michael's 'Bad') where every track is a camp classic - like her ode to her younger brother, Michael in 'He's My Brother' and Madonna-esque dance track, 'Restless Heart'. At her managers instructions, La Toya's sex appeal was amped up to the max for her next LP, 'No Relations' - featuring subtle tracks like 'Sexbox' and served as a tie in to her controversial autobiography. After breaking free from the ties of the sadistic Gordon, La Toya made her most personal album 'Startin' Over', which launched several dance singles including
'Just Wanna Dance' and 'Free the World'. The album never received a full release, but many of the tracks were released in EP form to promote La Toya's second autobiography, 'Starting Over' (which counteracted many of the claims made in her previous one with Gordon). As well as her accomplished music career, La Toya has become something of a gay icon thanks to unforgettable appearances on the likes of 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' 'Armed and Famous' and 'The Celebrity Apprentice.' La Toya has promised one final studio album before her withdrawal from the music industry to focus on her business ventures and upcoming OWN reality series, Life With La Toya.