The Jacksons
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The Jacksons: The Jacksons (Epic/Philadelphia International); Joyful Jukebox Music (Tamla Motown)
Review by Bob Woffinden, New Musical Express, 15 January 1977
The red carpet, but no heat treatment ...
Look out! The Jacksons are back!
Report and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 1 February 1977
The Jackson boys take time out from recording their TV series to talk to B&S U.S. scribe, David Nathan ...
The Jacksons, Wild Cherry: Convention Arena, Fort Worth, Texas
Live Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 7 May 1977
A LABEL CHANGE and a substitution of brothers doesn't seem to have harmed the famous five some's charisma any. Michael's still up front and he, ...
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 21 June 1977
The brothers have graduated with honours from their teeny bopper image. They still retain the respect and adulation of their younger fans but now the ...
Report and Interview by Robin Katz, Record Mirror, 2 July 1977
On the last night of The Jacksons visit to London, Michael Jackson realised he hadn't seen the sights. Robin Katz (an American of all people) ...
The Jacksons: No Signs Of Any Slackening
Interview by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 7 October 1978
'Blame It On The Boogie' may not be the Jacksons most exciting single, but it's doing the trick again. PAUL SEXTON talks to Michael Jackson. ...
Review by Pete Wingfield, Melody Maker, 2 December 1978
THIS IS AN important album for the Jacksons now five again, with a small letter at least, Jermaine's defection having been balanced by lil' ...
Review by Danny Baker, New Musical Express, 13 January 1979
EACH YEAR, when the popularity polls roll around, way down in the best vocalist section we can find Bowie, Dylan and even Cornwall whilst my ...
The Jacksons: Ten Golden Years
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 13 February 1979
The guys recently celebrated ten years as a headlining act and B&S took the opportunity to talk to them individually and gather their thoughts on ...
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 6 May 1980
TO GET some measure of Michael Jackson's success during 1979, you only have to look at the B&S Poll results because Michael walked off with ...
Review by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 21 October 1980
'Can You Feel It'; 'Lovely One'; 'Your Ways'; 'Everybody'; 'Heartbreak Hotel'; 'Time Waits For No One'; 'Walk Right Now'; 'Give It Up'; 'Wondering Who' ...
Interview by Mark Cooper, Record Mirror, 21 March 1981
Stevie Wonder's rival? The black Bambi or just James Bond's scuba diving companion? Mark Cooper looks at the mystery behind Michael Jackson's shades… and finds ...
The Jacksons: The Great Greenland Mystery
Report and Interview by Danny Baker, New Musical Express, 4 April 1981
For years, scientists have been baffled by The Great Greenland Mystery. What is it that makes Greenland the only territory on earth where The Jacksons ...
The Jacksons: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Richard Grabel, New Musical Express, 12 September 1981
BEST FOOT FORWARD ...
Outside promoters lessen King's role in Jacksons' summer tour
Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 10 May 1984
DUE TO growing dissatisfaction with Don King, Michael Jackson and his five brothers have brought in two music-business veterans to promote their upcoming tour. Frank ...
The Jacksons' Summer Tour In Chaos As Businessmen Scramble For Power
Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 7 June 1984
LITTLE MORE than a month and a half before the Jacksons were due to hit the stage, preparations for their summer tour were a shambles. ...
The Jacksons: Victory — Tour de Force or Tour de Farce?
Report by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 31 July 1984
John Abbey reports from backstage at the opening of The Jacksons' Victory Tour, the most eagerly awaited tour for many a long year. The organisation, ...
Review by Barney Hoskyns, New Musical Express, 4 August 1984
NO-ONE SHOULD be too surprised that Victory is not a triumph. What's happened to the Jackson household since young Wacko came of age would screw ...
The Jacksons: Meadowlands Stadium, New Jersey
Live Review by Barney Hoskyns, New Musical Express, 11 August 1984
SCARCELY HAD I touched down Stateside last week when I found myself bound in a bus for Meadowlands in a humid pocket of endless, endlessly ...
The Jacksons: RFK Stadium, Washington DC
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 22 September 1984
Michael shines through audio troubles, theatrics ...
Review by Laura Fissinger, Creem, October 1984
THROUGH A series of circumstances too bizarre to recount (even here!), CREEM has become the first national publication to locate and interview the lost Jackson ...
The Jacksons: Dodger Stadium, Elysian Park, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 3 December 1984
JACKSONS FALL SHORT OF A CLEAR-CUT VICTORY ...
see also Janet Jackson
see also Michael Jackson
see also Jackson 5, The
see also La Toya Jackson
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