Corner of the Sky performance
Jackson performs Corner of the Sky with his brothers on Soul Train.
Papa Was a Rolling Stone performance
Jackson performs Papa Was a Rolling Stone with the Jackson 5 on their first international tour, The Jackson 5 World Tour.
Ben performance
Jackson performs a solo performance of Ben at the 45th annual Oscar show. This is the first time Jackson performed solo at the Oscars.
Music & Me
Jackson releases his third album Music & Me. Hit singles include, With A Child’s Heart, Happy, Music & Me, and Morning Glow.
Soul Train interview
Jackson and his brothers are interviewed by Cornelius and the audience. They ask them who designed their clothes they wear on stage and they ask Jackson how old he was when he did his first performance with Diana Ross. Jackie Jackson responds for all the Jacksons when the audience ask who teaches them their dance steps.
Well we all get in our home studio at home and we all put our heads together and do it ourselves.
WWRL interview
Jackson and his brothers are interviewed by WWRL. They ask Jackson how he felt about Isaac Hayes covering their song Never Can Say Goodbye.
I thought it was great because I like to see other people do our tunes. We all liked it.
Dancing Machine performance
Jackson performs Dancing Machine on Soul Train with Jackson 5 promoting their new album Get it Together. The Jackson 5 were the first group that ever consented to do Soul Train. Unlike other groups that Don Cornelius had to beg to do his show, The Jackson 5 were fans of the show and wanted to appear on it.
During the performance, Jackson debuts robotic dance moves. Following the airing of the broadcast, kids across the country imitate the Robot dance, and stars such as David Bowie will ask Jackson to teach the moves to them. From Jackson’s Moonwalk biography:
It seemed like every kid in the United States was doing the Robot. I had never seen anything like it.
Get it Together performance
The Jacksons perform Get it Together along with a medley of their songs on Soul Train.
Dancin’ Machine performance
The Jackson 5 perform Dancin’ Machine on The Carol Burnett Show, where their songs are acted out as they sing.
Soul Train interview
Jackson appears on Soul Train, where host, Cornelius asks him what he’s looking forward to in the future.
Recording with other artists and going into acting. We get a lot of scripts in but we haven’t found the exact script that we want to use. So we’re picking and deciding.
Forever, Michael
Jackson releases his fourth album with Motown records, Forever, Michael. Hit singles include, We’re Almost There, Just A Little Bit Of You, and One Day In Your Life.
Moving Violations Tour
Jackson performs Never Can Say Goodbye, Rocking Robin and a host of other hits along with his brothers, the Jacksons, at the Moving Violations tour in Mexico.
Moving Violations Tour performance
Jackson performs Never Can Say Goodbye, Rocking Robin and a host of other hits along with his brothers, the Jacksons, at the Moving Violations tour in Mexico.
Never Can Say Goodbye performance
Jackson performs Never Can Say Goodbye along with the Jackson 5 during the Moving Violation tour in Mexico.
Dinah Shore interview
Jackson is interviewed with his brothers by Dinah Shore. They ask if there are any fights between them as siblings, Jackson’s premiere appearance at the Ms. Black American Beauty concert, he shows off his illustrations of Ms. Jane Pittman and Charlie Chaplin. There is also a solo interview that Jackson has with Shore where she asks him what he would do if he was allowed to go on vacation.
When I saw Ms. Jane Pittman on TV I just had to draw her, ’cause I thought it was a great role, Cicely Tyson played. She did a great job.
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Freddie Prinz interview
Jackson and his brothers are interviewed by Prinz. He asks them about their new summer sketch comedy shows, Jackson’s love for animals and a solo performance singing Happy where there is a playful call and response from the audience. Jackson’s sisters Latoya, Janet and Rebbie, who are also on the sketch show, are shown in the audience.
We have fun. Yeah ’cause we get a chance to do dancing. Every week we have a dance number, we have impressions we have comedy.
James Brown performance
Jackson does a dance performance with Brown at the BET awards. Jackson also presents Brown with a lifetime achievement award in Los Angeles, California.
Mike Douglas interview
Jackson and his brothers appear on The Mike Douglas Show, he asks them who teaches the dance moves.
When we get in the room we make them up ourselves.
Enjoy Yourself performance
The newly renamed group the Jacksons sing Enjoy Yourself. The single reaches the Top 10 on the billboard charts. This is Jackson’s brother Marlon’s debut performance playing the bongos in the background.
Tobago and Trinidad performances
Jackson performs three consecutive shows in Trinidad West Indies. One show was at Skinner Park in the city of San Fernando and two at the Queen’s Park Savannah in the country’s capital city of Port of Spain.