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13 Apr, 1973

Music & Me

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aJackson releases his third album Music & Me. Hit singles include, With A Child’s Heart, Happy, Music & Me, and Morning Glow.

14 Apr, 1973

Soul Train interview

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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.

Jackson 5- Interview On Soul Train

22 Jul, 1973

WWRL interview

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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.

Jackson Five Interview 1973 - Part 6

27 Oct, 1973

Dancing Machine performance

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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 movesFollowing 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.

Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine (Michael does ROBOT) - Soul Train 1973

5 Oct, 1974

Soul Train interview

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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.

16 Jan, 1975

Forever, Michael

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aJackson 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.

16 Jun, 1976

Dinah Shore interview

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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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21 Jun, 1976

Freddie Prinz interview

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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.

The Jacksons interviewed by Freddie Prinz 1976 Part 2