Michael Jackson: Michael Jackson's Peacock Music
John Abbey, Blues & Soul, August 1979
INTERVIEWS with Michael Jackson are few and far between. However, after the Jacksons' Platinum Party, at which the whole family was presented with platinum awards for the Destiny album and 'Shake Your Body' single, Michael was sufficiently relaxed at home to talk to Tamiko Jones and John Abbey of B&S about some of the things that are important to him.
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