The Jackson 5: Caroline Boucher Meets The Father Of A Phenomena
Caroline Boucher, Disc and Music Echo, 11 November 1972
THE TWO rival fan factions swarm round the Churchill Hotel, Osmond Brothers fans to the left waving up to those windows, Jackson Five ones massed round the front. They have become quite famous; taxi drivers talk about them and avoid Portman Square specially.
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