The Jackson Five: Five Pranksters Puppets
Roger St. Pierre, NME, 9 December 1972
TAUNTS THAT the Jackson Five are nothing more than carefully manipulated puppets just aren't borne out by the facts. Five minutes in the company of Michael Jackson will convince you that this precocious talent just could not be programmed – he's got far too mischievous a nature.
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