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"Black Music & Jazz Review" Magazine Interview

Date range assessed by the fact that “The Jacksons had just completed their Destiny album”, which occurred summer 1978.

"Black Music & Jazz Review" magazine (December 1978), from Chris Cadman’s “Michael Jackson the Maestro” (article summary/quotes)

The Jacksons had just completed their Destiny album when Michael conducted this interview with Blues Music & Jazz Review. The current single at the time was ‘Blame It On The Boogie.’ Highlights included:

What now of their work with Gamble & Huff.

“That’s over for the time being, but it could be we return to them from time to time in the future.”

Michael explained that he thought that some of the songs Gamble & Huff had written would be best suited to some of the other artists they worked with.

Michael said he loved both the albums he worked on with the producers, and had no preference of what was his favourite.

Ironically ‘Blame It On The Boogie’ was written by an English guy named Mick Jackson and Michael said he wasn’t amused when he heard he was going to release his version of the song.

“That was a rotten trick. Still, it didn’t lose us any sales.”

Michael was about to begin work on his new solo album at the time of this article, which would go on to be ‘OFF THE WALL’. Two names mentioned as chief writers of his first Epic solo album were Don Black and Mort Shaar, but neither would be on it at its completion.