From left: Randy Jackson, Michael Jackson and Latoya Jackson watch the performances at a ball held in their honour at the Sheraton during their visit to the island in 1975. - File

Publisher and editor of the Western Mirror, Lloyd B. Smith, was employed to Kingston Publishers in 1975 when a young Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five performed at the National Stadium in Jamaica.

He stayed at the then Sheraton Kingston hotel with a large entourage that included his nanny and tutors.

Smith told The Gleaner: "There was a lot of hype surrounding The Jackson Five's performance. They delighted the audience but they did not remain long on the stage that was set up in the middle of the field. I was lucky enough to be in one of the rows close to the stage. I guess now we are all part of that history."

A clipping of the story, published in The Gleaner on March 11, 1975, about The Jackson Five's concert in the island.