The title was chosen from a list of girls' names, although it was nearly dropped due to the association with Jackie Kennedy following her husband's assassination in 1963.

[3] The best-ever selling single issue was the 1972 special edition to coincide with the UK tour of American singer David Cassidy.

[5] The magazine featured a section called Silly Star File, a humorous interview with figures from the world of pop music.

Jackie became very popular with young teenage girls, not least because of the Cathy and Claire problem page, which received 400 reader letters a week and dealt with controversial issues that were nonetheless relevant to the readership.

In 1974 the NHS made the contraceptive pill free on prescription, and so under editor Nina Myskow the magazine introduced a Dear Doctor column, which covered what were termed as "below the waist issues".