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In The Studio With Michael Jackson:
No one
was closer to Michael Jackson at the height of his
creative powers than Bruce Swedien. In his laid-back
style, Bruce Swedien offers anecdotes about being
part of Quincy Jones' extended 'family' and reveals
the technical detail of creating Michael Jackson's
biggest-selling albums, as well as Bad, Dangerous
& HIStory, 100+ photos. |
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Michael Jackson Bio The Official
Tribute Edition 1958-2009:
From the fifties to the present day,
a complete day-by-day
visual documentary. The most comprehensive
book ever published on the world's greatest pop
superstar. Authorized by Michael during his
lifetime. This brand new edition includes events
surrounding The King of Pop's sad death in 2009. |
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Thriller |
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Michael Jackson 1958-2009 |
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Thriller:
A collection of Michael
Jackson's greatest hits as featured in the West End
musical, arranged for Piano Voice and Guitar.
Includes Thriller, ABC, Billie Jean, Off The
Wall, and Black Or
White. |
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Michael Jackson
1958 To 2009: This fantastic tribute to The King
of Pop includes arrangements for
Piano, Vocal &
Guitar (with Chord Boxes). Hit songs include
Thriller, The Man In The Mirror, You Rock My World
and Human Nature. |
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Michael Jackson
Biography 1958-1975
Michael Jackson was
born the eighth of ten children on August 29, 1958 in Gary,
Indiana, an industrial suburb of Chicago, to an African
American working-class family. His mother, Katherine Esther
Scruse, was a devout Jehovah's Witness, and his father,
Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, a steel mill worker who
performed with an R&B band called The Falcons. Jackson had
three sisters: Rebbie, La Toya, and Janet, and six brothers:
Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Brandon (Marlon's twin
brother, who died shortly after birth) and Randy.
Michael Jackson had
a troubled relationship with his father. He stated that he
was physically and emotionally abused during incessant
rehearsals, whippings, and name-calling, though he credited
his father's discipline for his success. In one altercation
recalled by Marlon, Joseph held Michael upside down by one
leg and "pummeled him over and over again with his hand,
hitting him on his back and buttocks". Joseph would also
trip or push his sons into walls. One night while Michael
was asleep, Joseph climbed into his room through the bedroom
window, wearing a fright mask and screaming. He said he
wanted to teach the children not to leave the window open
when they went to sleep. For years afterward, Jackson said
he suffered nightmares about being kidnapped from his
bedroom. Joseph acknowledged in 2003 that he regularly
whipped Jackson as a child.
Michael Jackson
first spoke openly about his childhood abuse in an interview
with Oprah Winfrey broadcast on February 10, 1993. He said
that he had often cried from loneliness and would sometimes
vomit when he saw his father. In an interview with Martin
Bashir, later included in the 2003 broadcast of Living with
Michael Jackson, Jackson acknowledged that his father hurt
him when he was a child, but was nonetheless a "genius."
When Bashir dismissed the positive remark and continued
asking about beatings, Jackson put his hand over his face
and objected to the questions. He recalled that Joseph sat
in a chair with a belt in his hand as he and his siblings
rehearsed, and that "if you didn't do it the right way, he
would tear you up, really get you".
Michael Jackson showed talent early in his life, performing in front of
classmates during a Christmas recital in kindergarten. In
1964, he and Marlon joined the Jackson Brothers—a band
formed by brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine—as backup
musicians playing congas and tambourine. Jackson later began
performing backup vocals and dancing; at the age of eight,
he and Jermaine assumed lead vocals, and the group's name
was changed to The Jackson 5. The band toured the Midwest
extensively from 1966 to 1968, frequently performing at a
string of black clubs known as the "chitlin' circuit", where
they often opened stripteases and other adult acts. In 1966,
they won a major local talent show with renditions of Motown
hits and James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)", led by
Michael.
The Jackson 5 recorded several songs, including "Big Boy",
for the local record label Steeltown in 1967, and signed
with Motown Records in 1968. Rolling Stone magazine later
described the young Michael as "a prodigy" with
"overwhelming musical gifts," writing that he "quickly
emerged as the main draw and lead singer." The group set a
chart record when its first four singles ("I Want You Back",
"ABC", "The Love You Save," and "I'll Be There") peaked at
number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Between 1972 and 1975, Michael Jackson released four solo studio
albums with Motown, among them Got to Be There and Ben,
released as part of the Jackson 5 franchise, and producing
successful singles such as "Got to Be There", "Ben", and a
remake of Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin". The group's sales
began declining in 1973, and the band members chafed under
Motown's strict refusal to allow them creative control or
input. Although they scored several top 40 hits, including
the top 5 disco single "Dancing Machine" and the top 20 hit
"I Am Love", the Jackson 5 left Motown in 1975.
(Source Wikipedia)
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