Michael Jackson Story Unmasked, The Page #2
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During the 1980s Michael Jackson's
fame had surpassed
many of the worlds leading political
and religious figures
and by the age of only 25,
the New York Times summed him up
as a musical phenomena, stating that,
in the world of pop music
Four song on the album were penned by Michael,
Want To Be Starting Something,
The Girl Is Mine with Paul McCartney,
Beat It and Billy Jean.
Unlike many artists,
Michael did not write his songs on paper,
instead he chose to dictate the
words into a tape machine
and when recording he would sing from memory.
rather than read the words.
Aside from his music,
Michael Jackson was to revolutionise music videos,
was unprecedented for its time,
with duration of over 14 minutes,
a huge cast and massive budge.
Director John Landis of Blues Brothers
in American wealth
and london fame, teamed up with Rick Baker,
whose created prosthetics that
rivalled those of the cinema.
This combined with choreography
as dazzling as Broadway,
resulted in a music video,
which became so popular,
that a documentary
the making of Michael Jackson's Thriller,
became the worlds largest selling home video.
Songs from Thriller,
along with Michael's narrative
for the ET storybook,
earned him a phenomenal eight
Grammy Awards in a single night.
Another pop music industry record.
It was during the televised 25th
anniversary of Mowtown in 1982
that Michael Jackson,
wearing his signature white sequined glove
unveiled the now famous
moonwalk for the first time.
It sent the crowd wild
and received phenomenal worldwide media coverage.
MTV who in the past had been reluctant
to give airtime to black artists
were now broadcasting Michael's
videos on heavy rotation.
the most celebrated
and influential pop star on the planet.
He is one of the few artists
who have been inducted
into the Rock 'n Roll hall of fame twice.
His awards include eight Guinness world records.
including one for thriller as the
worlds best selling album,
and the sale of over 750
Michael received further accolade
when he was presented
with the greatest artist of the decade award
by President Bush at the Whitehouse.
On January 27, 1984,
Michael jackson and his four brothers
were performing Billy Jean
for a pepsi cola commercial
when a bizarre firework accident during filming
resulted in Michael suffering
second-degree burns to the head.
Plastic surgery was required
to restore his appearance.
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