Michael Jackson

King of Pop

A)Introduction

The famous Michael Jackson was born on August 29th, 1958 in a small town in Gary, Indiana. The seventh child of the Jackson family, Michael changed the world with his amazing singing and talented dance moves. As a young child, Michael joined with his older brothers in a group band,called the Jackson 5. Some of their famous songs were "ABC" and "I want you Back". The Jackson 5 traveled all around, singing in stadiums and large fall festivals. Every time they performed, their fame grew more and more popular. People of all ages could not stop listening to Michael and his brothers. They fell in love with them, buying any product that had their name on them, such as, badges and posters. After many years of performing with his older brothers, Michael later moved on to a solo career in the mid 1970’s,performing large concerts all around the United States.This, in fact, is the big start of Michael's career. No one in history, as a result, ever saw a talented musician like Michael Jackson before. He was a man with unbelievable skills. For one, he was the first African American to come on MTV, creating amazing music videos like Beat It, Billie Jean, and most importantly, Thriller. People from all over the world put their hands up when they heard his songs.. At one point in the 80's, Michael was at the peak of coolness. No other pop star at the time could touch him. Because of his incredible majestic talent, it gave him the great title known today as the King of Pop.

B)Early childhood

As a young kid,Michael Jackson did not have the childhood like many other people had. His younger days were full of suffering and neglect. Ever since he was a kid, Michael was horrible beaten and tortured by his father, Joseph.His mother was unable to help, pleading with her husband not to hurt him. He would get pushed Michael into walls and whip him with a belt all the time. This later traumatized him, causing Michael to fear afterwards in the years to come. One night while he was asleep, his father climbed into his window wearing a mask, screaming and shouting. The father wanted to teach Michael a lesson for leaving the windows open while sleeping. This was such a horrible event, keeping him awake all throughout the hours of the night. As a young kid, Michael was greatly gifted. He showed musical talent early in his life, singing in front of classmates and others at important celebrations. In the early 1960’s, young Michael found his stardom when he joined his brothers forming the Jackson five. As a band, they went far and wide like no other singers have ever done in history. They recorded several songs that soared the charts, like “I want You Back”, “The love You Save”, and “I’ll Be There”. In the late months of 1975, the Jackson 5 left for Motown.

C)The 80's Baby

The famous Michael Jackson ruled the entire 80’s with an iron fist. Like a king with a golden stick and red cape, everyone bowed down at Michael’s incredible aptitude. People from all ages fell in love with his music and nice personality. Back in the day, if you weren’t a MJ fan, you would become a MJ fan. Many famous songs were made at this time, like “Off the wall”, “Beat It”, and “Wanna Be Startin Somethin”. On March 25, 1983, Jackson performed live on the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever television special. Many people say this was his best performance. This is where he performed one of his famous songs, “Billie Jean”, singing about a girl claiming that he is the father of her child. These performances also led to his famous dance move, the moonwalk, which was seen by over 50 million views during its initial airing. Yes, the 80’s was a great time to be born. Music was taking a different turn and it was also because of Michael. Many other singers were popular, but he was growing minute by the minute. Everything would soon change when Michael created his greatest song of all time, Thriller. Thriller changed how people listened to music on the radio and television set. It lasted on the Billboard 200 for over 37 straight weeks, something that no other song has even down. Today it is the best selling album of all time, with worldwide sales between 45 million and 109 million copies.

D)Thriller:The coolest song of all Time

Out of all the songs ever created, Thriller was the only one that broke the record. Thriller was the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. This album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall. Thriller explores similar genres to that of the song, including funk, disco, soul, soft rock, R&B and pop. However, Thriller's lyrics deal with generally darker themes, including paranoia, and the supernatural. The song also came with a music video. It was a 14-minute music video released on December 2, 1983 and directed by John Landis who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jackson. The mini-film was broadcast on MTV three weeks before Christmas 1983. It was the most expensive video of its time, costing US$500,000[1], and Guinness World Records listed it in 2006 as the "most successful music video", selling over 9 million units. Unlike other songs that talk about love and romance, Thriller took us to a creepy spooky side with a catchy melody. This song also starred the famous playboy model Oly Ray. It starts off with Michael Jackson seeing a movie with his girlfriend. Halfway through the movie, his girlfriend gets scared and leave the theater. Michael, however, is enjoying the movie, and doesn't want to get up from his seat. But because his date is terrified, he leaves to comfort her. After that, they start walking through the dark ally with Michael singing about the movie. While the song is happening, zombies are getting out of their grave, thirsty for some blood. At this part, a famous rap come on by Vincent Price, who did chilling sounds for Hollywood movies in the past. Soon Michael and his date are surrounded by zombies and have no where to run. All of sudden, Michael is changed into a zombie and starts a dance in the dark spooky streets. The dance that took part in the video turn incredibly popular. People could be seen dancing to the song and shaking their body. Talk show host said that the dance was something that was never seen before. To this very day, the thriller dance is by far one of the best moves to do at a celebration or party.

E)The Famous Moonwalk

The moonwalk is probably the most popular dance technique of all time. It has been used in many dance competitions and movies all around the globe. It a dance technique where you are walking forward, but at the same time moving backwards. Usually when performing this move, you must have certain shoes that doesn't hold a lot of friction on to the floor. The Moonwalk was first seen by the famous Michael Jackson performing Billie Jean in the early 80's. He didn't create the moonwalk, but instead perfected it. Over 40 million people starred in amazement at the great singer with his talent and singing. Ever since that day, it has been greatly popular. So whenever you are at a party or celebration, make sure you know the moonwalk. This way everyone will like you and cheer you on. In other words my friend, you will be the center of the party and nobody else. Thats how cool the moonwalk is. Also if you are trying to get a girlfriend, try to show her you Michael jackson moves. Girls love that kind of stuff and will 100% talk to you more than than anyone else. So learn the moonwalk and be the man everyone.

F)Beat It

G)Billie Jean

H)List of Michael Jackson's top songs

Michael Jackson has a lot of famous hits. Some of them are listed right here:

I)A Test To See if You are A Real MJ Fan

Hee Hee. Answer these questions below please!!!!!!!!!!

1. Do you know the Thriller Dance?