Michael jackson greatest hits album song list

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After an exciting medley of the groupвЂ™s hits, he performs a new song from Thriller, released only three months before.

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In March 1983, Michael joins his brothers to perform on the Motown 25 network TV special, recorded for broadcast (to extraordinary ratings) in May.

Here, he meets producer Quincy Jones the two go on to remake the music industry landscape with 1982вЂ™s Thriller, the first-ever album to sell 30 million copies in the US, and 100 million worldwide.

In 1977, Michael lands a starring role alongside Diana Ross in the film musical, The Wiz, a retelling of The Wizard of Oz.

As they buy вЂњOne Day In Your LifeвЂќ in chart-topping numbers during 1981, Britons are reminded of the company which brought Michael to the fore.

It is picked for single release there as MichaelвЂ™s first post-Motown solo album, Off The Wall, rules the roost. 1 in the U.K.вЂ“ more than six years later. Forever, Michael includes вЂњOne Day In Your Life,вЂќ a song destined to be No.

In 1975, Forever, Michael is the teenagerвЂ™s fourth, final solo venture for Motown, as he and his brothers вЂ“ save for Jermaine вЂ“ head for the exit door and sign with Epic Records.

Introducing the groupвЂ™s new single, вЂњDancing MachineвЂќ on Soul Train in 1974, Michael unveils a dance routine of his own invention, the вЂњrobot.вЂќ The nationвЂ™s TV viewers get a stunning hint of the young manвЂ™s future moves Michael is not yet sixteen.

Michael is, of course, still the center of gravity for the Jackson 5 as they continue to make hits and mesmerize the world.

On his third LP, 1973вЂ™s Music & Me, Michael pays tribute to his childhood hero, Jackie Wilson, updating the R&B superstarвЂ™s 1960 hit, вЂњDogginвЂ™ Around.вЂќ

Ben, a Top 5 album, includes MichaelвЂ™s solo take on the classic Motown number with which the Jackson 5 won a talent contest at Roosevelt High School in Gary in 1965: вЂњMy Girl,вЂќ a chart-topper that year for the Temptations.

Michael performs it the following year on the OscarВ® telecast. 1, and the song is Academy Award-nominated. вЂњHeвЂ™s quite an animal lover.вЂќ Issued as a single that July, вЂњBenвЂќ reaches No. вЂњWhen Michael saw the song, he was anxious to do it,вЂќ recalls its co-writer, Don Black.

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MotownвЂ™s Hollywood connections yield for Michael an opportunity to record an unusual title song from Ben, a movie about a rat, in 1972.

2 in April 1972, even as he and his brothers occupy the Top 10 with вЂњDoctor My Eyes.вЂќ It contains interpretations of Bill WithersвЂ™ вЂњAinвЂ™t No Sunshine,вЂќ soon a Top 10 success in the U.K., and Carole KingвЂ™s вЂњYouвЂ™ve Got A Friend.вЂќ But the hottest track is вЂњRockinвЂ™ Robin,вЂќ MichaelвЂ™s sparkling remake of a вЂ™50s hit by Bobby Day. 1 on the Cash Box charts in January, when Motown issues MichaelвЂ™s first solo album.

вЂњGot To Be ThereвЂќ is a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 by yearвЂ™s end, and gets to No.

At twelve, he records his first solo release, вЂњGot To Be There,вЂќ in Los Angeles in June 1971.

Then it becomes obvious that Michael will embark on a solo career under MotownвЂ™s direction, while continuing to fly, literally and metaphorically, with his brothers.

Jacksonmania is evident on the charts, in the media and on stage during 1970-71.

The Jackson 5 record for a local label, Steeltown, before auditioning for Motown in Detroit in the summer of вЂ™68, and exploding onto the world stage the following year with вЂњI Want You Back,вЂќ the first of the groupвЂ™s four consecutive No.

Jackie вЂњhad that audience so bug-eyed with his dancing,вЂќ writes Michael in his autobiography, Moonwalk, вЂњthat no one could feel sad or lonely.вЂќ With Michael inspired by Jackie Wilson and James Brown, the youngstersвЂ™ reputation grows fast beyond Gary.

His musical talent is soon on display with his brothers when, with ages ranging from six to thirteen, they perform their first show at a hometown nightclub, Mr. Michael Joseph Jackson is born on Augin Gary, Indiana.

Michael jackson greatest hits album song list