makes me feel like one of his many
nicknames was the gloved one welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re looking at
the early years of michael jackson’s
life and career from 1958 to 1990
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on
August 29 1958 in Gary Indiana he first
got into music in 1954 when he joined
his older siblings in the band the
Jackson brothers as a backup musician
and vocalist the group changed his name
to the Jackson 5 shortly after Michael
started sharing lead vocal duties with
Jermaine my mother caught me making my
bed one day and I was singing and she
said to my father that I could sing and
he didn’t want to hear of it you know he
said that Jermaine’s the beat singer not
Michael mother said Joe you really
should hear him sing though Jackson’s
father was a very strict disciplinarian
Michael was a natural talent whose
vocals and dance moves quickly turned
him into the Jackson 5’s main draw the
group signed with Motown Records in 1968
and released four number-one singles on
the label including I want you back and
I’ll be there
I’ll be there
Jackson released four solo albums on
Motown including his solo debut the
January 1972 album got to be there and
August 1972 s been the title track of
this sophomore effort gave Jackson his
first number-one solo single meanwhile
in June 1975 the Jackson 5 signed with
Epic Records and became the Jacksons
between 1976 and 1984 the Jacksons
released six albums it was during this
period that Michael met Quincy Jones
while he starred in the 1978 film The
Wiz an African American remake of The
Wizard of Oz you can’t win it can’t make
it and then it can’t get out of the game
people give say
things that gonna change but they look
just like to stay in the same Jones then
went on to produce Jackson’s 1979 record
off the wall which produced four top-ten
singles such as don’t stop till you get
enough and rock with it though Michael
had not yet officially left the Jacksons
his solo career was taking off next up
was 1982 s thriller which became the
best-selling album of all time and one
Jackson’s seven Grammys and eight
American Music Awards seven of thrillers
nine tracks became top-10 singles
including Billie Jean beat it and the
girl is mine a duet with Paul McCartney
the Jones produced record not only
solidified Jackson’s staying power but
also helped bring the music video to the
next level 1983 saw Jackson reunite with
his brothers during a live television
performance on the show Motown 25
yesterday today forever on that same
special he debuted his now trademark
dance move the moonwalk during a solo
performance
the next year Jackson and his brothers
were filming a commercial for Pepsi Cola
when Michael’s hair was accidentally set
on fire this injury is credited by many
as having prompted Jackson’s obsession
with plastic surgery though his look had
begun to change prior to the Pepsi
fiasco a few months later he went on
tour with his brothers to promote his
last album with the Jetsons victory
Jackson donated all funds from the
Victory Tour to charity while Jackson
had collaborated a second time with Paul
McCartney on the 1983 single say say say
their friendship ended when Michael
acquired the publishing rights to most
of the Beatles songs by purchasing a TV
musics catalog in 1984 the next year
Jackson showed his philanthropic streak
when he co-wrote the charity song we are
the world with Lionel Richie
by the mid-1980s Jackson’s physical
appearance began to change more
obviously he underwent a few cosmetic
surgeries as well as treatments for
vitiligo a disorder that lightened the
color of his skin tabloids were also
spreading outrageous rumors about his
personal life during this time it’s been
said that Michael Jackson underwent
plastic surgery to make himself look
more like you I don’t think so is that
true no I well I don’t think he has no
one’s ever Ito he’s never told me that I
don’t think so 1986 saw Jackson
collaborate with directors George Lucas
and Francis Ford Coppola on a short and
innovative 3d film called Captain EO
that was shown at Disney theme parks by
1987 Jackson’s next album bad was
finally released though it was not as
successful as Thriller it did spawn
several number-one singles
the bad world tour that followed
ultimately became the highest grossing
tour of all time 1988 saw Jackson’s
first autobiography moonwalk hit number
one on the New York Times bestseller
list that same year he also converted
some property into a home and amusement
park in California and renamed it
Neverland Ranch during the first part of
his career Michael Jackson went from
being a child star to being one of the
world’s biggest entertainers of course
there would be much more to come
nicknames was the gloved one welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re looking at
the early years of michael jackson’s
life and career from 1958 to 1990
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on
August 29 1958 in Gary Indiana he first
got into music in 1954 when he joined
his older siblings in the band the
Jackson brothers as a backup musician
and vocalist the group changed his name
to the Jackson 5 shortly after Michael
started sharing lead vocal duties with
Jermaine my mother caught me making my
bed one day and I was singing and she
said to my father that I could sing and
he didn’t want to hear of it you know he
said that Jermaine’s the beat singer not
Michael mother said Joe you really
should hear him sing though Jackson’s
father was a very strict disciplinarian
Michael was a natural talent whose
vocals and dance moves quickly turned
him into the Jackson 5’s main draw the
group signed with Motown Records in 1968
and released four number-one singles on
the label including I want you back and
I’ll be there
I’ll be there
Jackson released four solo albums on
Motown including his solo debut the
January 1972 album got to be there and
August 1972 s been the title track of
this sophomore effort gave Jackson his
first number-one solo single meanwhile
in June 1975 the Jackson 5 signed with
Epic Records and became the Jacksons
between 1976 and 1984 the Jacksons
released six albums it was during this
period that Michael met Quincy Jones
while he starred in the 1978 film The
Wiz an African American remake of The
Wizard of Oz you can’t win it can’t make
it and then it can’t get out of the game
people give say
things that gonna change but they look
just like to stay in the same Jones then
went on to produce Jackson’s 1979 record
off the wall which produced four top-ten
singles such as don’t stop till you get
enough and rock with it though Michael
had not yet officially left the Jacksons
his solo career was taking off next up
was 1982 s thriller which became the
best-selling album of all time and one
Jackson’s seven Grammys and eight
American Music Awards seven of thrillers
nine tracks became top-10 singles
including Billie Jean beat it and the
girl is mine a duet with Paul McCartney
the Jones produced record not only
solidified Jackson’s staying power but
also helped bring the music video to the
next level 1983 saw Jackson reunite with
his brothers during a live television
performance on the show Motown 25
yesterday today forever on that same
special he debuted his now trademark
dance move the moonwalk during a solo
performance
the next year Jackson and his brothers
were filming a commercial for Pepsi Cola
when Michael’s hair was accidentally set
on fire this injury is credited by many
as having prompted Jackson’s obsession
with plastic surgery though his look had
begun to change prior to the Pepsi
fiasco a few months later he went on
tour with his brothers to promote his
last album with the Jetsons victory
Jackson donated all funds from the
Victory Tour to charity while Jackson
had collaborated a second time with Paul
McCartney on the 1983 single say say say
their friendship ended when Michael
acquired the publishing rights to most
of the Beatles songs by purchasing a TV
musics catalog in 1984 the next year
Jackson showed his philanthropic streak
when he co-wrote the charity song we are
the world with Lionel Richie
by the mid-1980s Jackson’s physical
appearance began to change more
obviously he underwent a few cosmetic
surgeries as well as treatments for
vitiligo a disorder that lightened the
color of his skin tabloids were also
spreading outrageous rumors about his
personal life during this time it’s been
said that Michael Jackson underwent
plastic surgery to make himself look
more like you I don’t think so is that
true no I well I don’t think he has no
one’s ever Ito he’s never told me that I
don’t think so 1986 saw Jackson
collaborate with directors George Lucas
and Francis Ford Coppola on a short and
innovative 3d film called Captain EO
that was shown at Disney theme parks by
1987 Jackson’s next album bad was
finally released though it was not as
successful as Thriller it did spawn
several number-one singles
the bad world tour that followed
ultimately became the highest grossing
tour of all time 1988 saw Jackson’s
first autobiography moonwalk hit number
one on the New York Times bestseller
list that same year he also converted
some property into a home and amusement
park in California and renamed it
Neverland Ranch during the first part of
his career Michael Jackson went from
being a child star to being one of the
world’s biggest entertainers of course
there would be much more to come
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