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  1. Dec 29, 2015 · Born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958, Michael Jackson was definitely not a regular kid. A superstar with The Jackson 5 before he was eight years old, he became the King of Pop as a solo artist. Michael was a creative--yet deeply troubled--genius who always remained devoted to his art right up until his death is 2009 before a much ...

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  2. Jackson was planning a series of concerts to make a comeback when he died suddenly on June 25, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. This Is It, a film featuring rehearsals for the concerts, was released in October 2009. (1958–2009). Michael Jackson was once one of the world’s most popular entertainers. He became a star as a child and later ...

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    1958-1975: Early life and The Jackson 5

    Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana to a family of Jehovah's Witnesses. He was the eighth of Katherine and Joe Jackson's ten children. Jackson's father Josephwas a steel mill worker. On January 1 1964 Jackson and his brother Marlon joined their older brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine's band, The Jackson Brothers, in the band's first public performance. Jackson was six years old. When Jackson was 8 he started being the band's main singer with Jermaine. The group's n...

    1976-1981

    In 1976 The Jacksons got their own TV show on CBS. The show was cancelled in March 1977. On October 24, 1978 a movie called The Wiz was released. The movie was a remake of The Wizard of Ozwith all black actors. Jackson acted as Scarecrow. On December 17 1978 The Jacksons' twelfth album was released. It was the first album they had produced. Jackson wrote the album's second single "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" with Randy Jackson. It reached No.7 in the US Hot 100. In December 1978 Jac...

    1982-1983

    In 1982 Jackson sung "Somewhere in the Dark" for the E.T. soundtrack. It won a Grammy for Best Recording for Children in 1984. That year Jackson won seven other Grammys for his album Thriller. On October 18 1982 the first single from Thriller, "The Girl Is Mine", was released. It was sung with Paul McCartney. Some people thought that the album wasn't going to be very good because of the song. Jackson's sixth solo album Thrillerwas released on November 30, 1982. Jackson didn't do a tour for th...

    Jackson lived a well-publicized personal life even though he tried to stay private. He was often in celebrity and tabloid magazines. Later in his life he was in magazines because of his personal life more than for his music.

    Jackson died at age 50 on June 25, 2009 at 2:25pm at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. It is thought that he went into cardiac arrest, which means his heart stopped. Jackson died just two months before his 51st birthday.

    Jackson won Entertainer of the Year at the 2009 Soul Train Awards. That year he also won five American Music Awards. On October 26, 2009 a two disc album called Michael Jackson's This Is It was released. The album's only single "This Is It" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 2011. On October 28, 2009 Michael J...

    Jackson was voted as the Greatest Singer of All Time by people who did a poll on NME.com. Bad 25, a documentary movie about Jackson's album Bad, was released in August 2012. In 2012 he sold almost 819,000 albums in the United States. He is thought to have sold 2.7 million albums around the world in 2012. His estate makes $145 million a year.

    Jackson made more money than any other dead celebrity in 2013. Jackson's earnings have increased following his death. According to a report by Forbes in 2016, he had been the top-earning dead celebrity each year since his death, with triple-digit millions per annum ($825 million in 2016). A new compilation album, Scream, was released on September 2...

    Got to Be There(1972)
    Ben(1972)
    Music & Me(1973)
    Forever, Michael(1975)
    The Wiz(1978)
    Captain EO(1986)
    Michael Jackson's Ghosts(1997)
    Bad (1987–1989)
    Dangerous World Tour (1992–1993)
    HIStory World Tour (1996–1997)
    MJ & Friends (1999)
  4. Nelson Cavaquinho, 1972. Nelson Cavaquinho (October 29, 1911 – February 18, 1986, birth name Nelson Antônio da Silva) was one of the most important singer/composers of samba. [1] [2] He is usually seen as a representative of the tragic aspects of samba thematics, with many songs about death and hopelessness. He was a prominent figure of ...

  5. Jun 25, 2009 · Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on August 29, 1958. Michael's father, Joe Jackson, worked as a crane operator at a steel mill. His mother, Katherine, took care of the family and sometimes took part time jobs. Both of Michael's parents loved music. His dad played guitar for an R & B band and his mother sang and played the piano.

  6. Apr 11, 2023 · Michael Jackson, pictured in 1970 as a pre-teen, began his professional singing career at age 5. Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. He was the eighth of 10 ...

  7. This book is about the music legend Michael Jackson who died in 2009. This book is for people to understand his music and be inspired. He his still one of the best legends who has ever lived. This book is dedicated to his children, Prince, Paris and Michael. May the memory of your father stay alive in you. Created & published on StoryJumper ...