The Jackson family band started when Tito sneakily took his father’s guitar. In 1963 The Jackson Brothers was formed featuring Jackie, Tito and Jermaine. They entered local talent shows and competitions and by 1965 Joe added younger brothers Marlon and Michael, renaming them The Jackson 5 in 1966.

Disc 1 (The Jackson 5)

13 singles

Michael Jackson’s Top 20 Billboard Hits

• 8. ” Black Or White”
• 7. ” Will You Be There”
• 6. ” In The Closet”
• 5. ” Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”
• 4. ” Say Say Say” Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson.
• 3. ” Rock With You” Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 (4 weeks)
• 2. ” Beat It” Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 (3 weeks)
• 1. ” Billie Jean” Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 (7 weeks)

I Want You Back

Michael sought to carve out a career independent of his siblings’. Though he made solo albums as a child on the Motown label, it was on Epic that Michael became a superstar in his own right.

“I can’t function if I don’t sleep. They’ll have to cancel it. “And I don’t want them to cancel it, but they will have to cancel it.” According to the doctor who was the last person to see the singer before he was rushed to hospital, these were his final words.

Forest Lawn, California, United States

Jackson couldn’t read or write music at all. Contrary to received wisdom, he could play instruments a bit – he’s credited as playing keyboard, synthesizer, guitar, drums and percussion on ‘HIStory’ – but none proficiently. We called in a guitar player, and Michael sang every note of every chord to him.

He had been influenced by the work of contemporary musicians such as James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Diana Ross, Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis, Jr., Gene Kelly, David Ruffin, The Isley Brothers, the Bee Gees, and the West Side Story dancers.

1. Jackson’s record-setting ways didn’t stop when he died on June 25, 2009. In the week after his death, he became the first artist to sell more than 1 million digital tracks in one week. He also became the first artist to have the three best-selling albums in the United States.

Beatles

Michael Jackson’s lawyer, John Branca, knew Jackson was looking for songs to buy. As for Michael Jackson’s estate, it still owns Jackson’s master recordings as well as Mijac Music, the publishing company that owns all of the songs he wrote.

Michael Jackson now owns the rights to Eminem’s back catalogue, after his partnership company Sony/ATV purchased the publishing company Famous Music for $370 million. Yesterday’s deal means Sony/ATV own the rights to over 125,000 songs, of which Eminem is one of the most high-profile and profitable.

It was sound financial advice that McCartney may have come to regret giving on August 14, 1985, when Michael Jackson purchased the publishing rights to the vast majority of the Beatles’ catalog for $47 million, outbidding McCartney himself. …

Following McCartney’s advice, Jackson then got in contact with attorney John Branca who helped him buy the rights to 1960s songs that he was fond of. This was all a warm-up exercise for Jackson, however, when in 1984 when Branca told him that music publishing company ATV was for sale.

Sony Music Entertainment

The Catcher in the Rye

December 8, 1980, The Dakota, New York, United States