Thursday, August 29, 2024
Este August 29th, Michael Jackson would be celebrating his 1st birthday 66 And if we still had the King of Popmaybe we were telling the story of how I was going to celebrate it.
Maybe surrounded by his children at a special party with many celebrity guests or perhaps on a tour. Maybe releasing a new song that would become a trending topic on social media in a matter of minutes.
The truth is that, according to the words of his daughter, Paris JacksonMichael hated his birthday. “Today is my father’s birthday. When he was alive, he hated people reminding him of his birthday. He didn’t like being congratulated, nothing like that. In fact, he never wanted to tell us when his birthday was so we wouldn’t throw him a party.”he commented.
There is nothing left but to remember the only one, the only and irreplaceable Michael with anecdotes that he left us for posterity.
In 1992, he recorded in collaboration with Michael Jordan the music video of the song “Jam” from his album “Dangerous”. At that time, the star of the Chicago Bulls He hesitated a little about collaborating with the singer, making an acidic affirmative decision when he realized that it was a unique opportunity that would never be repeated.
The video was recorded in Chicago to favor the Jordan and their schedules, and the rehearsals went down in history in a film where you can see both, singer and athlete, teaching each other their trades. On the Youtube platform it exceeds the 20 million views.
About their meeting, Jackson said: “I got to work with the greatest sports legend of all time, Michael Jordan. We had to play one-on-one, it was very embarrassing. He never missed, that was the goal, for him to teach me how to play basketball and for me to teach him how to dance.”
At just five years old, Michael He made his stage debut alongside his brothers “The Jackson Five” At the age of 13 he recorded his first solo album.
“Thriller”, With more than 70 million copies sold, it is the most profitable album of the “King of Pop”The music video, with its dance sequences and horror atmosphere, is part of pop culture that has crossed the generational barrier.
In his artistic career he won 13 Grammy Awards and their songs reached the top 1 in up to 13 timesy 26 American Music Awards. This is how 13 became the lucky number of the interpreter of “Thriller”.
The sounds heard at the beginning of the recording of “Smooth Criminal” from the disk “Bad” are the heartbeats of Michael Jackson.
Jackson I was truly suffering vitiligo, a skin disease that causes the loss of melanocytes, the cells responsible for pigmentation. He was harshly criticized for allegedly undergoing a treatment to whiten his skin. The autopsy determined that this was not the case.
MJ bought the rights to the songs of The Beatlescomposed between 1964 and 1970, for the amount of USD $47 million dollarssomething that caused the breakup of his friendship with Paul McCartney.
The call GOAT (greatest of all time) left an indelible mark on humanity.
