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Elvis’s mom helped him furnish their first real house. Then he wouldn’t stop mailing her one thing.
Elvis and his mom Gladys furnished their first real house together. Then he kept mailing her one gift until she had to store most of them.
Jermaine Jackson gave his son two weeks to learn a Jackson 5 song. Jaafar didn’t get Michael’s part
When Jaafar Jackson was about 13, his dad Jermaine gave him two weeks to learn a Jackson 5 song. Guess who got Michael's part. Watch here.
Lisa Marie Presley called Elvis a very exciting dad. When he sang to her, he didn’t stay in his seat.
Lisa Marie Presley said Elvis was a very exciting dad. Find out where he stood when he sang to his little girl, and see the two of them together.
Michael Jackson went home to Indiana as a star at 12. The TV special kept one secret.
In 1971 Michael Jackson, 12, went back to Indiana as a star, and ABC made a TV special of it. Watch the homecoming show and learn its secret.
Michael Jackson never walked onto his stage in 1992. The machine that got him there has a funny name.
In 1992 Michael Jackson didn't walk onto his stage. A hidden machine fired him up through the floor, and crews gave it a name you'd never guess.
Michael Jackson made this love song a hit at 12. The man who wrote it had a future nobody saw coming.
Michael Jackson was 12 when "Never Can Say Goodbye" became a hit. The young actor who wrote it went on to a TV role nobody saw coming.
Freddie Mercury recorded songs with Michael Jackson in 1983. Then he asked to be rescued.
In 1983 Freddie Mercury came to Michael Jackson's house to record. The drums were a bathroom door, and soon Freddie wanted out. Here's why.
Michael Jackson rained gold dust on a city in 1981. The team behind it had a famous movie coming.
Months before MTV existed, Michael Jackson and his brothers glowed in the sky in a music video. The team behind it had a famous movie coming.
A little movie about a whale could suddenly afford Michael Jackson. He gave them a song he already had.
A test audience loved a small 1993 whale movie so much that the studio could suddenly afford Michael Jackson. See the song he gave them.
Michael Jackson picked her from 100 guitarists. He never told her she’d got the job.
About 100 guitarists tried out for Michael Jackson's "Bad" tour. The one he picked never got the call. Watch Jennifer Batten look back on the tour.