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Michael Jackson spent hours every morning becoming a scarecrow. Then came the end of the day.
For his first movie, Michael Jackson sat in a makeup chair for hours every morning. What he did when the long days ended says it all.

Paul McCartney wrote a song just for Michael Jackson. It took the long way to reach him.
Paul McCartney sang Michael Jackson a song he'd written for him at a 1976 party. Then it took a strange road to reach Michael. Hear both versions.

Oprah asked Michael Jackson to sing. He didn’t need a band.
Oprah asked Michael Jackson to sing for 90 million viewers with no band behind him. What came out of him next left her hanging on every sound.

Michael Jackson owed Eddie Murphy a favor. He paid it back somewhere nobody expected.
Eddie Murphy played a pharaoh in Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time." A year later Michael paid him back, in a place nobody saw coming.

Michael Jackson’s commercial needed a little dancer. His Broadway show tried to stop him from going.
In 1984 a 12-year-old Broadway star got the call to dance with Michael Jackson. His own show sent lawyers to the airport. Watch what happened next.

Michael Jackson saw a video game a month before it was finished. He asked to be in it.
Sega was a month from finishing a new game when word came that Michael Jackson wanted in. See what the team did with just weeks to go.

Michael Jackson once hid from his fans inside a rabbit suit. The rabbit had other plans.
Michael Jackson hid from his fans in a rabbit suit, with help from the California Raisins studio. Then the rabbit did something nobody expected.

Michael Jackson’s hit credits a singer only as “Mystery Girl.” Her mother was a movie legend.
A woman whispers all through Michael Jackson's 1992 hit "In the Closet," credited only as "Mystery Girl." Listen, then find out who she really was.

Brooks & Dunn are finally making a new album. Ronnie Dunn says the tricky part is sitting right next to him.
Brooks & Dunn are making their first album of new songs since 2007. Ronnie Dunn says it started a friendly tug of war with Kix. Here's why.

At 15, Martha Crump skipped school to see Elvis come home to Tupelo. Seventy years later she did something she still can’t explain
At 15, Martha Crump skipped school and slept in a car to see Elvis come home to Tupelo in 1956. Seventy years later she did something special.