Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson Would Have Turned 68 Today
Michael Jackson was born on 29 August 1958 in Gary, Indiana, the eighth of ten children in a two-bedroom house. ...

Michael Jackson Revealed in Court How Songs Like “Billie Jean” Formed in His Head
Michael Jackson did not always begin writing a song by sitting at a piano or putting notes on paper. According ...

Michael Jackson Grew Up With Eight Siblings Inside a Tiny Two-Bedroom House
Before Michael Jackson lived in mansions or performed before enormous crowds, home was a tiny bungalow at 2300 Jackson Street ...

The Stage Collapsed Under MJ in Front of 50,000 People. He Climbed Out and Kept Singing.
On 27 June 1999, Michael Jackson was performing at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany, at a charity concert he ...

Michael Jackson Directed Every Detail of His Legendary 1983 “Billie Jean” Performance
Michael Jackson’s 1983 performance of “Billie Jean” on Motown 25 lasted only a few minutes, but it became one of ...

A Man in a Cardigan Walked Onto Michael Jackson’s Stage and Caused a National Scandal
On 19 February 1996, Michael Jackson took the stage at the Brit Awards in London — Britain’s biggest music awards ...

MJ’s Last Real Concert Ended Hours Before 9/11 — And He Was Supposed to Be at the World Trade Center
In September 2001, Michael Jackson played two nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate 30 years as a ...

Michael Jackson Could Fill Stadiums but These Simple Chores Made Him Feel Normal
Michael Jackson spent much of his life surrounded by bodyguards, assistants and screaming crowds, so ordinary life was something he ...

What Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Bought During a Two-Hour Bookstore Visit in 1995
In February 1995, Michael Jackson traveled to San Diego to accept the Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award at a major ...

Michael Jackson Quietly Spent Hours in Bookstores While the World Saw a Superstar
Michael Jackson could barely go anywhere without attracting attention, but Los Angeles booksellers remembered seeing a completely different version of ...