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\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\tThe King of Pop
\n\t\t\t\t\tThirteen Grammys; wrote over 200 songs
\n\t\t\tMichael Jackson's remarkable 30-year career scaled unparalleled musical, commercial and critical heights. His myriad achievements included being responsible for the best-selling album of all time, pioneering the music-video medium, and virtually redefining the concept of the modern pop star. As a songwriter, he penned more than 150 songs, with more than 20 reaching multi-million performance status on American radio and television.
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\nJackson came a long way since bursting onto the charts in 1969 as the Jackson Five's magnetic 10 year-old lead singer. The seventh in a family of nine children in Gary, Indiana, Michael began performing at the age of five when his father Joe, a musician turned steel mill worker, assembled the Jackson Five with Michael, and his o1der brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Tito. Thanks in large part to Michael's precocious talent, the Jackson Five quickly progressed from performing in local talent shows to landing a record deal with Motown. The group scored 13 Top 20 singles for Motown and continued to turn out hits through the 1970’s while Michael spun off into a parallel solo career.
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\nMichael began to exercise an unprecedented level of control of his musical and business affairs following the Jacksons' departure from Motown in 1975. He achieved substantial solo success with his 1979 album Off the Wall, which marked the beginning of a long and fruitful collaboration with producer Quincy Jones and spawned the hits “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” and “Rock With You.” Those singles previewed the distinctive rock/soul fusion that Jackson would later explore more fully on his 1983 blockbuster album Thriller.
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\nIt was the 45 million-selling Thriller that marked Jackson’s ascendancy to superstar status, establishing him as pop’s preeminent presence, both on the radio and on the still-new MTV, where his innovative song and dance videos for “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” and “Thriller” helped pioneer the rock video form. In 1984, Jackson temporarily re-teamed with his brothers for the successful Victory album and tour.
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\nJackson’s new status was underlined by his involvement with the all-star USA For Africa benefit single “We Are the World,” which he co-wrote with Lionel Richie. His subsequent solo albums Bad and Dangerous further expanded his musical legacy, as did the 1995 double CD HIStory: Past, Present and Future: Book One, which combined 15 previously released hits with 15 new songs. That collection was followed two years later by Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix, which combined new material with dance mixes of his hits. 2001’s Invincible, a collection of original songs, spawned multiple chart hits.
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\nMichael Jackson spent four decades as a songwriter, performer, recording artist and public figure, and will be remembered as a consistent musical innovator and stylistic trendsetter.
The King of Pop
\n\t\t\t\t\tThirteen Grammys; wrote over 200 songs
\n\t\t\tMichael Jackson's remarkable 30-year career scaled unparalleled musical, commercial and critical heights. His myriad achievements included being responsible for the best-selling album of all time, pioneering the music-video medium, and virtually redefining the concept of the modern pop star. As a songwriter, he penned more than 150 songs, with more than 20 reaching multi-million performance status on American radio and television.
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\nJackson came a long way since bursting onto the charts in 1969 as the Jackson Five's magnetic 10 year-old lead singer. The seventh in a family of nine children in Gary, Indiana, Michael began performing at the age of five when his father Joe, a musician turned steel mill worker, assembled the Jackson Five with Michael, and his o1der brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Tito. Thanks in large part to Michael's precocious talent, the Jackson Five quickly progressed from performing in local talent shows to landing a record deal with Motown. The group scored 13 Top 20 singles for Motown and continued to turn out hits through the 1970’s while Michael spun off into a parallel solo career.
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\nMichael began to exercise an unprecedented level of control of his musical and business affairs following the Jacksons' departure from Motown in 1975. He achieved substantial solo success with his 1979 album Off the Wall, which marked the beginning of a long and fruitful collaboration with producer Quincy Jones and spawned the hits “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” and “Rock With You.” Those singles previewed the distinctive rock/soul fusion that Jackson would later explore more fully on his 1983 blockbuster album Thriller.
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\nIt was the 45 million-selling Thriller that marked Jackson’s ascendancy to superstar status, establishing him as pop’s preeminent presence, both on the radio and on the still-new MTV, where his innovative song and dance videos for “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” and “Thriller” helped pioneer the rock video form. In 1984, Jackson temporarily re-teamed with his brothers for the successful Victory album and tour.
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\nJackson’s new status was underlined by his involvement with the all-star USA For Africa benefit single “We Are the World,” which he co-wrote with Lionel Richie. His subsequent solo albums Bad and Dangerous further expanded his musical legacy, as did the 1995 double CD HIStory: Past, Present and Future: Book One, which combined 15 previously released hits with 15 new songs. That collection was followed two years later by Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix, which combined new material with dance mixes of his hits. 2001’s Invincible, a collection of original songs, spawned multiple chart hits.
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\nMichael Jackson spent four decades as a songwriter, performer, recording artist and public figure, and will be remembered as a consistent musical innovator and stylistic trendsetter.
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\n\t\n \n \n\tIn a career spanning more than four decades, Michael Jackson wrote more than 150 songs and produced a number of artists across genres.
Already penning several songs for his 1979 Quincy Jones-produced solo album Off the Wall\u2014including “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” which he wrote on his own\u2014Jackson’s songwriting continued to flourish under the tutelage of Jones, who would work with Jackson on two more of his seminal albums Thriller and Bad.
\n\n\n\nBy the ’80s, Jackson was already writing and producing songs with everyone from Diana Ross, Jennifer Holliday, sisters Rebbie, LaToya and Janet Jackson, and Paul McCartney, among others.
Other collaborations continued with the 1985 USA for Africa charity song “We Are the World,” co-written with Lionel Richie, The Jacksons’ 1984 single “State of Shock,” featuring Mick Jagger, Jackson’s duet with Freddie Mercury on the Queen singer’s solo release “There Must Be More To Life Than This,” and “Whatzupwitu” with Eddie Murphy, off the actor and comedian’s 1993 album,\u00a0Love\u2019s Alright.
\n\n\n\n[RELATED: New Documentary to Give Inside Look into Michael Jackson\u2019s \u2018Thriller\u2019]
\n\n\n\nJackson’s tenth and final album Invincible in 2001 also featured 16 tracks all co-written by the king of pop.
\n\n\n\nAside from his own collection of hits, here are seven songs Michael Jackson wrote or co-wrote for other artists.
\n\n\n\nProduced by Quincy Jones, who already worked with Michael Jackson on his breakthrough solo album Off the Wall, the Los Angeles-based funk and R&B duo of The Brothers Johnson, consisting of siblings George (“Lightnin’ Licks”) and Louis “Thunder Thumbs” Johnson, had a chance to write a song with the king of pop for their fourth album, Light Up the Night. Aside from co-writing the song with the Johnsons, Jackson also provided backing vocals on “It Had To Be.”
\n\n\n\nTo make you see that the truth of truth in here to be
Cause I\u2032ve heard of life of no more weep
You just stand back in the face so anyone could see
And you took the car but I hold the key
To love in happiness is just for me
You are the night so fill the key
You just stand back in the face so anyone could see
I\u2032m living my life for me, living my life for me
2. “Night Time Lover,” LaToya Jackson (1980)
Written by Michael Jackson and LaToya Jackson
“Night Time Lover” was originally written by the brother and sister for Donna Summer under the title “Fire Is the Feeling” but ended up on LaToya Jackson’s self-titled album. Produced and co-written by her brother Michael Jackson, who also sings on the track, LaToya would perform the song on American Bandstand in 1980.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBaby, save my soul tonight
I need your loving
This is right for me
Your touch is strong, you’ll see
And I adore to be
Your night time lover
Baby, save my soul tonight
I need your loving
This is right for me
Your touch is strong, you’ll see
Can I hold on to be
Your night time lover
3. “The Man,” Paul McCartney (1983)
Written by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
A year after Michael Jackson released his duet with Paul McCartney on the Thriller single, “The Girl Is Mine,” Jackson also had two songs co-written with the Beatle for his fourth solo album, Pipes of Peace, the duo’s duet hit “Say Say Say” and the lesser-known track “The Man.”
\n\n\n\n\u201cThe Man\u201d was initially scheduled as the third single in 1984, following \u201cPipes Of Peace\u201d and \u201cSay Say Say” but was delayed following Paul and Linda McCartney‘s drug bust in Bridgetown, Barbados for possessing under half an ounce of marijuana.
\n\n\n\nThe video features home video footage of Jackson, Paul, and Linda McCartney taken at the McCartney’s home and farm in Sussex, England in 1981.
\n\n\n\n“If you say \u2018The Man,\u2019 it can mean God, it can mean \u2018Women, listen to your man,\u2019 it can mean so many things,” said Paul McCartney of the track. “Later, I did a song with Michael Jackson called \u2018The Man\u2019 and again, it\u2019s quite nice leaving things ambiguous: I\u2019m sure for Michael, probably \u2018The Man\u2019 meant God.”
\n\n\n\nSoldier boy kisses girl
Leaves behind a tragic world
But he won’t mind, he’s in love
And he says love is fine
Oh yes, indeed we know
That people will find a way to go
No matter what the man said
And love is fine for all we know
For all we know, our love will grow
That’s what the man said
4. “Centipede,” Rebbie Jackson (1984)
Written by Michael Jackson
The debut single by Rebbie Jackson, the eldest sibling in the Jackson family, “Centipede” was written by her younger brother Michael as the title track off her first album. Michael and The Weather Girls (Martha Wash and Izora Armstead)\u2014known for their Paul Jabara- and Paul Shaffer-penned 1982 hit “It’s Raining Men”\u2014also provides backing vocals on the song.
\n\n\n\nDon’t you know in the quiet of the night
Is when the snake is in the crawlin’
And the moon starts to glow then disappear
When the time is really right
Is when the centipede is crawlin’
You’ll be crying in the night so many tears
And you’re crawlin’ like a centipede
5. “You’re the One,” Jennifer Holliday (1985)
Written by Michael Jackson and Alan “Buz” Kohan
Jennifer Holliday only released two singles off her second album Say You Love Me\u2014”Hard Time for Lovers” and “No Frills Love.” Surprisingly, the title track and album opener, “You’re the One,” which followed a young woman’s search for true love and was co-written and produced by Michael Jackson, was never released as a single.
When I was a child, I cried on mother’s shoulder
She would look at me and say: \u201cWhen you grow older
You will come to know the joy and love of one good man
Everything will come in time if you believe it
Anything you truly want, you can achieve it
Picture In your mind the love you’ll find with one good man
6. “Eaten Alive,” Diana Ross (1985)
Written by Michael Jackson, Barry Gibb, and Maurice Gibb
For her sixth solo album, Diana Ross had the Bee Gees‘ Gibbs brothers write the entire album, including the title track, which was also co-written by her friend Michael Jackson, Maurice, and Barry Gibb. The song reached No. 3 on the dance chart and had an accompanying black and white video, directed by David Hogan, with Ross playing a demonic feline huntress and seducer of men.
\n\n\n\nCapture me, my blood is red
Another victim of your ritual
For you, my skin is shed
Ecstasy ain’t what you find
In the modern world
One flick of my tongue changes
The meaning of the world
7. “Alright Now,” Ralph Tresvant (1990)
Written by Michael Jackson and John Barnes
When Ralph Tresvant was putting together his debut (self-titled) solo album, Michael Jackson co-wrote one track for the former New Edition singer “Alright Now.” Though it was never released as a single, Tresvant hit No. 1 with the track “Sensitivity” and had hits with “Do What I Gotta Do” and “Stone Cold Gentleman,” featuring fellow New Edition member and label mate Bobby Brown.
\n\n\n\n[RELATED: Behind the Song Lyrics of \u201cThriller\u201d by Michael Jackson]
\n\n\n\nI was a fool too blind to see
I turned my back on all your needs
What a price
I almost let you get away
You’re like the precious air I breathe
Without your love I’m not complete
Now I know
And my forever starts today
Photo: FRANCIS Sylvain/AFP via Getty Images
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