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Michael Jackson Trivia
This is an article about little known facts about Michael Jackson. Come check out what they are in this article.
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Michael Jackson was one of the most famous entertainers that ever lived. People know many things about him, but there are also some little known facts about him.
I wanted to do a special tribute for Michael in honor of his upcoming birthday (August 29th) and I wanted to give you some positive facts about Michael. We’ve all seen more than we need to of negative articles and I wanted to do a positive one. Michael was my favorite singer and I will NEVER write anything negative about him. I still miss him everyday! With that said, here is the trivia about Michael Jackson.
TRIVIA:
Michael Jackson wanted to become a singer because his mom used to sing to him as a child. He believed he got his talent from his mother Katherine and God.
When Michael and his brothers were signed to Motown as the Jackson 5, he and his brother Marlon lived with Diana Ross until their father Joseph bought their house in Los Angeles. I always thought it was just Michael that lived with Diana. I didn’t realize that Marlon lived with her too.
Michael and his siblings used to dance around the house in their socks when they were kids. I think that is cute that they were able to do that together.
Despite how great a dancer Michael was, he never had a formal training. He was naturally able to dance. It took Michael a short period of time to learn the dance steps he performed in his video “Thriller”.
Speaking of Michael’s dancing, he learned the moonwalk from breakdancer Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers from the 80s movies Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. Michael learned the dances he performed on the Motown 25th Anniversary Special in less than a year.
Did you know that Michael used to love to read? I have that in common with Michael because I love to read too. He and his mother used to go to bookstores all of the time and pick up books to read.
Michael wasn’t the first artist to write “We Are The World”. Quincy Jones wanted Stevie Wonder to write the song, but Stevie ended up not doing the song. Michael was Quincy’s second choice to write it. That was a good decision because the song is one of the biggest singles of all time.
Have you heard that Michael was the closest to his sister Janet Jackson? When he was growing up, he was closest to his brother Marlon. When they got older, Michael was closest to Janet. I think that might be because she didn’t need anything from him the way his other siblings did. They had things in common since they were both successful.
Michael thought that Janet was a fierce performer. He knew that they had similar styles, but he really enjoyed her work.
Speaking of Janet, Michael wanted to do another track with her before they did “Scream”. She turned him down because she didn’t want people to think that she was riding on his coattails. She did do backing vocals for him on his “Thriller” cd. She sings in “P.Y.T.”
If you can believe it, Michael considered his cd “Bad” a flop. It didn’t sell as many copies as “Thriller” which is why he considered the cd a flop. It wasn’t a flop by any means. The cd sold over 25 million copies in the United States alone. Singers can’t sell that many cds now. He was only competing against himself for record sales.
Michael’s cd “Dangerous” was his second highest selling cd.
Michael considered “Childhood” his most honest song. I’m not surprised since he was robbed of a childhood thanks to Joe Jackson.
In case you didn’t hear, “Billie Jean” was allegedly written about Paula Abdul’s relationship with his older brother Jackie. There were reports that Paula and Jackie were having an affair and she was pregnant. Jackie was married to his first wife at the time that he was allegedly having an affair with Paula. In related trivia: Michael wrote “Billie Jean” in five minutes. He also wrote the song in his car while he was traveling with his brother Marlon.
Paul McCartney wrote “Girlfriend” from the “Off The Wall” cd specifically for Michael. They went on to do two other songs together. I knew that they did “The Girl is Mine” and “Say, Say, Say”, but I didn’t know he wrote “Girlfriend”.
In the movie The Wiz, Michael was originally only supposed to sing in one song, but another song was added in for him to sing.
That’s all the trivia I have for now.
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I pay GREAT TRIBUTE to him. He’s the GREATEST POP SINGER….no one can replace him…thanks for sharing, have my liked it.
Lots of new and interesting facts in this wonderful article. Well done and thank you for taking a positive view of Michael.
Christine
Very interesting trivia here. I was never really a fan but I must admit that his music and the way he performed were amazing.
I agree no one will be able to beat his voice. Great tribute! Nicely done!
This a great tribute to Michael, CA..A positive trivia about the greatest performer..
Very interesting facts.
I want to thank you all for reading my article. I really thought Michael Jackson was the greatest and I wanted to do a special tribute to him. I’m so glad that you all liked it.
Very interesting facts – it’s nice to see people talking positively about him. It’s a great tribute in time for his birthday…
Thank you so much for reading my article and for the compliment Bailey. I agree that more people should be saying positive things about Michael. I am so tired of reading negative things about him.
You spent a lot of time putting this article together, good work. Michael will be missed by many people and I’m sure his fans are looking forward to that new movie coming out soon.
I admit Im not a fan of Micheal like I was 25 years ago, but I do like his older music.Great article ,worth reading positive things instead of negative.
I loved Michael Jackson in his younger years, but toward the end he got a bit excentric,( rich people become excentrick while us poor people just become insane).
He was handsome and very cute and a child thou.
He will be missed
Great post!! Very interesting..
There were LOADS of things I didn’t know about Michael Jackson in this article and even though he isn’t my favourite singer, I still admire him loads for his music even though he got a lot of stick for himself in person.
Good interesting article.
All wee. As an African, I gringe a little when I think of Michael. No disrespect, but the guy was born black and died a white person. Unfortunately thats what I think about when I think of Michael.By the way, why are is chilfren white as well, not mixed race. Why wasMichael ashamed of us.
I enjoyed your presentation and you picked an interesting topic with which you lured us in; nicely done.
I didn’t know some of these facts,In fact I am listening to ”PYT” to find Janet’s vocals! Though he will be still loved!
Interesting!
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-Michael-Jackson-Learned-the-Moonwalk-4619137
This video tell who really taught him to moon walk. Watch the whole vid. The person who says who tuaghter him how to should be proof enough.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with admiring a world class entertainer’s abilities to perform, and Michael Jackson had more talent in his little finger than most of us will ever have.
However, there is something seriously wrong wih those fans who think they “love” someone they do not know. Like most of us, M.J. had many sides. Performers become very adept at showing only the sides they want the public to see.
So enjoy the memory of a terrific artist. But don’t ever for a moment make the naive, childlike assumption that – just because you happen to like what you see – that you truly KNOW the man. You do not know him; you never met him; you haven’t a clue what went on behind closed doors.
I want to thank everyone else who took the time to read my article and for leaving comments.
Jesse- You can hear Janet singing “na na na” in the background of “PYT”.
really nice things about MJ.. I wasn’t a huge fan but i really loved his songs..
These are new things about MJ that I didn’t know. Very nice! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for reading my article, Jane and Avaxier. I appreciate you taking the tme to read it.
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1` Questinns do arise in one’s mind about a personality of world repute. That’s why the article drew my attention.Good you’ve provided us with some. Thanks.
In the article I wrote about James Brown my research lead me to find out that James used to rent out the Apollo and have the Jackson 5 there to perform. Michael used to study all the dance moves as a child to come up with new ones.
We hear enough bad about people. This was refreshing. Thanks & God bless.
I did not know of this stuff too, thanks for sharing.
Hello Cheryl, thanks for posting such an informative article on Michael Jackson, he was one of my favorite articles too. I also wrote a poem in honor of him that I would love to share with you sometime. Anyhow I added you as a friend here at triond and I made several attempts to send you a message but each time i clicked on send message, it would take me to another site, guess that is how I wound up finding this page. But I figure there has got to be a way for you to receive messages from your friends. Anyway I would love to hear from you so that I can receive your help. I will be sure to add you as a face book friend and we can communicate over there also. Your help is very much appreciated and I look forward to hearing from you.
PS: I wrote my first article here at Triond and it’s pending publication right now. The title is: Writing to get Paid. Please be on the look out for it and feel free to leave some comments. Hope we can share more notes about Michael Jackson later. I’m so happy to meet you and to know that you were a fan. Thanks for everything, particularly for honoring Michael’s life as an artist. I don’t think that anyone can deny that the man was bad and he was full of talent, grace and style. Hope to see you soon. Peace out!
Thank you for commenting wonder, Judy, Melody, and Freebird. I really do appreciate you taking the time to write to my article.
Thanks for the additional info on the pop icon. Well done.