Moonwalk by Michael Jackson

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With original Foreword by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, a new Introduction by Motown founder Berry Gordy, and an Afterword by Michael Jackson’s editor and publisher, Shaye Areheart. From the 1988 edition: Megastar Michael Jackson’s singularly brilliant career and intensely private lifestyle have become a magnificent obsession for millions of rock fans and celebrity watchers throughout the world. His double-platinum singles rocket to the top of the music charts with a velocity equaled only by the inevitable accompaniment of wild rumors about his eccentric personal life. Now for the first time, Michael Jackson breaks the fiercely guarded barrier of silence that has surrounded him in a remarkably candid and courageous book — Moonwalk.

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M O O N W A L K

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Copyright © 1988 by The Estate of Michael Joseph JacksonIntroduction copyright © 2009 by Berry GordyAfterword copyright © 2009 by Shaye Areheart

All rights reserved.Published in the United States by Harmony Books,

an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

www.crownpublishing.com

Harmony Books is a registered trademark and the Harmony Books colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.

Originally published in slightly different form in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 1988.

“Billie Jean” written and composed by Michael Jackson. © Mijac Music (BMI). Administered by Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp. “Human Nature” written and composed by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis. © 1982 Porcaro Music (ASCAP) and John Bettis Music (ASCAP). John Bettis

Music administered by WB Music Corp. “Bad” written and composed by Michael Jackson. © 1987Mijac Music (BMI). Administered by Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp. “I’ll Be There” written

and composed by Bob West, Harold Davis, Willie Hutch, and Berry Gordy, Jr. © 1970 Jobete MusicCo., Inc. “Living Together” written and composed by Dexter Wansel. © 1976 Mighty Three Music

(BMI). “ABC” written and composed by The Corporation (Freddie Perren, Fonce Mizell, DekeRichards, and Berry Gordy, Jr.). © 1970 Jobete Music Co., Inc. “Sugar Daddy” written and

composed by The Corporation (Freddie Perren, Fonce Mizell, Deke Richards, and Berry Gordy, Jr.). © 1971 Jobete Music Co., Inc. “Can I Go On?” written and composed by

Quincy Jones, Nickolas Ashford, and Valerie Simpson. © 1978 Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication DataJackson, Michael, 1958–2009

Moonwalk.1. Jackson, Michael, 1958–2009. 2. Rock musicians— United States— Biography.

I. Title.ML420.J175A3 1988 784.5'400924[B] 88-384

ISBN 978-0-307-71698-9

Printed in the United States of America

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