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The Beginning:

Michael Jackson was in born August 29th, 1958 in Gary, Indiana (USA), as the seventhof nine children born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson. Katherine worked part-time ina local department store. Joseph was a steel-mill worker, but had always dreamed of having a musical career. Joseph and his band, The Falcons, frequently rehearsed in

the living-room of the four-room house on Jackson Street in Gary. As the childrengrew older, Joseph and Katherine became increasingly uneasy with the dangers of allowing their children to run the streets of Gary. They were very strict parents anddid not allow the kids to play with other neighbourhood kids. But they encouragedthem to be interested in music as a pastime. The four older boys (Jackie, Tito,

Jermaine, Marlon) began to imitate their fathers singing. Michael joined the group atthe age of five and then he had his first solo at a school program at the age of six.Even then, he possessed a voice that brought his teachers to tears. The Jackson 5performed in local clubs and shopping malls and talent shows. Eventually, they cameto the attention of Berry Gordy, the famous founder of the Motown Sound. Berryrecognised the groups potential and Michael Jackson became a professionalentertainer. He was nine years old. During their tenure with Motown Records, the

Jackson 5 recorded and released the following albums:

1970: Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5

1970: ABC 24994dfm45eqr2e

1970: Third Album

1971: Maybe Tomorrow

1972: Going Back To Indiana

1972: Looking Through The Windows fq994d4245eqqr

1972: Greatest Hits (Sampler)

1973: Skywriter

1974: Dancing Machine

1974: Get It Together

1975: Moving Violation

1976: The Best of (Sampler)

1976: Joyful Jukebox Music

1979: Jackson Five (Sampler)

Michael Jackson at Motown Records:

In addition to recording with his brothers, Michael recorded the following solo albumswith Motown Records:

1972: Got To Be There

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surpassed by: Dangerous, released 1991, was Michaels fourth solo release with EPICRecords, giving Michael Jackson the top three spots in world-wide sales in the historyof recorded music. Needless to say, that no other artist, male, female or group, hasconsistently maintained such a long-standing level of excellence.

Then, in 1995, Michael released the sampler HIStory, which shows his story in

music. It is sold as well as Dangerous or even better. In 1996, Michael started alsothe HIStory world tour. During that tour, on May 14th in 1997, he released the remix-album Blood on the Dancefloor which contains four new songs. Some of thesesongs are also played on the HIStory world tour.

The tour in 1992:

On June 19th the scenery was transported from Los Angeles to Rotterdam with twoBoeing 747. In Rotterdam were 65 38t-trucks ready to bring the scenery to Munich. Ittook three days to put the components for the 77x27 metres scenery together. Alsowere 18 hours necessary to install the light and sound technic for all the specialeffects. After the concerts, they usually needed three days to deinstall the scenery.Including two video-screens, Michael Jackson used up so much current, so that theyhad to use two extra generators (with these, a town with a population of 30,000could be provided easily!).

On June 27th, the tour began in Munich, Olympiastadium. Michael sang his songs inthe presence of 70,000 fans. At the end of the show, he left the stadium with the aidof a rocket belt, destination galaxy.

During that tour, was the children-sex-matter. Michael paid $20 million hush-moneyto the parents of the boy.

The HIStory world tour:

It took as much pains as the Dangerous-tour in 1992. To install the scenery, thetechnical engineers needed four or five days. Because Michael didnt want such longbreaks between two concerts, they used three sceneries which were looking all thesame. To transport the scenery which had a weight of 300t, it took two planes and 15trucks. The towers of the loud-speakers were about 12 metres wide and 20 metreshigh. They also needed at least 100 metres of cables. That sounds if thats very big,but if you see that stage in reality, it does not look very big. There were also 700spotlight which took, with the phonetic systems, about 750,000 watt, that is enoughfor a city with 80,000 inhabitants for one evening. On the left and on the right of scene were installed two video-screens. The two other screens were in the middle of the scenery. These two could move together to one big screen.

The tour began in September 1996 in Prag. In the EU, the tour started on May 10th inMonte Carlo. The last concert in Germany was on August 10th in Hockenheim at theHockenheimring, where the car races take place. On his 39th birthday, Michael gavea concert in Denmark. The last concert was in South Africa, in Johannesburg in theend of October. The tour took one and a half years and was the biggest tourgenerally.

Family affairs:

On May 16th in 1994, Michael married Lisa-Marie Presley, the daughter of The Kingof RocknRoll Elvis Presley, in La Vega, Dominican Republic. In August 94, Michaeland Lisa went to Budapest where they gave toys, whose value was about $20,000, to

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the children of two hospitals. There, they made also the propaganda-video of thesampler HIStory. On September 8th, Michael and Lisa kissed each other during oneminute in the presence of recording cameras with the rejoicing of his fans, like inBudapest. Christmas 94, they spent in Hidden Valley, California with the two childrenby Lisas first marriage. Lisas ex-husband Danny was also invited to pass Christmaswith them. Michael and he had a good relationship. In April 95, Michael and Lisa

were visited by 46 children at Neverland Valley Ranch in scope of Worlds ChildrenCongress. On June 14th, Michael and Lisa gave an one-hour-interview to the famousUS-reporter Diane Sawyer in which they said, that they had also sex with each otherand that the marriage is not a stupid joke. They want a baby in nearer future. On July28th, they made the naked scenes for the video to You are not alone. That song,Michael wrote just for Lisa. But after the video, they argued more than in the past.She said that workaholic Michael hadnt any time for her and the children. So, shetook her children and spent three weeks with them and Danny on Hawaii. Lisa had noappreciation for Michaels work. He had to decide between his work and his wife. Butshe forgot his contract with EPIC Records. On December 6th, Michael collapsed onstage. Lisa left him during he was lying in danger of death in hospital. Since January4th, they are divorced. To forget this, he concentrated on his work.

On November 14th in 1996, shortly before midnight, he married his girlfriend DebbieRowe secretly in Sydney, Sheraton Park Hotel. In a personal statement to the Germanmagazine Bravo, Michael said: I am thrilled that I will soon be a father and Imlooking forward, with great anticipation, to having this child. This is my Dreamcoming true!

Debbie and Michael got to know each other when Michael came to his dermatologistDr. Klein in Beverly Hills. She was the one who cared about him during his treatment.He was there because of his pigment-disturbance Vitiligo, that was why the doctorbleached him. That happened in the beginning of the 80ies. Debbie hasnt anychildren by her first marriage with the high-school-teacher Richard Edelmann.

Michaels son Prince Michael Junior was born on February 12th 1997, in Los Angeles.Nowadays, Debbie is pregnant. The girl will be born in spring. She will be called Paris,like the city of the fathering.

Additional information:

Over the years, Michael has received an enormous amount of awards. A selection is:NAACP Image Awards, Golden Bravo Otto, Grammy awards, American music awards,Billboard awards, MTV awards, People choice awards, Soultrain awards, World Musicawards and the Legendary King Of Pop award.

It is not only Michaels musical ability which sets him apart from other artists. He isalso well-known for his devotion to detail, his perfectionism. Michael refuses torelease marginal material to his fans. He doesnt care about deadlines or schedules -if it is not right, if it does not make him feel complete, satisfied - it is not good enoughfor his fans. This attitude has frequently been responsible for the lengthy delayswhich attend his releases.

Michael Jackson is also legendary for his humanitarian commitment to children allover the world and for the exceptional, symbiotic relationship he enjoys with hisinternational fans. He has contributed to many organisations through the years,including the United Negro College Found, Make A Wish, Dreamstreet, D.A.R.E.program as well as allowing the use of his songs in national campaigns against drunkdriving and drug abuse. In 1991, Michael Jackson founded the Heal The World

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Foundation. Its goal is, in Michaels words, healing - poor and simply. Under theauspices of this international childrens charity, Michael has spearheaded an airlift of food and medical supplies to war-town Sarajevo, instituted a mentoring,immunisation and drug abuse education program called Heal LA for embattled LosAngeles after the Rodney King debacle, and paid for a 4-year-olds liver transplant inHungary.

Michael Jackson has spent the majority of his live in the harsh glare of public eye. Heis a very shy, private person who magically transforms himself into a whirling dervishduring his performances - a perpetual-motion machine when involved in a stageshow. As a result of his dedication to his own privacy when off stage, Michael haslimited the amount of personal publicity he willingly gives. Many of the rumours thathave been circulated about Michaels life are totally false. He has explained them inhis publications Moonwalk and Dancing the Dream. Yet, the media has anendless fascination with printing lies, rumours and innuendoes regarding Michael

Jackson.

On May 8th in 1997, his musical-film Ghosts was presented at the Cannes filmfestival. The film is about 35 minutes long and it is about a man (starring Michael

Jackson) who lives in a castle. The people of the town are scared by him. And in thefilm, he often asks: Is this scary?

The MTV top three of Michael Jackson are:

Billie Jean

Earth Song

Thriller