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Louie Shelton is born in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He will become one of the most sought-after session guitarists in the music business, playing with The Monkees, The Jackson 5, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, The Carpenters, The Mamas And Papas, Ella Fitzgerald, John Lennon, Joe Cocker, Simon And Garfunkel, Whitney Houston, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder, to name a few.
Edwin Shirley is born in Cranbrook, Kent, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as a rock'n'roll trucking pioneer whose fleet of vehicles will transport equipment for artists including The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Abba, Queen and Michael Jackson. Mama's Pearl by The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson enters the Billboard US Top 100 Singles chart, where it will peak at No2.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, release a new single, Never Can Say Goodbye, on Motown Records in the USA.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Maybe Tomorrow by The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, enters the Billboard US Top 40 Singles chart, where it will peak at No20 during a six-week run.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at Hampton Coliseum, Norfolk, Virginia.
Got To Be There, the first solo hit single by Michael Jackson enters the UK Pop Singles Chart, where it will peak at No5 during an eleven-week run. On the same day, Michael performs live with The Jackson 5 at Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri.
Michael Jackson's album Ben enters the Billboard Top 40 albums chart in the USA, where it will peak at No5 during a fifteen-week run.The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson perform Lookin' Through The Windows on UK tv show Top Of The Pops.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Coliseum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Michael Jackson sings his hit song Ben, which has been nominated for (but does not win) a Best Song Award at the 45th Academy Awards in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California. Diana Ross attends because she has been nominated for the Best Actress Award for her role in Lady Sings The Blues, but she loses to Liza Minelli for Cabaret. Frank Sinatra is among the presenters of awards and also attending are Sonny And Cher.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Convention Center, Fresno, California.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Demba Diop Stadium, Dakar, Senegal, Africa.
The Jacksons, including Michael Jackson, play the first of four non-consecutive nights at The Forum, Los Angeles.
Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson begin six weeks at No1 in the Billboard US Top 40 with Say, Say, Say.
The Pepsi tv
commercial during whose making Michael Jackson suffered second and third degree burn injuries, is screened for the first time on tv in the USA.
Steve Winwood's Higher Love wins Record Of The Year at the Grammy Awards. Robert Palmer is Best Male Vocalist. Jody Watley is best new artist. Janet Jackson performs What Have You Done For Me Lately, but does not win any awards. Michael Jackson and The Beastie Boys are also in attendance.
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On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at the McNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado.
On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of two nights at Parc des Princes, Paris, France, to an audience of 64,000.
Rock censorship rears its ugly head again when MTV in the USA refuses to air the Neil Young video for his current single, This Note's For You. In the video, the hair of a Michael Jackson lookalike catches fire during filming of what appears to be a Pepsi commercial. The blaze is extinguished by 'Whitney Houston' pouring Coke on Jacko's head.
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On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of three nights at The Irvine Meadows, Laguna Hills, California, to an audience of 15,000.
On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the third of nine dates in this month at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, to an audience of 45,000.
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 tour, Janet Jackson plays the second of two nights at The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
On her Rhythm Nation 1810 tour, Janet Jackson plays the first of two nights at The Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, USA.
The BMI's first "Michael Jackson Award", newly introduced to honour an individual who has had an important impact on contemporary culture and made an uplifting contribution to society, goes to, er, Michael Jackson.On her Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour, Janet Jackson plays the last of three nights at The Great Western Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 tour, Janet Jackson plays the first of two nights at The Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas, USA.On her Rhythm Nation tour, Janet Jackson plays the first of three nights at The Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, USA.On her Rhythm Nation World Tour, Janet Jackson plays at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley make public their secret marriage, which was conducted eleven weeks earlier in the Dominican Republic.Michael Jackson's Scream (a duet with Janet Jackson), is certified as a US platinum single by the R.I.A.A.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of two nights at the Parc Des Princes, Paris, France, to an audience of 60,000.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Ernst-Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria, to an audience of 50,000.
In Los Angeles, California, USA, the prosecution opens its case with accusations that Michael Jackson used wine and pornography to seduce a 13-year-old boy. The defense counters that no DNA from the accuser has been found in Jackson's bedroom.
Jamie Masada, owner of comedy camp The Laugh Factory, testifies in the Michael Jackson child molestation case in Santa Maria, California, USA. He states that he received a call from the mother of Jackson's young accuser, claiming that she and her children were being held against their will at Jackson's Neverland ranch. But under cross-examination, he reveals that he never alerted police.Thousands of mourners, including Michael Jackson, attend a funeral service for James Brown in Augusta, South Carolina.
Michael Jackson flies into London, England, UK, Europe, where is shortly to be paid $5m simply to attend a private 25th birthday party for HRH Prince Azim of Brunei.At the O2 Arena in London, UK, Michael Jackson announces that his comeback will begin with a ten-day series of concerts at the Arena in July.
It being April Fools day, Los Angeles radio station Latino 96.3 hoaxes listeners by announcing the impending marriage of Michael Jackson and Madonna, complete with impersonators of the happy couple phoning the station to confirm the news.
Dr Conrad Murray, the physician who had been with Michael Jackson when he died, is questioned again by police in Los Angeles, California, USA.Michael Jackson's will is made public. It had been thought, in the immediate aftermath of the singer's death, that he had not prepared a will.
The American Film Institute recognizes Michael Jackson's passing as a "moment of significance" saying, "Michael Jackson's sudden death in June at age 50 was notable for the worldwide outpouring of grief and the unprecedented global eulogy of his posthumous concert rehearsal movie This Is It.".Just minutes before the show begins, Janet Jackson is forced to cancel her second concert at Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia, on doctor's orders.
It is announced that Rod Temperton, best known as the composer of Thriller for Michael Jackson, has died aged 66, in London, England, UK, after "a brief aggressive battle with cancer", and that his funeral has already taken place. Temperton's other well-known compositions include Boogie Nights, Off The Wall, Rock With You, Give Me The Night, Sweet Freedom and Always and Forever.1941 |
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