Friday, June 26, 2009

Thriller

was voted the greatest music video of all time in a recent poll.

Michael Jackson's album HIStory

is the biggest selling double album ever released in the U.S.

Motown 25

Michael Jackson Received a Presidential

Humanitarian Award from Ronald Reagan in 1984 for his support of charities helping people overcome alcohol and drug abuse.

Bad

John Singleton, Spike Lee

Martin Scorsese and John Landis have all directed Michael Jackson videos.

Don't Stop Till You Get Enough

Michael Jackson Shares the Record

for the most Grammy Awards won in one year with Carlos Santana and Norah Jones - they each won eight. The cd was Thriller.

Remember The Time

Michael Jackson Was Born

August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana.

Rock With You

Michael Jackson's Performance

during the 1993 Super Bowl half-time show drew the largest TV audience in American history.

Beat It

Michael Jackson Appeared

on a postage stamp in the Virgin Islands in the mid-1980s after locals voted him the superstar they'd most like to honor.