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	At TrueColorsRadio sings:
1.	It's The Falling In Love	164	54	Lapshin
2.	The Lady In My Life	156	33	Lapshin
3.	Off The Wall	153	34	Lapshin
4.	Don't Stop Till You Get Enough	138	82	Lapshin
5.	The Way You Make Me Feel	130	46	Lapshin
6.	Say Say Say	118	15
7.	Remember The Time	117	21	Lapshin
8.	The Girl Is Mine	104	15
9.	Liberian Girl	100	15
10.	Rock With You	87	24
11.	Heal The World	84	14
12.	Human Nature	80	12	Gritsouk
13.	Man In The Mirror	80	28
14.	Ain't No Sunshine	80	13
15.	Whatever Happens	75	15	Anna
16.	I Just Can't Stop Loving You	64	18
17.	You Are Not Alone	54	23	DeeDee
18.	Never Can Say Goodbye	49	16	Shipiloff

Michael Jackson

Original name

Michael Joseph Jackson

Date of birth

29.08.1958 (50)

Date of death

25.06.2009

Place of birth

Gary, Indiana

Total songs: 18
Likes: 1833
Dislikes: 478

Official Web-page

Awards

1980 - the Hollywood Walk of Fame as member of The Jacksons 5
1984 - the Hollywood Walk of Fame as solo artist
26 World Music Awards
Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium
The American Music Award's Artist of the Century Award
Many Guinness World Records
13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award)
"Artist of the 1980s" - more than any artist
14 number one singles in the US

Michael Jackson was born the eighth of ten children in an African American working-class family who lived in a 3-room house in Gary, Indiana,an industrial city near Chicago. His mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovah's Witness, and his father, Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, was a steel mill worker who performed with an R&B band called The Falcons. Jackson had three sisters: Rebbie, La Toya, and Janet, and five brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy. A sixth brother, Brandon, who was a twin of older brother Marlon, died shortly after birth.
In 1964, Michael and Marlon joined the Jackson Brothers—a band formed by brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine—as backup musicians playing congas and tambourine. Jackson later began performing backup vocals and dancing. When he was eight, Jackson began sharing the lead vocals with his older brother Jermaine, and the group's name was changed to The Jackson 5.

In 1978, he starred as the scarecrow in the musical, The Wiz, a box-office disaster. It was here that he teamed up with Quincy Jones, who was arranging the film's musical score. Jones agreed to produce Jackson's next solo album, Off the Wall. In 1979, Jackson broke his nose during a complex dance routine. His subsequent rhinoplasty was not a complete success; he complained of breathing difficulties that would affect his career. He was referred to Dr. Steven Hoefflin, who performed Jackson's second rhinoplasty and subsequent operations.
Jones and Jackson produced the Off the Wall album together. Songwriters for the album included Jackson, Rod Temperton, Stevie Wonder, and Paul McCartney. Released in 1979, it was the first solo album to generate four U.S. top 10 hits, including the chart-topping singles "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" and "Rock with You".
"The moonwalk that he made famous is an apt metaphor for his dance style. How does he do it? As a technician, he is a great illusionist, a genuine mime. His ability to keep one leg straight as he glides while the other bends and seems to walk requires perfect timing." Berry Gordy said of the performance, "from the first beat of Billie Jean, I was mesmerized, and when he did his iconic moonwalk, I was shocked, it was magic, Michael Jackson went into orbit, and never came down."
Jackson first used a technique called the "vocal hiccup" in 1973, starting with the song "It's Too Late to Change the Time" from The Jackson 5's. With the arrival of Off the Wall in the late 1970s, Jackson's abilities as a vocalist were well regarded. At the time, Rolling Stone compared his vocals to the "breathless, dreamy stutter" of Stevie Wonder. Their analysis was also that "Jackson's feathery-timbred tenor is extraordinarily beautiful. It slides smoothly into a startling falsetto that's used very daringly".
Jackson has also been referred to as the King of Music Videos, in the 19-minute music video for "Bad"—directed by Martin Scorsese—Jackson began using sexual imagery and choreography not previously seen in his work. He occasionally grabbed or touched his chest, torso and crotch. When asked by Oprah in the 1993 interview about why he grabbed his crotch, he replied, "I think it happens subliminally" and he described it as something that was not planned, but rather, as something that was compelled by the music. "Bad" garnered a mixed reception from both fans and critics; Time magazine described it as "infamous". The video also featured Wesley Snipes; in the future Jackson's videos would often feature famous cameo roles.
Michael Jackson was an American singer-songwriter, entertainer, dancer, arranger, music producer, choreographer, actor, businessman, musician, and philanthropist. Often referred to as the "King of Pop", or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.
RIP

The note prepared by Darya Denisova