Born in Gary, Indiana, on 29 August 1958, died in Los Angeles on 25 June 2009; Michael Jackson was a singer, songwriter and dancer. As a child he already performed with his brothers in the Jackson Five, assembled by his father Joe. The album “Off the Wall” (1979) began his collaboration with the producer Quincy Jones; “Thriller” (1982) became the best-selling album ever. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Jackson Five in 1997 and as a solo artist in 2001. On the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2021 – Joyful (2022) he is represented with “We Are the World”, which he wrote with Lionel Richie: the group USA for Africa recorded the song on 28 January 1985 under Quincy Jones to raise money for famine relief in Africa, and in 1986 it received, among other awards, the Grammy for Song of the Year.
Michael Jackson
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