Michal+Jackson

=Michael Jackson=

Overview
When you think of pop music, the first name that should come to your minds is Michael Jackson. The "King of Pop" was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, to Kathour brothers already had a band with their dad as the manager but the band lacked a lead voice. Mike joined the band when he was ferine and Joseph Jackson. His father was a guitar player for years but put it aside to focus on his family and to start a family band. Michael's older five and the band took off. His father always pushed the band but Michael the most because he had the most potential. Michael eventually left the family band and the rest is history. he became the most popular pop singer of all time but faced many controversies.

Central Issue
When Michael joined the family band when he was five he instantly became the lead vocalist. The band was named The Jackson 5 and Michael, although the youngest, was the leader due to his wide range and remarkable voice. Michael's father, Joseph, was known to push his sons to succeed, especially mike, and was known to even be violent towards them. With Michael leading the way the band produced many hits like //ABC and I'll Be There// under the Motown labels founder Berry Gordy. At the age of 13 Michael started his solo career but still stayed with the Jackson 5. When Gordy and Joseph Jackson argued over management of the band, the Jackson's decided to split from the Motown label in 1975 and signed with Epic Records. When Michael decided to pursue just his solo career he made the album //Thriller//, which had 10 songs make the pop charts and also made a song with Paul McCartney. The song //Thriller//, along with it's video, won 8 Grammy's and Jackson's Career was starting to reach the top.He also won awards for best Blues performance with //Billie Jean// and best rock performance with //Beat It//. At around this time Jackson started to experiment with plastic surgery due to burns he received on his face and scalp recording a Pepsi commercial. In 1985 Jackson wrote //We Are the World// in charity for USA for Africa. Jackson got many famous artists to perform the song with him like Lionel Ritchie, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, and Tina Turner.His fallow up to //Thriller// was the album //Bad//, which had chart topping songs like //Man in the Mirror//, The way you //Make Me Feel//, and //Bad//. One of Jackson's final albums was //Dangerous//, with the song //Black or White//. Jackson would continue to release music but none as popular as his early years.

Conclusion
His musical career was very extraordinary but has been overshadowed by his controversial personal life. As a child he was physically and mentally abused by his father which would help lead to the break up of The Jackson 5 and his separation from his father. He was obsessed the remains of the elephant man's remains and had a pet chimp. The media ate this up and put the tag of crazy tag on him. He purchased a mansion and named it Neverland Ranch because he never wanted to grow up like Peter Pan. Rumors swirled around him, including that he was lightening the color of his skin to appear more white and slept in a special chamber to increase his life span. Sitting down with Oprah Winfrey, he explained that the change in his skin tone was the result of a disease known as vitiligo. There were rumors going around in 1993 that he had been molesting children at his home, Neverland Ranch. A 13-year-old boy claimed that the music star had fondled him. Jackson was known to have sleepovers with boys at his Neverland Ranch, but this was the first public charge of wrongdoing. He married Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the "King of Rock", in 1994. Many people claimed the marriage was just a ploy to show the world he wasn't gay and a child molester. The eventually got divorced which supported people claims against Jackson in 1996. Later that same year he married Debbie Rowe and they had two kids together, Prince Michael Jackson in 1997 and Paris Michael Jackson in 1998. When they later got divorced he received full custody of them. He later had a third child Prince Michael Jackson II, nicknamed "Blanket".Jackson held Blanket out of a window claiming he was showing his fans outside his child. More allegations of child molestation appeared in 2004 but he was acquitted of the charges. He spent time away from the US until he had to sell his ranch due to financial problems. Michael Jackson, one of the most popular artists of all time, died suddenly of cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles just before the concert series. He was 50 years old.

Obituary
@http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jackson-obit26-2009jun26,0,1970798.story

References (2009-10.1.2.D)
@http://www.biography.com/articles/Michael-Jackson-38211?part=4 @http://classic.motown.com/artist. aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=23