I almost missed it as the day is nearly over (at least here on the East coast) but today is Michael Jackson’s 50th birthday. He was born on July 18, 1958. Some interesting perspective; he’s more than 3 years older than Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama.
I won’t go through the whole Michael Jackson biography […]

According to this Wikipedia page there are five artists who have sold over a half billion records.
They are The Beatles, Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, & Michael Jackson.
One thing that I find interesting to note is that except for The Beatles who were only recording music for about 8 years (’62 to ‘70) […]

*** Solo years only.
*** In no particular order.
“Billy Jean”
What list of great MJ songs would be complete without “Billy Jean”? Not this one, anyway.

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“Man In The Mirror”
Jackson has tried to equal this song about ten times (think “Heal The World” etc.) since he recorded it but he’s never been able to.

“Smooth Criminal”
I’m not […]

With 27 million copies sold in the US and at least that many more again throughout the world, Thriller is the most commercially successful album of all time.