Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 26/06/2009 (6128 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
1958: Michael Joseph Jackson is born on August 29 in Gary, Indiana. He is the seventh of nine children.
1967: His father Joseph Jackson, a steel mill worker and guitar player, organizes the Jackson 5. The group includes Michael (top left) and his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon.
1968: The Jackson 5 signs with Motown, scoring its first hit a year later with I Want You Back.
1972: Jackson releases his first solo album after recording 14 albums with the group. His first hit is Ben, for the cult film about a rat..
1976: Band leaves Motown for Epic Records, changes its name to The Jacksons.
1978: Movie debut as The Scarecrow in The Wiz.
1979: Releases Off The Wall. Produced by Quincy Jones, the album heralds his arrival as an adult star.
1982: Thriller is released. (25th anniversary album cover bottom left.)
1983: Jackson debuted his signature Moonwalk during a Motown television special.
1984: Reunited with his brothers in the Jacksons. Hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial.
1985: Co-writes the charity anthem, We Are The World.
1986: Stars in the 3D Disney park film, Captain EO, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas.
1987: Releases Bad. Also attempts to buy the bones of the so-called Elephant Man, John Merrick.
1988: Jackson puts out his autobiography, Moonwalk. Has surgery to add cleft to chin. Moves into Neverland Ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley, Calif.
1991: Dangerous comes out on the back of a new recording contract with Sony. The album sells seven million copies.
1992: Named "highest paid entertainer" by the Guinness Book of World Records.