Coincidentally, The Jacksons’ 1978 hit song “Blame It on the Boogie” was written by English singer-songwriter Michael “Mick” Jackson and NOT Michael Jackson of The Jacksons.Read more
The Beatles’ Paul McCartney actually advised Michael Jackson that publishing rights were a good investment, and was reportedly quite surprised when Jackson bought publishing rights to The Beatles’ songs.Read more
A fan of The Simpsons, Michael Jackson called the producers on a whim to offer to write Bart a #1 single, wrote “Do The Bartman”, which did indeed become a smash hit, then didn’t take any credit for it (due to his contract with Epic Records).Read more
James Brown once spotted Prince and Michael Jackson in his audience and got them on stage to perform. There is video footage.Read more
When Michael Jackson admitted to Hall & Oats’ Daryl Hall that he lifted the “Billie Jean” bass line from “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)”, Hall admitted he himself lifted it from somewhere else… possibly Otis Rush.Read more
David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” lost the 1984 Grammy Award for Album of the Year to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”.Read more
When famed actor Vincent Price agreed to do the voice work for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, he was given a choice between taking a percent of the album sales, or $20,000. He chose the cash. The album became the best selling in history.Read more
Freddie Mercury walked out on a duet recording session with Michael Jackson, leaving the project unfinished forever — because Jackson insisted on having his pet llama in the studio.Read more
Eddie Van Halen played that wicked guitar on Michael Jackson’s smash hit “Beat It” — but never got paid.Read more
AC/DC’s “Back In Black” sold 50,000,000 copies, making it the second highest selling album of all time, behind Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” (66M copies).Read more
