Michael Jackson's iconic fame in the 1980s came under the watch of Epic Records, an arm of the CBS conglomerate.
But his route there began in less glittery circumstances, in a bare room with a radiator off a Detroit freeway.
Television viewers in the days since Jackson's death have probably glimpsed the old video clip: the Jackson 5 auditioning for Motown Records in Detroit, a July 1968 showcase that led to the Indiana group's signing.
Mariah Carey had the difficult task of being the first performer at the Michael Jackson memorial on Tuesday. And when her voice cracked in the first few moments of her.
NEW YORK (AP) - Nielsen SoundScan says 800,000 copies of Michael Jackson albums were bought in the U.S. last week - nearly double his sales from the previous week. Jackson is claiming the entire Top 10 roster on the Top Catalog Album chart this week.
The heat is on for several of Michael Jackson's former doctors. The Los Angeles Times is now reporting that investigators are focusing on at least five doctors who prescribed drugs to Michael Jackson. Citing anonymous sources in law enforcement.
It's easy to forget how good something is until it's gone. I guess this is also the case with the king of pop, whose musical career wasn't exactly soaring in the past decade.
As the pundits rehashed the scandals of his life and debated what had brought him to a sudden end, Michael Jackson's fans, an army of admirers undivided by language, religion or national differences.
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