More Interesting Facts About Michael Jackson
Kenneth Coo
Published
04/03/2015
He Is The King of Pop
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The first song MJ created that hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart was 'Ben' in 1972. -
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'Home Alone' star Macaulay Culkin is the godfather of two of Jackson's children. -
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The original title for the 'Thriller' song was 'Starlight'. -
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Martin Scorsese ('Taxi Driver,' 'Raging Bull,' 'The Wolf of Wall Street') directed the 'Bad' video. -
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Michael Jackson's Jehovah's Witness faith required that he travel door-to-door to spread the word. To make this easier, he wore a disguise and a mustache as he made the visits. -
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The 'Thriller' video almost wasn't released because it violated Jehovah’s Witnesses' rules about occult imagery. -
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'Scream,' the Janet and Michael duet, still holds the record for most expensive music video. -
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Wikipedia, Twitter and AOL's Instant Messenger all crashed at 3:15PM on the day he died, June 25, 2009. -
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Eddie Van Halen, a famed and extremely skilled guitarist, recorded his guitar solo on 'Beat It' for free. -
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'Blood on the Dance Floor' was dedicated to Sir Elton John. -
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He was given a royal title by villagers in Gabon, Ivory Coast, making him literally a king. -
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His estate signed a deal with Sony that gave them access to his unreleased recordings for $250 million.
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