... manslaughter on November 7, 2011, later receiving a four-year prison sentence. At the age of 13, Jackson launched a solo career in addition to his work with the Jackson 5. He made the charts in 1971 with "Got to Be There" from the album of the same name. His 1972 album, Ben, featured the eponymous ballad about a rat. The song became Jackson's first solo ... out on his own more. Teaming up with rock legend Paul McCartney, Jackson sang on their 1982 duet, "The Girl Is Mine," which nearly reached the top of the pop charts.The song also appeared on his next solo album, Thriller (1982), whic...

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... this date. The actual album itself "Thriller" won Jackson seven Grammies. Taking advantage of the tremendous success Michael did a duet with Paul McCartney titled " Say Say Say" which topped US charts for six weeks. In 1983 Pepsi-Cola offered Jackson the largest individual sponsorship deal in history. During 1984 the Jackson's went on a "Victory Tour" that made the greatest demand for ... the world tour to promote the album, he released a lacking autobiography accompanied by an overpriced feature film. Toward the end of 1991 "Dangerous" hit stores. This record once again topped-charts i...

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... Jones, his producer, with a title called "Starlight Love." In itself, the concept brought forward was touted as an "amazing" song. Disco music was what topped the charts during the 80s. In order to overcome this predominant culture wave, Quincy had strongly suggested creating a new balance between R&B and pop, disco and rock, and funk and ballads. Going back ... , the popularity of disco died in late 1979 and early 1980, making the production of a disco album vilified. On July 21, 1979, the top six records on the US music charts were disco record, but after two months time on September 2...

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... Lake Wobegon, Minn. It was a place, he said, "where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." Women Artists burned up the charts in 1987. In June, Whitney Houston's second album, Whitney, was the first album by a female to debut at the number-one spot on Billboard' s top pop albums chart In March ... ' "La Bamba" "from the number-one album La Bamba, the soundtrack from the movie about the life of 1950's rocker Richie Valens "also captured a top spot on the charts. The Grateful Dead, one of the best-loved bands in the 1960's, finally had a to...

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... the one lucky friend who owned one (not everyone did). Those who could not even do that were able to listen to all the songs of the British and American charts on the radio for free. The Beatles may have had easy to understand lyrics ("Love, love me do" etc) but they were also concerned with the war in Vietnam. Especially ... ...

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... successful and spawned such hits as "ABC" and "I"ll Be There". Michael Jackson later went on to have an unprecedented solo career. His solo album Off The Wall topped the charts, and contained two number 1 singles, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (for which Jackson won a Grammy Award) and "Rock with You". It was, however, Jackson's next album entitled Thriller which ... ...

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