... . And on the set he met jazz arranger and producer Quincy Jones. In a flash Jones was Jackson's father figure. When the singer decided to turn a handful of his own songs into his first real solo album, he went to Jones for advice. "Quincy does jazz, he does movie scores, rock 'n' roll, funk, pop - he's all colors," said Jackson. "And that's ... a wise old philosopher." For his part, the producer drilled the musicians like a Motown revue, with horns riveting down sheets of synths over microchip-precise rhythm. It was the future, and sold 10 million copies. Heatwave's Rod Temperton was hi...

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... which made him a cultural icon. Thriller released in 1982 is one of the top selling albums of all time and consisted of several hits such as "Beat It" and "Billie Jean". The videos Jackson made to support the songs on the album took the music industry straight into the video age ... publishing rights to the lucrative Beatles music catalogue which was said by Dick Gregory to be worth 1.6 billion dollars. According to Erikson's psychosocial stages of development, I believe Michael to be stuck in the school age/industry vs. inferiority stage. We need to remember that like most psychological ...

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