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Michael Jackson: 100 facts about the king of pop
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2. When he was a child his favourite books included Rip Van Winkle and The Old Man and the Sea 3. Michael Jackson was very ticklish 4. Saint Vincent, an island in the Caribbean, once issued Michael Jackson stamps 5. The singer once owned a boa constrictor called “Muscles” 6. As a youngster he used to put spiders in sister La Toyah’s bed 7. He played a scarecrow in The Wiz, a movie version of the Wizard of Oz 8. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one for himself and one as part of the Jackson Five) 9. Quincy Jones nicknamed him “smelly” – a slang term similar to “funky” 10. Jackson described his own voice on early Jackson 5 records as “like Minnie Mouse” 11. He was a big fan of The Three Stooges 12. He is an Exeter City fan 13. He had two llamas called Louis and Lola 14. Thriller spent 37 weeks at number one in the US Billboard chart. 15. In 1984 he won eight Grammy’s – the joint highest amount ever won by one person in a single year 16. He gave his first public performance at the age of 5 singing Climb Every Mountain 17. He had eight brothers and sisters 18. His marriage to Lisa-Marie Presley lasted only 19 months 19. Jackson paid $47 million for the publishing rights to the Beatles back catalogue in 1985 and sold a share of to Sony in 1995 for $95 million 20. His middle name was Joseph 21. He was born on Aug 29, 1958 22. At the Brit Awards in 1996 Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker took exception to his bombastic performance of Earth Song and ran on to the stage 23. Jackson was very fond of Mexican food 24. In 1993 Jackson’s dermatologist said he had a rare skin disease called vitiligo, which causes sufferers to lose pigmentation in their skin 25. Thriller is the world’s best-selling record of all time with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide 26. Two of his other albums – Bad and Dangerous – are also among the world’s best-selling records 27. He popularised dance moves including the robot and the moonwalk 28. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice 29. He won 13 Grammy Awards 30. Billie Jean was the first video by a black artist to air on MTV. 31. Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State Anthem, South Carolina on My Mind. 32. He has waxworks in five Madame Tussauds museums across the world. Only Elvis Presley and Madonna have more. 33. He has sold more than 300 million records worldwide 34. His favourite superhero is Morph from X-Men 35. He had a pet ram called Mr Tibbs 36. His total lifetime earnings from music are estimated at $500 million 37. Jackson regularly wore a black armband to remind people of children suffering around the world. 38. The moonwalk was picked up from street dancers 39. Little Richard wanted to be played by Jackson in a biopic 40. Jackson had a pet python called Crusher 41. In 1984 a French fan committed suicide because he couldn’t have surgery to look like Jackson 42. The video for Scream was the most expensive ever at £3.8 million. 43. A library once accused the singer of owing $1 million in overdue book fines 44. Jackson was a vegetarian 45. He won an MTV award for Best Movie Song in 1994. It was for Will You Be There from the movie Free Willy 46. HIStory was the biggest selling double album ever released in the United States 47. Jackson was given a royal title in the Ivory Coast in 1992 48. Before concerts he would drink Ricola candy dissolved in hot water 49. His birthplace Gary, Indiana, is planning a museum in his honour 50. The singer patented a shoe device that allowed dancers to lean forward at gravity defying angles 51. He was a best man at Liza Minnelli’s wedding to David Gest 52. The largest television audience in US history watched him perform at half time during the 1993 Super Bowl 53. Martin Scorcese once directed a Jackson video 54. A survey in 1997 declared him the Most Famous Person in the World 55. He paid $1.5 million in 1999 to buy for the 1939 Oscar for best film won by Gone With The Wind 56. Jackson once described Elizabeth Taylor as “a warm cuddly blanket that I love to snuggle up to” 57. He recorded a voice-over on The Simpsons 58. Macauley Culkin is godfather to two of Jackson’s children 59. Jackson co-wrote We Are The World with Lionel Richie 60. He is godfather to Nicole Richie 61. He is also godfather to Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb’s son Michael 62. Jackson shares a birthday with Sir Richard Attenborough and actress Rebecca DeMornay 63. At the time of his death Jackson was rehearsing for his greatest comeback, with 50 shows scheduled in London 64. He was four years old when he began singing with his brothers Marlon, Jermaine, Jackie and Tito in the Jackson 5 65. The Jackson 5’s number one hits included “I Want You Back,” “ABC” and “I’ll Be There” 66. In 2002 Jackson caused controversy when he playfully dangled his infant son, Prince Michael II, over a hotel balcony in Berlin in front of fans 67. MC Hammer once challenged Jackson to a dance off 68. In a TV documentary he acknowledged sharing his bed with children but described the practice as sweet, and not sexual 69. During production of a 1984 Pepsi advertisement Jackson sustained burns when an explosion set his hair on fire 70. Jackson’s 13 number one hits on the US Billboard charts put him behind only Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Mariah Carey 71. Jackson’s father Joseph worked in a steel mill 72. Joseph Jackson and his brother Luther were in an R&B band called The Falcons 73. Michael was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness by his mother 74. In a 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey the singer spoke of a traumatic childhood including suffering from loneliness 75. Jackson showed his singing talent at the age of five when he performed at a Christmas recital 76. The family band was originally called the Jackson Brothers 77. Michael was promoted to joint lead vocals at the age of eight and the band became the Jackson 5 78. They toured extensively in the US Midwest from 1966 to 1968 79. He initially used his eccentricities to promote his music but strongly disliked the “Wacko Jacko” nickname 80. Wild stories about him included that he slept in an oxygen chamber and that he bought the bones of The Elephant Man. 81. During the world tour for Bad he performed to 4.4 million people 82. His first autobiography, Moon Walk, took four years to complete 83. The book reached the top of The New York Times best sellers’ list 84. Jackson admitted to having had two nose jobs 85. He suggested weight loss and a strict vegetarian diet had contributed to the change in his appearance 86. He paid $17 million in 1988 for the land in California that became the Neverland Ranch 87. The 2,700-acre property had a theme park, a menagerie, and a movie theatre. 88. Its grounds were protected by a security staff of 40 89. Neverland was valued at $100 million in 2003 90. The profits from his single “Man in the Mirror” went to charity 91. In 1991 he signed a contract with Sony worth $65 million 92. In 1992 he founded the Heal the World Foundation which brought underprivileged children to Neverland and made donations worldwide 93. When he visited the African country of Gabon 100,000 people turned out to see him 94. Jackson’s most famous pet was Bubbles the chimpanzee 95. Bubbles was adopted at the age of three from a cancer research clinic in Texas. 96. Bubbles sat in on recording sessions for the Bad album and accompanied Jackson to Tokyo 97. The artist Jeff Koons made a series of sculptures of Jackson and Bubbles 98. Jackson fathered two children with Deborah Jeanne Rowe – Michael Joseph Jackson Junior (also known as “Prince”) and a daughter, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson 99. The couple divorced in 1999 and Rowe gave full custody rights to Jackson 100. Vitiligo, the skin disease from which he suffered, affects 1 to 2 per cent to 2 per cent of the population
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