Michael Jackson: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 are profiled in Nelson George, The Michael Jackson Story, new updated ed. (1987). Further information may be found in Irwin Stambler, Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock, & Soul, rev. ed. (1989), pp. 316â321; Colin Larkin (ed.), The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 2nd ed., vol. 3 (1995); and Patricia Romanowski, Holly George-Warren, and Jon Pareles (eds.), The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (1995), pp. 483â490. The recording of their top singles is chronicled in Adam White and Fred Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits (1993). The Jacksons published an oral history of their family and careers, written with Fred Bronson, The Jacksons: Legacy (2017). The family was the subject of the television miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992).
Notable books about Jackson include Margo Jefferson, On Michael Jackson (2006); J. Randy Taraborrelli, Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story, 1958â2009, new updated ed. (2009); Joseph Vogel, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson (2011); Randall Sullivan, Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson (2012); and Steve Knopper, MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson (2015). Jacksonâs autobiography, Moonwalk, was published in 1988.
Representative Works
The Jackson 5/The Jacksons
- ABC (1970)
- Third Album (1970)
- Get It Together (1973)
- Destiny (1978)
- Victory (1984)
Michael Jackson
- Got to Be There (1972)
- Off the Wall (1979)
- Thriller (1982)
- Bad (1987)
- Dangerous (1991)
- HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I (1995)
- Invincible (2001)
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Added media and quick facts. | Oct 09, 2026 | ||
| Changed a callout box about Jackson's middle name to a top question. | Sep 25, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 25, 2026 | ||
| Noted that the success of Michael caused several of his albums and songs to reenter the charts. | Aug 10, 2026 | ||
| Added a photo. | Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| Noted that the film Michael became the highest-grossing biopic of all time. | Jul 09, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 21, 2026 | ||
| Added top question and removed claim that Michael Jackson fired his father as his manager. | Apr 26, 2026 | ||
| Revised the Top Questions section. | Apr 25, 2026 | ||
| Added some developments regarding various lawsuits involving his estate. | Apr 24, 2026 | ||
| Revised the Top Questions section. | Apr 23, 2026 | ||
| Added top questions. | Apr 16, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Michael Jackson. | Apr 13, 2026 | ||
| Replaced media. | Oct 30, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 28, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference to The Wiz. | Aug 13, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Michael Jackson: The Thrill of Thriller. | Dec 10, 2024 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Sep 16, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Jan 26, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Jun 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Michael Jackson. | May 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GRAMMY.com - Michael Jackson. | Nov 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - Michael Jackson Fast Facts. | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous African Americans - Biography of Michael Jackson. | Apr 25, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 03, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveAbout - Michael Jackson Biography and Profile. | Feb 19, 2021 | ||
| Added the songs âBadâ and âMan in the Mirror.â | Jan 06, 2021 | ||
| Added a description of the documentary Finding Neverland. | Mar 28, 2019 | ||
| Added the documentary Leaving Neverland. | Feb 01, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Michael Jackson. | Apr 26, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 09, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 17, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kidzworld - Biography of Michael Jackson. | Jan 09, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Songwriters Hall of Fame - Biography of Michael Jackson. | Mar 12, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Michael Jackson. | Mar 12, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Michael Jackson. | Mar 12, 2014 | ||
| Added "Michael Joe Jackson" as a title variant and included a cross-reference to the researcher's note on his middle name. | Apr 25, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Michael Jackson. | Mar 09, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Michael Jackson. | Mar 09, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Biography of Michael Jackson. | Mar 09, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Michael Jackson. | Mar 09, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Michael Joseph Jackson. | Mar 09, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - People - How the Moonwalk Works. | Mar 09, 2012 | ||
| In November 2011 his doctor was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. | Nov 07, 2011 | ||
| Changed the date of the album Got to Be There from "1971" to "1972." |
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Apr 04, 2011 | |
| Added later albums, including Invincible (2001), in the Representative Works section. | Nov 15, 2010 | ||
| In February 2010 his doctor was charged with involuntary manslaughter. | Feb 08, 2010 | ||
| Updated with the induction of "Thriller" into the National Film Registry. | Dec 31, 2009 | ||
| Updated for the release of the documentary film This Is It. | Oct 28, 2009 | ||
| The coroner ruled that Jackson's death was a homicide. | Aug 25, 2009 | ||
| Updated to mention the memorial tribute at the Staples Center. | Jul 08, 2009 | ||
| Added description of cause and circumstances of his death. | Jun 26, 2009 | ||
| Updated for Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. | Jun 25, 2009 | ||
| Added sales figures for Off the Wall, mentions of Thiller's two-plus-year tenure in the charts and "We Are the World," and additional details for Bad and Dangerous. |
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May 11, 2009 | |
| Media added. | Oct 25, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 18, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 17, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 18, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 14, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 09, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Oct 28, 1999 |
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