1993 - Michael arrives in Santiago(Chile) to perform a concert on October 23 at the Chile National Stadium.
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1982 - The Girl Is Mine released as the first single off the THRILLER album.
The song hit #1 on the R&B singles chart and #2 on the Hot 100 in U.S, and #8 in the UK.
The writing of The Girl Is Mine was completed by Michael as he watched cartoons with Paul McCartney:
“It started with Quincy Jones asking me to write a song about two guys quarreling over the same girl, and I thought about it and I came up with The Girl Is Mine.”
“I woke up from my sleep and I had this song,” said Michael, explaining his inspiration for writing the song, “and I went over to the tape recorder and I sang it into the tape recorder, and I sang exactly what I heard in my head, starting with the melody and the keyboard and the strings and everything. So I just orally put it on tape.”
The rap in the song, Michael explained, was Quincy Jones’s idea. Asked about his other songs, and if any of them were similar to The Girl Is Mine, Michael replied, “Oh, yes, lots of other songs… they are mainly the same chords that I use in so many… That’s What You Get (For Being Polite) is one. Others would be Why Can’t I Be, Thank You For Life – all have the same main, the same type of chords as The Girl Is Mine. To prove his point, Michael sang The Girl Is Mine to an instrumental version of That’s What You Get (For Being Polite).
McCartney spent three days at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, working on the song with Michael from 14th-16th April 1982 – the year after the pair first worked on Say Say Say and The Man, although it was the first Jackson/McCartney duet to gain a release. The single’s cover photograph was taken by McCartney’s wife, Linda.
Michael is on record as saying the duet is one of his most enjoyable recording moments: “One of my favourite songs to record, of all my recordings as a solo artist, is probably The Girl Is Mine, because working with Paul McCartney was pretty exciting and we just literally had fun… it was like lots of kibitzing and playing and throwing stuff at each other and making jokes… and we actually recorded the track and the vocals pretty much live at the same time, and we do have footage of it, but it’s never been shown – maybe one day we’ll give you a sneak preview of it.”
Its lukewarm reception from fans prompted many industry insiders to presume Thriller would be a sales failure. They couldn’t be more wrong.
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1969 - Diana Ross & The Supremes introduce the Jackson 5 on ABC’s Hollywood Palace Special where they perform Sing A Simple Song, Can You Remember, I want You Back and There Was A Time (with Diana Ross & Sammy Davis Jr).
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1970 - Concert at the Amphitheatre, Chicago (Illinois).
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1980 - The Jackson’s album “Triumph” hit #13 in the U.K.
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1988 - Michael performs BAD tour at Capital Centre in Washington DC [US].
1996 - Michael performs HIStory concert at Chungshan Soccer Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan attending 40,000.
2005 - Michael & his entourage leave London.
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Source: Michael Jackson For All Time / MJJEternal / MJJCommunity / MJJTime / MJ-Upbeat.com
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