American superstar Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in 1958 and has been entertaining audiences nearly his entire life. His father, Joseph Jackson, had been a guitarist but was forced to give up his musical ambitions following his marriage to Katherine (Scruse). Together they prodded their growing family's musical interests at home. By the early 60s the older boys Jackie, Tito and Jermaine had begun performing around the city; by 1964 Michael and Marlon had joined in.
A musical prodigy,Michael's singing and dancing talents were amazingly mature and he soon became the dominant voice and focus of "The Jackson 5." An opening act for such soul groups as the O-Jays and James Brown, it was Gladys Knight (not Diana Ross) who officially brought the group to Berry Gordy's attention, and by 1969 the boys were producing back-to-back chartbusting hits as Motown artists. As a product of the 70s, the boys had emerged as one of the most accomplished black pop/soul vocal groups in music history, successfully evolving from a Temptations-like group act to a disco phenomenon.
Solo success for Michael was inevitable, and by the 80s he had become infinitely more popular than his brotherly group. Record sales consistently orbited, culminating in the biggest-selling album of all time, "Thriller." A TV natural, he ventured rather uneasily into films, such as playing the Scarecrow in The Wiz (1978/I), but had better luck with elaborate music videos.

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Disc 1-7
MICHAEL JACKSON THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION MTV
DISC 8
1972 Jackson 5 Paris France concert
1975 Jackson 5 Mexico concert
1979 Jackson 5 London U.K. destiny concert
1981 Jackson 5 triumph concert
Jackson 5 destiny concert feature
 
DISC 9
1987 Brisbane Australia BAD concert
 
DISC 10
1987 Yokohama Japan BAD concert
 
DISC 11
1988 U.S.A. BAD concert
 
DISC 12
1992 Live in Bucharest: Dangerous Tour
 
DISC 13
1993 Live In Israel: Dangerous Tour
1993 Live In Tokyo Japan: Dangerous Tour
Michael Jackson Dangerous Tour feature
 
DISC 14
1996 Live In Sydney Australia: History Tour
 
DISC 15
1996 Live In Manila Filipina: History Tour
 
DISC 16-17
1996 Live In Seoul Korea: History Tour
 
DISC 18
1996 Live In Romania: History Tour
 
DISC 19
1997 Live in New Zealand: History Tour
 
DISC 20
1997 Live In Finland: History Tour
 
DISC 21
1997 Live in Sweden: History Tour
 
DISC 22
1997 Live. n Copenhagen: History Tour
 
DISC 23
1998 Live In Kuala Lumpur: History Tour
 
DISC 24
1999 Live In Taipei: History report
1999 Live. n Korea: Almsdeed Tour
 
DISC 25
1997 Live In Munich: History Tour
 
DISC 26
THE ONE
The 30th anniversary vocal concert
 
DISC 27
Bad tour unleashed volume
DISC 28
TOUR 1988
 
DISC 29
The Feature Of Stranger
Captain EO
 
DISC 30
MICHAEL JACKSON' MJ rise and decline
The giant star of MICHAEL JACKSON come down
 
DISC 31
private home movies the king of pop up close & personal
 
DISC 32
Moonwalker
 
DISC 33
1979-2008, the first recorded 97 songs