Thriller
Subtitle: the musical life of Michael Jackson
By: Nelson George
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780306818783
Description: Thriller takes us back to a time in 1982 when Michael Jackson was king of the charts, breaking the color barrier on MTV, heralding the age of video, and becoming the ultimate representation of the crossover dreams of Motown's Berry Gordy, who helped launch Jackson's career with the Jackson 5.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Startin' somethin' : an introduction; title: 2009; title: Going back to Gary; title: The voice; title: Audio/Visual I; title: New York, New York; title: Audio/Visual II; title: Black Hollywood; title: "Thriller"; title: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' "; title: "Baby Be Mine"; title: "The Girl Is MIne"; title: "Thriller"; title: "Beat It"; title: "Billie Jean"; title: "Human Nature"; title: "PYT (Pretty Young Thing)"; title: "Lady in My Life"; title: Covering "Thriller"; title: The fire, the tour; title: The "Bad" years; title: The third and final father; title: Searching for transcendence; title: "This Is It".