CBS Records was well aware that there were no black records at all in the pop Top 20 the week they sent the debut single from “Thriller” to radio in October of 1982. Faced with the very real ...
But Jones’s partnership with Michael Jackson set him apart, leading to three of the most influential albums in pop history: “Off The Wall,” “Thriller” and “Bad.” “He thought that ...
The architect behind Michael ... album? “Thriller” was the seventh single from the album. The song, just shy of six minutes long on the album, was never intended to be a single. Jackson ...