In this Blank on Blank animated interview from 1980, Michael Jackson discusses labeling music, perfectionism, meeting Quincy Jones and godliness.

But no one has dominated pop culture through sheer force of talent since Michael Jackson in the mid-1980s. It’s hard to imagine that anyone ever will. Features editor Brien Murphy can be reached ...

Michael Jackson's 1980s run is one of the most legendary and well-known in the canon of popular music.When that decade dawned, MJ had just released his solo breakthrough Off the Wall, a ...

Nostalgia for 1980s Michael Jackson never gets old — or fails to sell — so in addition to gracing one billion commemorative Pepsi cans, the King of Pop’s iconic Bad will get a deluxe reissue ...

To listen to the music of Michael Jackson in the year 2021 is to enter a moral thicket. The 2019 documentary “Leaving Neverland” told the stories of two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck ...

2. “Night Time Lover,” LaToya Jackson (1980) Written by Michael Jackson and LaToya Jackson “Night Time Lover” was originally written by the brother and sister for Donna Summer under the ...

Quincy Jones first met Michael Jackson in the early 1970s at Sammy Davis Jr.’s house in Los Angeles, when the 12-year-old was still a bubble-gum soul singer leading his brothers in the Jackson 5.

Michael Jackson, right, and Paul McCartney in the studio, 1980. Afro Newspaper/Gado/Getty Images Beyond what’s on the permits, Santa Barbara County officials remain mum on the goings-on at ...