Michael Jackson💛

Posted on 11.05.2021

 

Early Life and Family💛

 

Dear teachers and students, we are happy to see you here. Today, you will know a little bit more about Michael Jackson and will listen to his great songs.💛 _ Tamie 1.1

 

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. Under his father’s encouragement, Jackson’s career in music began at the age of 5.💛 – Tamara 1.2

 

He had a big family with 3 sisters and 5 brothers. Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson was a homemaker. His father, Joseph Jackson, had been a guitarist who put aside his musical aspirations to provide for his family as a crane operator. – Julie 1.2

 

MJ’s father was violent with him and his brothers. He faced physical and emotional abuse during unceasing rehearsals. During an interview, he had revealed that his father used to beat him and his brothers with a strap and didn’t regret doing so. – Tamie 1.1

 

Being a pop star is very simple. The job involves two main elements. First, there’s what you do – singing, dancing, songwriting. Second, there’s how you do it. So you have the songs, and then you have the singer – the art and the ­artist. And the trick to becoming a ­pop star is knowing how to combine those two parts. Michael Jackson did something else. He found a way to make those two ­elements react, so strongly that they created something phenomenal and unique – an explosion of creativity built into the ­persona of an almost intergalactically brilliant pop star. – Lily 1.2

 

Known as the “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson was a best-selling American singer, songwriter and dancer. As a child, Jackson became the lead singer of his family’s popular Motown group, the Jackson 5. – Elen 1.2

 

He gave his first public performance at the age of 5 singing Climb Every Mountain. – Yulia 1.2

 

Before all his concerts, Michael Jackson used a caramel drink dissolved in hot water. He was convinced that the drink improved his voice. – Melanya 1.1

 

He has 23 Guinness World Records, 40 Billboard Awards, 13 Grammys, and 26 American Music Awards. – Elen 1.2

 

Let’s listen to Simon’s wonderful play on the piano. – Tamie 1.1

 

SIMON — PIANO

 

Interesting facts about Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”💛

 

1. ‘Billie Jean’ was mixed 91 times by Bruce Swedien. 💛 – Vahe 1.2

 

2. Michael Jackson said he came up with the idea while driving his Rolls-Royce down a motorway. He was so absorbed by the song that he didn’t notice his car had caught fire. A guy passing on a motorcyclist warned him and saved his life.💛 – Hovhannes 1.3

 

3. Jackson and Jones quarelled over the title of the song. Worried that people would confuse the name with tennis player Billie Jean King, Jones wanted to change the name to ‘Not My Lover’. Jackson won that battle.💛 Hrachuhi – 1.1

 

4. MJ didn’t create “Moonwalk”. Dancer and singer Jeffrey Daniel pioneered the dance move the backslide – which, after he taught it to Michael Jackson and he made it known as moonwalk.💛 – Simon 1.2

 

 

After signing a $5 million deal with Pepsi-Cola, he got severely injured while filming a commercial for them. It caused burns to his face and scalp. When his injuries were getting addressed, he began experimenting with plastic surgery. – Lilit 1.1

 

 

MJ was diagnosed with Vitiligo, which is a rare skin disease in which the pigment is lost from areas of the skin, causing whitish patches. – Saten 1.3

 

The Big Comeback

 

Before his death, MJ was rehearsing for his greatest comeback with around 50 shows in London only. The name of the concert was “This is it.” – Vika 1.1

 

 

Pets played an important part in his life. He had mice, snakes, birds, llamas, tigers, dogs, and cats, but his favorite pet was Bubbles- the chimpanzee. – Anna 1.1

 

 

MJ’s 1st marriage with Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie Presley in 1994 lasted for only 19 months. Later, he had his second marriage in 1996, with Deborah Jeanne Rowe and had 2 kids, Michael Joseph Jackson Junior and a daughter, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson. This marriage also ended in 1999. – Tamara 1.2

 

Makeloi Kalkin, the actor in the famous movie “Alone at home”, is the godfather of Jackson’s two children, Paris ս Princess-Michael. – Artur 1.2

 

In November 2002, Jackson had to face the ire of the media after he dangled his youngest son Prince Michael II over a fourth story balcony in Berlin in front of hundreds of fans. – Nastya 1.2

 

 

 

Later, he apologized over his act, saying:

 

I GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE MOMENT. I WOULD NEVER INTENTIONALLY ENDANGER THE LIVES OF MY CHILDREN.” – Elen- 1.2

 

What people said about Michael Jackson💛

 

ARNOLD ALMELOR

 

His a great entertainer,singer,humanetarian,he sets a good example,he cares about the world. — Simon 1.2

 

BARBARA BUTTS

 

He broke ground around the world. — Emil 1.2

 

MARYLYN SUK

 

He united the world around the art he created. — Vahe 1.2

 

Well! Nobody wants to die young, but Michael Jackson went a step further and wanted to live at least 150 years. – Lily 1.2

 

For this, he used a customized medical chamber, in which, he could breathe in 100% oxygen, rather than the 21% normal concentration in air. But he died in 2009, at the age of 51, though they say that his death was planned by him. – Hovhannes 1.3

 

Who knows, alive or dead, Michael Jackson’s music and songs are always alive and with us! – Tamie 1.1

 

Now let’s sing a song «Heal the world, and we also have the Armenian translation of the song, which has been done by our students» – Lily 1.2