The groundbreaking moment came at the end of his achievement of Billie Jean for the Motown 25th ceremony special, which aired on NBC March 25, 1983. Although he wasn't the artist of the ball move ” James Brown is a part of those who'd performed a aberration ” and Jackson's moonwalk lasted alone seconds, it captivated the world.
Jackson's absorbing performance, with his individual sparkly cuff and atramentous sequined jacket, helped drag him to addition level.
Initially afraid to arise on the special, Jackson alone agreed to play his old Jackson 5 Motown hits with his brothers if he was accustomed to accomplish Billie Jean, again the country's No. 1 song, afterward.
His atypical achievement overshadowed not alone the Jackson 5 achievement but those by the reunited Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.
His anthology Thriller, which had been out for four months, went on to become the better affairs of all time.
Thirty years ago the greatest anthology anytime fabricated was appear and it still stands the analysis of time, Jackson biographer Stacy Brown declared in November, on the 30th ceremony of Thriller.
