What song was a top 10 for Michael Jackson in 1972 and for Marti Webb in 1985
"suffering from primary liver disease with costs associated with their illness. In 1985 Marti Webb released as a tribute a cover version of the Michael Jackson song ""Ben"", which reached number 5 in the UK charts, the royalties being donated to the Memorial Fund. Ben Hardwick Benjamin Hardwick (6 December 1981 – 23 March 1985) was Britain's youngest liver transplant patient. He became a celebrity through appearing on the BBC television programme ""That's Life!"" after his parents appealed for more awareness of organ donation when their son, who suffered from biliary atresia, urgently needed a transplant. Ben became the first"
"forever, Michael Jackson."" A writer of ""Rap-Up"" noted that she ""gave audience members goosebumps as she channeled MJ with her moves"". Mark Iraheta of ""Complex"" magazine wrote that she ""lit up the stage and showed off some funky dance moves"". I Wanna Be Where You Are ""I Wanna Be Where You Are"" is a song written by Arthur ""T-Boy"" Ross and Leon Ware for Michael Jackson, who took the song to number 7 in ""Cash Box"" and number 16 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. It also reached number 2 on the U.S. R&B singles chart in 1972. His third"
"(1983) for Epic Records. Many Motown groups who had left the record label charted with disco songs. Michael Jackson was the lead singer of the Jackson 5, one of Motown's premier acts in the early 1970s. They left the record company in 1975 (Jermaine Jackson, however, remained with the label) after successful songs like ""I Want You Back"" (1969) and ""ABC"" (1970), and even the disco song ""Dancing Machine"" (1974). Renamed as 'the Jacksons' (as Motown owned the name 'the Jackson 5'), they went on to find success with disco songs like ""Blame It on the Boogie"" (1978), ""Shake Your"
"second was ""The Jackson 5 Show"" which debuted in November of the following year. The group often joined Bob Hope on USO-benefited performances to support military troops during the Vietnam War. In order to continue increasing sales, Motown launched Michael Jackson's solo career in 1971 with the single ""Got to Be There"", released in November. His 1972 song ""Ben"" became his first to top the charts. Jermaine was the second to release a solo project; his most successful hit of the period was a cover of the doo-wop song ""Daddy's Home"". The Jackson 5's records began plummeting on the charts"
"of Laurence's compositions, and also served as a backing singer for Melba Moore after she saw his nightclub act in 1981. In 1984, Jackson landed a recording contract with Capitol Records, and released his debut album, ""Rock Me Tonight"" in 1985. The Laurence-penned title track stormed the R&B charts, spending six weeks at number one, and made Jackson an instant hit on urban contemporary radio. ""You Are My Lady"" gave him a second straight R&B chart-topper, and also proved to be his highest-charting single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, peaking at #12. With ""He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)"""
"brother Michael, Whitney Houston, and Jody Watley. Pitchfork included the song in its Best 200 Songs of the '80s list at #126. Jackson has performed the song on many of her tours, including Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour, The Velvet Rope Tour, All for You Tour, Rock Witchu Tour, , Unbreakable World Tour, & the State of the World Tour. The only tour that it was not included on was the janet. Tour. It has been included in two of Jackson's greatest hits albums, """" (1995) and ""Number Ones"" (2009). Released in 1986, the single peaked at number five on the"
"Some other interesting highlights include Oasis’ ""Definitely Maybe"" starting the top 10, PJ Harvey’s ""Let England Shake"" making an impressive No. 15, Arcade Fire’s Funeral (13) slotting higher than My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless (18), and Outkast’s Stankonia only good enough to slip in at 500. More oddities: The highest ranked Michael Jackson album (""Thriller"") hits at 131, while LCD Soundsystem broke the top 50 with ""Sound of Silver"" (49). It’s rad that Jimmy Eat World’s ""Bleed America"" (429) made it on, but having it one spot below Bruce Springsteen’s ""Born in the USA"" and two above Soundgarden’s ""Badmotorfinger"" seems kinda"
"later covered by singer Michael Jackson and released as the first single from his 1973 album ""Music & Me"". The song peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, number 14 on the US R&B chart, and number 23 on the US adult contemporary chart. Nearly all disc pressings of the Michael Jackson single had a track called ""Morning Glow"", the ninth track on the album originally written by composer Stephen Schwartz. In a 2003 interview with Martin Bashir, Jackson admitted that he no longer remembered having recorded the song, and could not recall any of the lyrics."
"latter tracks being issued on a single in September 1978 with the A-side ""When It's Over"" reaching #82 on the R&B chart. From 1979 Flack would tend to rank on the R&B chart as opposed to the Hot 100, her only solo Hot 100 entry subsequent to ""If Ever I See You Again"" being another movie theme song: ""Making Love"", which peaked at #13 in 1982. However Flack did reach the Top 20 of the Hot 100 with two duets: ""Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"" with Peabo Bryson (#16/ 1983) and ""Set the Night to Music"" with Maxi Priest (#6/"
"his version ""far superior"" (7 October 1978). Mick Jackson's original peaked at #15 and The Jacksons peaked at #8 in the UK Singles Chart. Mick Jackson's subsequent 1979 release, ""Weekend"" was released in the same week as The Jacksons' second single ""Destiny"". The songs entered the charts on the same day, peaking at 38 and 39 in the UK Singles Chart respectively, and both 'Michael Jacksons' appearing on the same edition of ""Top of The Pops"". ""Weekend"" spent eight weeks on the chart; thus equalling his earlier single's tenure, and also avoiding the one-hit wonder tag. Jackson released three albums"
"answer to the Jackson 5. Ralph Tresvant was positioned as the lead singer, because Starr considered his high tenor as reminiscent of a younger Michael Jackson, while having members Ricky Bell and Bobby Brown sharing alternate leads. The 12"" version features producers Starr and Michael Jonzun doing some additional instrumentation in the outro. Released as a single in late 1982 before the album was released, the song made a slow ascent up the chart, but it eventually peaked at number 11 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart singles chart, and number 1 on the R&B singles chart in the"
"had the first two videos She Works Hard for the Money and Unconditional Love, by an African American female artist also in 1983. Michael Jackson’s ""Thriller"" album from 1982 is considered to be the best-selling album of all time; it set a record and sold 20 million copies during the decade. His other album of the decade, 1987’s ""Bad"", sold 6 million, and became the first album to have 5 number-one hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Jackson scored 9 #1 singles and 16 top 10 singles on the Billboard charts. Madonna scored 7 #1 singles, and 16 top 5"
"and received good, though not as strong, reviews. It did produce the single ""It's Different for Girls"", which became Jackson's highest charting UK single, peaking at no. 5. ""Beat Crazy"" followed in 1980. Jackson also collaborated with Lincoln Thompson in reggae crossover. Jackson's 1982 album ""Night and Day"" was his only studio album to reach either the UK or US Top 10, peaking at No. 3 (UK) and at No. 4 (US). Two singles released from the album, ""Steppin' Out"" and ""Breaking Us in Two"", were US top 20 hits. The tracks ""Real Men"" and ""A Slow Song"" referred obliquely"
"of the selections that Mathis made for this album are quite varied. Michael Jackson recorded ""One Day in Your Life"" before this album was released in 1975, but his recording was not available as a single until 1981. ""Stardust"" reached the charts 15 times through various recordings between 1930 and 1943. Jack Jones had a number 25 Easy Listening hit with ""What I Did for Love"", which originated in the 1975 Broadway musical ""A Chorus Line"". Melissa Manchester's ""Midnight Blue"" spent two weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart in addition to reaching number six on the ""Billboard"""
"last tour he would do with his brothers. Following controversy over the concert's ticket sales, Jackson held a press conference and announced that he would donate his share of the proceeds, an estimated , to charity. His charitable work and humanitarian awards continued with the release of ""We Are the World"" (1985), co-written with Lionel Richie. The song was recorded on January 28, 1985 and released worldwide in March 1985 to aid the poor in the United States and Africa. The song earned $63 million for famine relief, and became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with 20"
"his wife who was reportedly skinny and holding two bags of groceries, which frustrated her husband, causing an argument. Joe said he said to himself about what he'd say to the woman, ""‘Walk on baby’. If that man don’t want you in public someone else will."" The song was released in the spring of that year and became a top ten hit on the pop charts, reaching #10 and later going gold. It became Tex's biggest hit until the release of ""I Gotcha"" in 1972. During his early years with The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, who later listed Tex as"
"(1989) and Katy Perry's, ""Teenage Dream"" (2010) to yield a minimum of six top ten hit singles on the Hot 100. The release of ""Janet"" signaled the singer's transformation from conservative teen role model to adult sex symbol. In ""You've Come A Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture"" (1996), Lilly J. Goren observed that ""[Her] 1993 album ""Janet"" moved away from politically driven lyrics to songs about love and sex-lyrics that could capitalize on her new sexy, more scantily clad image in MTV music videos. Jackson's evolution from politically aware musician to sexy diva marked the direction that"
"career. ""You Rock My World"" charted within the top twenty positions on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on September 15, 2001. The following week, the song charted at its peak position, number ten. It became Jackson's highest charting single since his 1995 number-one single, ""You Are Not Alone"". ""You Rock My World"" also charted at number seven and thirteen on ""Billboard""s Pop chart and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs respectively. Notably, these chart positions were attained based on airplay alone, as no commercial single was issued in the United States. Fred Bronson, Billboard's chart expert at the time, remarked, ""Certainly, if a commercial single"
"Johnny Mercer, Music by Henry Mancini – Darling Lili ‡ 1971: ""Life Is What You Make It"" Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Music by Marvin Hamlisch – Kotch ‡ 1972: ""Ben"" Lyrics by Don Black, Music by Walter Scharf performed by Michael Jackson – Ben ‡ 1973: ""The Way We Were"" Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Music by Marvin Hamlisch, performed by Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were † 1974: ""I Feel Love"" Lyrics by Betty Box, Music by Euel Box – Benji ‡ 1975: ""I'm Easy"" Music & Lyrics by Keith Carradine, performed by Keith Carradine – Nashville"
"""Top of the Pops"", which had premiered the Moonwalk on television for the first time. Michael Jackson was a fan of Shalamar's, in particular, Daniel and his dance moves, after watching him on ""Soul Train"". Jackson and Daniel met afterward, and Jackson took his then 12-year-old sister Janet to see Shalamar perform at Disneyland. Daniel and Jackson co-choreographed Jackson's ""Bad"" and ""Smooth Criminal"" videos from the album ""Bad"" (1987). The ""classic"" lineup of Shalamar (Hewett, Watley, and Daniel) scored a total of three gold albums in the US with ""Big Fun"" (1979), ""Three for Love"" (1980) - which eventually went"
"of the band on the balcony right above the performers. Some of the guests and performers included Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin, Slash, Liza Minnelli, Destiny's Child, Britney Spears, Gloria Estefan, Ray Charles, Chris Tucker, Usher, and more. Jackson asked Moffett to collaborate on a song he wrote for Diana Ross entitled ""Muscles"". Moffett played both drums and percussions on the track. The song was named after Jackson's pet snake and released in 1982. It was an instant hit and reached #10 on the ""Billboard Hot 100"". Moffett was supposed to perform on Jackson's This Is It Tour (13.7.2009"
"its one week at #1 in the U.S., the song also later reached a peak of number seven on the British pop chart. ""Ben"" won a Golden Globe for Best Song. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1973; Jackson performed the song in front of a live audience at the ceremony. Although Jackson had already become the youngest artist to ever record a number-one (""I Want You Back"" with The Jackson 5, in 1970), ""Ben"" made him the third-youngest solo artist, at fourteen, to score a number-one hit single. Only Stevie Wonder, who"
"No. 5 in the UK in 1987. In September 2006 a compilation album featuring Mercury's solo work was released in the UK in honour of what would have been his 60th birthday. The album debuted in the UK top 10. In 1981–1983 Mercury recorded several tracks with Michael Jackson, including a demo of ""State of Shock"", ""Victory"", and ""There Must Be More to Life Than This"". None of these collaborations were officially released at the time, although bootleg recordings exist. Jackson went on to record the single ""State of Shock"" with Mick Jagger for the Jacksons' album ""Victory"". Mercury included"
"from 2012). The Jackson 5's first 4 singles (including ""I Want You Back"") reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, all on Motown records. Michael Jackson (the ""King of Pop"", d. 2009) had 13 #1 singles (including ""Billie Jean""), more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era. Janet Jackson has 10 #1 singles (including ""All for You"") on the Hot 100. Deniece Williams, also from Gary, had 2 #1 Hot 100 hits, including ""Let's Hear It for the Boy"" in 1984. Van Halen (with David Lee Roth) had a #1 hit on the Hot 100 with ""Jump"","
"single charted (not peaking) in the US Top 10, as The Jackson 5 single ""I Want You Back"" first reached the Top 10 the week of December 27, 1969, on its way to a number one peak in late January 1970; however, Jackson was not credited on that single as an individual artist. In 2014, ""Love Never Felt So Good"" was ranked as the 78th most popular song of the year on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The music video for the duet debuted in the morning on May 14, 2014, which was regarded as ""a careful visual tribute of the"
"reached number one in Sweden as well as the top 10 in Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Jackson's vocals were taken from part of an unreleased 1983 session between Jackson and Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka, who is credited as a songwriter as he was on Jackson's previous songs ""Love Never Felt So Good"" and ""This Is It"", both of which also came from the same session. First worked on as a demo, Jackson co-wrote the song during a 1983 recording session with Paul Anka."
"chart during the 1980s, with nine songs accomplishing that feat. Two were by Lionel Richie, ""You Are"" in 1983 and ""Hello"" in 1984, which also reached #1 on the Hot 100. Other songs reaching the summit on both the AC and pop charts were ""Time After Time"" by Cyndi Lauper, ""I Just Called to Say I Love You"" by Stevie Wonder, ""Live to Tell"" by Madonna, ""I Just Can't Stop Loving You"" by Michael Jackson (his only #1 on both charts), ""Seasons Change"" by Exposé, ""Look Away"" by Chicago, ""Tell Her About It"" by Billy Joel, and ""Right Here Waiting"""
"for an album, three fewer than the then-record holder ""Thriller"" by Michael Jackson, which was nominated fifteen times in 1984. Their twelve nominations eventually resulted in three Grammy wins, including two for the song ""Another Night in Tunisia"" (performed and arranged on the album by guest vocalists Jon Hendricks and Bobby McFerrin) Stevie Wonder finally managed to add another Grammy to his total. After winning fifteen awards in the mid-1970s, he won his first Grammy in nine years for his album ""In Square Circle"". Songwriter Jimmy Webb had to wait even longer as his song ""Highwayman"" won him his first"
"All of the brothers took a more active role in their music and Marlon filled in for Jermaine's vocal parts when they performed the old Jackson 5 songs on stage. On the debut Jacksons albums, Marlon sang lead spots on ""Strength of a Man"" and ""Man of War."" However, the ""Destiny"" and ""Triumph"" albums returned the brothers to the top of the pop charts. In the finale of ""Triumph"" Marlon shared a duet with brother Michael, titled ""Give it Up"". The return of Jermaine to the group in 1983, after their reunited performance at ""Motown 25,"" led to the ""Victory"""
"year-end chart. The song also peaked at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. In the United Kingdom the song was released in August 1992 and peaked at #2 in the UK Singles Chart, spending 13 weeks in the chart. It became Jackson's first top ten hit in the UK since ""Let's Wait Awhile"" reached #3 in 1987. The song was remixed in 1995 and re-released, reaching #7. It was the remixed version that was included on international releases of Janet's compilation album """". It spent 5 consecutive weeks at #2 on the Australian Singles Chart, spending 18 weeks on"
"six weeks, and a number 4 hit in the United Kingdom. The single's B-side was ""One More Chance"", a song from their second album. ""I'll Be There"" was the Jackson 5's final number one Hot 100 hit as a group. For the rest of their career as a major-label act, Jackson 5 singles would climb no higher than number 2. Michael Jackson scored numerous number one hits as a solo artist, beginning with ""Ben"" in 1972. ""I'll Be There"" remains one of the most popular of the Jackson 5's hits, and has been covered by a number of artists, including"
"in November 1997, elaborated that the song was a big, perfect ode to Donna Summer, and likened it to her songs ""MacArthur Park"" and ""Last Dance"". In 1999, 'Together Again"" won the award for ""Most Played Song"" at the BMI Pop Awards. ""Together Again"" debuted at number nine on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart on the issue dated December 20, 1997, before becoming Jackson's eighth number-one single on January 31, 1998, spending two weeks at number one, and a total of forty-six weeks on the chart. The song also peaked atop the Hot Dance Club Songs chart and at number"
"and ""Love Is Just a Touch Away"" also hitting the R&B Top Ten, ""Rock Me Tonight"" topped the R&B album chart and went platinum. Jackson issued the follow-up ""Just Like the First Time"" 1986, on the heels of a number one R&B duet with Melba Moore, ""A Little Bit More"" (from her album ""A Lot of Love""). Another platinum seller, ""Just Like the First Time"" continued Jackson's dominance of the R&B singles charts; ""Tasty Love,"" ""Have You Ever Loved Somebody,"" and ""Jam Tonight"" all hit #1, while ""I Don't Want to Lose Your Love"" went to #2. The pace of"