Thriller at 30
Thriller, Michael Jackson's sixth album, was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records and went on to win eight Grammy Awards, to sell over 100 million copies worldwide. It also has been ranked number 20 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Video
- I Want You BackMJ singing his heart out on the Ed Sullivan Show about a dozen years before he recorded Thriller
- Don't Stop Til You Get Enough"Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance (and also was nominated for Best Disco Recording)
- You Can't WinMichael Jackson as the Scarecrow in the 1978 motion picture The Wiz (dir. Sidney Lumet)
- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'The first track from Thriller
- Manu Dibango "Soul Makossa" (1972)Early inspiration and influence on "Wanna Be Startin" Somethin'"
- The Girl is MineDuet with Paul McCartney from Thriller
- Billie JeanVideo from MTV
- Michael Jackson / Jackson 5 Motown 25 FULL PERFORMANCEIncludes archival film as well as MJ's first performance of the moonwalk
- Beat ItIncludes guitar work by Eddie Van Halen
- ThrillerVideo directed by John Landis
From the Library
Links from the Library
- ThrillerInformation from Wikipedia
- US Patent 5,255,452Michael Jackson’s Anti-Gravity Illusion Patent, 1993
- Michael JacksonTopic page from Credo Reference
- Michael JacksonArticle from The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music
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