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...goodbye. It was not Berry Gordy's declaring Jackson "the greatest entertainer that ever lived," nor was it the Rev. Al Sharpton's assertion that Jackson's fame made a generation of white kids comfortable with electing a black President. It came before the encomiums and music began, after Motown singer Smokey Robinson took the stage, read testimonials from Diana Ross and Nelson Mandela, walked...
Ranking cities by the extent of price reductions gives Detroit the title of most discounted city. The average markdown in Motown is 21% off the original listing price. That figure doesn't include foreclosed properties - and would surely be higher if it did. The next largest average markdowns can be found in Las Vegas (16%), Miami (15%), New York (13%) and Phoenix...
...iconic albums, says the former Sony head. "Let's say 12 or 13 songs end up on the album; Michael could have possibly recorded 15, 20 or 30 songs," says Mottola. "This would probably go for every album he recorded and probably pre-dating [Sony] to his Motown days." (Read "What Happened to Michael Jackson's Millions...
...doll of the Jackson 5, he was no more complicated than he was adorable: the family singing group's star, dimpled and lithe, the young emperor of elfin cool. Five of Katherine and Joe Jackson's nine kids were in the group, which had a slew of hits for Motown Records, then went to Epic, called themselves the Jacksons, and let Michael branch...
...dance-floor history. The thin, angular pop star was only 24 years old when he took an obscure break-dancing move and transformed it into one of the most recognizable routines of all time. Jackson debuted the moonwalk during his performance of "Billie Jean" on the ABC television special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, and the heavy rotation that the song's video enjoyed on MTV injected it into America's pop-cultural consciousness. The moonwalk is so fluid, so effortless - and yet when amateurs slip on some old gym socks and try to glide across a kitchen floor...