Also low promotion because Michael was currently on tour can be named for this albums low success and only one single. Jackson was also experiencing vocal changes as he came in and out of soprano and was now, at least for this album, a high-pitched tenor.
Music and Me was the third solo, released in 1973 on the Motown label.Īt this point, michael Jackson was one of the few artists who had success as a member of a popular singing group and as a soloist, especially considering he now had four Top 40 hit singles at the point of this release, which occurred in April of 1973.īut at this point, Michael, who turned fifteen in August, was growing frustrated with Motown's lack of direction concerning the material he was recording thus making the songs he recorded for "Music and Me" seem almost shallow even at his most soulful. The remainder of the album was good to above-average pop, establishing for any doubters that Jackson was going to succeed, indeed thrive, on his own.ġ0. He was just beginning to make his way outside the family unit, and the single actually did better on the pop side than on the R&B charts, topping the pop list but peaking at number five on the R&B survey. Michael Jackson stunned everyone by scoring a huge hit with a song about a rat on this 1972 release. None of the other songs from the album were issued as singles and one of the songs, "In Our Small Way", originally issued on Got to Be There, was featured on this album. The album sold on the strength of Jackson's first number-one pop single with the title track and was named as the album title to help boost up album sales. Released in August 1972, eight months after his auspicious debut as a soloist, the album featured more ballads than his debut. You Can Cry on My Shoulder (2:39) Release : August 1972īen was the second full-length solo album. I wanna be where you are / We’ve got good thing goingġ0. Rockin’ Robin / Love is here and now is gone Got to be there / Maria (you were the only one) Got to Be There kept Gordy as king of the sound of young America.
The album also included covers of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" and James Taylor & Carole King's "You've Got a Friend". The album peaked at number fourteen on the US pop albums chart and number 5 on the US R&B album chart when it was released. This album launched three chart singles: a cover of the bubblegum classic "Rockin' Robin," Leon Ware's "I Wanna Be Where You Are," and the title track. It includes the song of the same name, which was released in the fall of 1971 as Jackson's debut solo single.īy the time Got to Be There was released, much had changed in the Jackson dynamic, none the least Michael's voice. Riding high on the wild success of the Jackson 5, Motown ringleader Berry Gordy assembled every single notable production team member and songwriter in his arsenal to contribute to the solo debut of Michael. You've Got a Friend (4:45) Release : September 13, 1971 Love Is Here and Now You're Gone (2:51)ġ0. Girl Don't Take Your Love from Me (3:46)ĩ. Of course, Jackson’s EO has ulterior motives, namely delivering freedom to the universe and ending the Queen’s reign.3. In the film, Jackson stars as the title character who must deliver a gift to the wicked universe-enslaving Witch Queen, played by Anjelica Huston. Look back at Jackson’s epic career, in photos.Ĭaptain EO isn’t your typical music video: The 17-minute film was directed by The Godfather‘s Francis Ford Coppola and co-written by Star Wars mastermind George Lucas. It’s been long rumored since Jackson’s June 25th death that Captain EO, which screened at the Disney family of parks from 1986 until 1997 (or 1998 in Euro Disney), would be returning to the original home of Mickey Mouse. This Is It‘s limited theatrical run may have ended, but we won’t have to wait long to see the King of Pop on the big screen again: After a 13-year hiatus, Michael Jackson’s 3-D sci-fi adventure film Captain EO will return to Disneyland for a limited engagement starting in February 2010, Disney’s Parks Blog revealed this weekend.