Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, in August 1958 to a working-class family. His father, Joseph, known as “Joe,” was a crane operator and played with a local R&B band.

Michael Jackson was set to release his Thriller album in 1982, but while he’d already proven himself as a solo success with 1979’s “Off the Wall,” the recording industry was in a major slump.

Kenny Ortega was a longtime collaborator of the late Michael Jackson. Now, he's sharing the most important lesson the King of Pop taught him before his death. Sitting down with the Chicks in the ...

Michael Jackson performs on stage during his "HIStory" world tour concert at Ericsson Stadium on November 10, 1996, in Auckland, New Zealand. The resurfaced clip claims to showcase the pop icon's ...

From Michael Jackson's last-minute plan to scrap the video and his feud with Vincent Price, to Quincy Jones' round-the-clock work ethic, learn everything that went into the funky pop masterpiece ...

New podcast explores how Michael Jackson wielded tabloids in his own myth-making Michael Jackson performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena on Jan. 31, 1993.

It was Dec. 30, 1984, and Bruce Springsteen had just caught the Jackson's Victory Tour stop in Philadelphia. Backstage, the rocker lingered at an intimate VIP reception, greeted by Michael Jackson ...