Michael Jackson - Tribute to legend
Michael Jackson - Tribute to legend
Language: English | 2009 | ISBN-13: 9771745143802 | 131 pages | PDF | 18,8 MB
Language: English | 2009 | ISBN-13: 9771745143802 | 131 pages | PDF | 18,8 MB
n 29 August 1958, Michael Joseph Jackson was born into a large, working-class family in the small, suburban town of Gary, Indiana, in the US. Baby Michael was the seventh child of Joseph and Katherine Jackson. Joe, a former boxer, worked as a crane operator in a steel company, while stay-at-home mum Katherine looked after her brood. Michael grew up with siblings Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Rebbie, Randy and Janet in the industrial suburb. It was a tough upbringing for the young boy, as his strict father ruled the Jackson clan with an iron rod. A mischievous boy, Michael used to put spiders in his sister La Toya's bed, and he often suffered the wrath of his angry father. Later in life, Michael would open up about his early experiences in a revealing interview with chat show host Oprah Winfrey. He said: 'There's a lot of sadness about reduced his teacher to tears when he sang Climb Every Mountain.