* 1958 – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor ( The Jackson 5 ) ( d. 2009 )

However, with the exception of the Grammy Award-winning " Nightshift " (# 3 in the U. S., a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson ; in 2010 a new version was recorded dedicated to Michael Jackson ), the band never achieved the same level of success it had enjoyed with Richie.

* On 3 April 2011, Fulham unveiled a statue of Michael Jackson inside the stadium before its match with Blackpool.

Michael Jackson statue at Craven Cottage

The Jacksons ( previously The Jackson 5 ) did many disco songs from 1975 to 1980, including " Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground )" ( 1978 ), " Blame it on the Boogie " ( 1978 ), and " Can You Feel It " ( 1980 )— all sung by Michael Jackson, whose 1979 solo album, Off the Wall, included several disco hits, including the album's title song, " Rock with You ", " Workin ' Day and Night ", and his second chart-topping solo hit in the disco genre, " Don't Stop ' til You Get Enough ".

Of the handful of groups not taken down by disco's fall from favor, The Jacksons — and Michael Jackson in particular — stand out: In spite of having helped define the disco sound early on, they continued to make popular and danceable, if more refined, songs for yet another generation of music fans in the 1980s and beyond.

After the sudden death of Michael Jackson, whom Parton knew personally, she released a video in which she somberly told of her feelings on Jackson and his death.

The next year, along with producer George Lucas, he was able to indulge himself by making Captain EO ( 1985 ), a 12-minute space fantasy for Disney theme parks starring pop superstar Michael Jackson.

Radio stations nationwide began to play hits by artists like TKA, Sweet Sensation, Exposé and Sa-Fire on the same playlists as Michael Jackson and Madonna.

The FBI has generated files on numerous celebrities including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, John Lennon, Jane Fonda, Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, MC5, Lou Costello, Sonny Bono, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Mickey Mantle, and Gene Autry.

In 2005 Coleman appeared in WWE Superstar John Cena's music video for his single Bad, Bad Man ( from the album You Can't See Me ), Coleman played the part of himself as a bad guy taking the 1980s pop stars Madonna and Michael Jackson hostage.

In 2001 Gaynor performed " I Will Survive " at the 30th Anniversary Concert for Michael Jackson.

's as well as vocalists such as Edwin Starr, David Ruffin and Dennis Edwards from The Temptations, and Michael Jackson, who, throughout his career, cited Brown as his ultimate idol.

* 2005 – A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.

* 1984 – Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.

* Michael Jackson, known as " The King Of Pop "

He has also been voiced in animation by Jackson Beck in the 1960s series The New Adventures of Superman, Stan Jones in the 1970s / 1980s Super Friends franchise, Michael Bell in the 1988 Superman animated series, and by Clancy Brown in the 1990s / 2000s DC animated universe, as well as a 2007 episode of The Batman and the 2009 direct-to-DVD animated feature Superman / Batman: Public Enemies, among others.

Ferrigno trained Michael Jackson on and off since the early 1990s, and in 2009, he helped Jackson get into shape for a planned series of concerts in London.

He protected well-known personalities such as Muhammad Ali, Steve McQueen, Michael Jackson, Leon Spinks, Joe Frazier and Diana Ross, charging $ 3, 000 per day, to a maximum of $ 10, 000 per day, depending on the clientele's risk-rate and traveling locations.

The National Stadium also hosted many music concerts including Michael Jackson, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and U2.

The actor was a longtime close friend of entertainer Michael Jackson and paid regular visits to his Neverland Ranch, resting there for weeks at a time.

Athena appears in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series.

During a rise of " retro " games in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Steve Jackson Games entered negotiations with Dennis Sustare and Scott Robinson, the current owners of the Bunnies & Burrows copyright, to publish an official GURPS supplement.

* GURPS Bunnies & Burrows ( 1992 ), Steve Jackson Games, ISBN 978-1-55634-237-0

In the Percy Jackson & the Olympians book The Battle of the Labyrinth, Daedalus is the enigmatic Quintus ( Latin which means 5 or fifth ), and has preserved himself since antiquity by placing his animus, his life force, into an automaton, an idea pioneered by his nephew Perdix.

* Ó Broin, Leon, Dublin Castle & the 1916 Rising, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1970

In this way, Ackerman provided inspiration to many who would later become successful artists, including Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stephen King, Donald F. Glut, Penn & Teller, Billy Bob Thornton, Gene Simmons ( of the band Kiss ), Rick Baker, George Lucas, Danny Elfman, Frank Darabont, John Landis and countless other writers, directors, artists and craftsmen.

: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief ( 2010 )

Dozens of other cultural and popular icons got their start in the Village's nightclub, theater, and coffeehouse scene during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, notably besides Bob Dylan, there were Jimi Hendrix, Barbra Streisand, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Bette Midler, The Lovin ' Spoonful, Simon & Garfunkel, Liza Minnelli, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Eric Andersen, Joan Baez, The Velvet Underground, The Kingston Trio, Carly Simon, Richie Havens, Maria Muldaur, Tom Paxton, Janis Ian, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, and Nina Simone among others.

* Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau

In Rick Riordan's series Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the events of the fourth novel The Battle of the Labyrinth predominantly take place within the labyrinth of Daedalus, which has followed the heart of the West to settle beneath the United States.

* In the Percy Jackson & The Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan Athena is the mother of Annabeth Chase, one of the main characters in both series and has appeared in a few of the books.

The countdown show, ranking the top songs of the previous week, has been a staple of weekend radio programming since 1970 ; current hosts of countdown shows in various formats include Rick Dees, Ryan Seacrest, Jeff Foxworthy, Kix Brooks, Bob Kingsley, Crook & Chase, Randy Jackson, Walt Love, Al Gross, Dick Bartley, and ( via reruns ) Casey Kasem.

The Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, the Opry Mills regional shopping mall and the General Jackson showboat, are all located in what is known as Music Valley.

* Polyphemus was also featured in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians book The Sea of Monsters.

* Jackson, Kenneth ( 1953 ) Language & History in Early Britain, Edinburgh University Press

* Jackson, E. L. St Helena: The Historic Island, Ward, Lock & Co, London, 1903

* Stevie Jackson, member of the band Belle & Sebastian

* " Behave Yourself " – written by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr. and Lewie Steinberg ; performed by Booker T. & the MG's

Famous athletes include Baseball Hall of Fame members Roger Bresnahan and Addie Joss, U. S. boxing Olympian Devin Vargas, 2012 Olympic silver medalist Erik Kynard ( Track & Field, high jump ), professional basketball player John Amaechi, retired NBA player Jim Jackson, and NBA Champions Chicago Bulls Dennis Hopson.

Other practicing tempera artists include, Philip Aziz, Ernst Fuchs, Antonio Roybal, George Huszar, Donald Jackson, Tim Lowly, Jim Lutes, Helen Clapcott, Altoon Sultan, Grégoire Michonze, Shaul Shats, Sandro Chia ( e. g. Studio 1986 ), Jon Gernon, Fred Wessel, Michael Bergt, Tim Donovan ( wildlife artist ), Alex Colville, Peca Rajkovic, Beverley Bonner, Estefan Gargost, Elaine Drew, and Fred Wessel, Kimberly Zsebe, Daniel Ambrose, Australian artist Jeremy Gordon and Suzanne Scherer & Pavel Ouporov ( Russian-American artists ).

Michael Jackson was considered one of the most successful male Pop music | Pop and Contemporary R & B | R & B artists of the 1980s

There were 59 books in the original series, beginning with The Warlock of Firetop Mountain ( Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone, 1982 ) and concluding with Curse of the Mummy ( Jonathan Green, 1995 ).