Today in Michael Jackson HIStory: June 21st

[earthlyme]

~JUNE 21~




1983
Reports claim that ‘Thriller’ is helping the music business out of a difficult recession with over 10 million worldwide sales since its late December release. 7.2 million have been sold in America alone and it is top of the charts in many other countries, including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Holland and Canada. Bitter exchanges between Joe Jackson and the co-management team of Freddy DeMann and Ron Weisner appear in Billboard magazine.

Freddy DeMann


1991
Michael and Macauley drop water-filled balloons on passing tourists seven floors below, laughing hysterically as their water-bombs hit the unsuspecting targets. Later in the day, Michael organizes a private performance of a musical at the hotel for Macauley and his parents. [Video @ the end]


2009
Michael spends father's day with Prince, Paris & Blanket and he also calls the Cascio family & the Lester family but in the afternoon he feels sick and calls his nurse Cherilyn Lee.


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Michael and Macauley drop water-filled balloons on passing tourists seven floors below, laughing hysterically as their water-bombs hit the unsuspecting targets.


[video=youtube;GgDe2WnhsqE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgDe2WnhsqE[/video]



Quote of the day: "It's strange that God doesn't mind expressing Himself/Herself in all the religions of the world, while people still cling to the notion that their way is the only right way. Whatever you try to say about God, someone will take offense, even if you say everyone's love of God is right for them."
-♥Michael Jackson♥ , "God" Dancing the dream poem



**Please feel free to add any information/pics/videos in regards to this HIStoric day.


Enjoy :heart:


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[AliCat]

"I (Madonna) met him (Michael Jackson) in the early '80s, when I first started working with my manager, Freddy DeMann, who at the time was managing Michael Jackson."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1624260/madonna-opens-up-about-michael-jackson.jhtml

Wednesday, September 15, 1999

Michael Jackson Can Go Home
Looking to put an end to a career slump, Michael Jackson is close to reuniting with his former manager, starmaker Freddy DeMann.

Sources close to Jackson told the Daily News the reclusive pop star is negotiating with DeMann - the man who helped Madonna become a superstar - to guide him through the upcoming release of his still untitled album due out by the holiday season.

Jackson and his label, Sony-owned Epic Records, have already lured hit-making producers David Foster and Rodney Jerkins to the project.

By tapping DeMann, Jackson is banking on a total career makeover. It was DeMann who helped Jackson earn the title King of Pop back in the late '70s and early '80s, guiding him through the release of such mega-sellers as "Thriller."

"He's one of the best managers in the business," said rock star rep Allen Kovac.

DeMann and Jackson could not be reached for comment.

Despite their lucrative partnership, Jackson split with DeMann in the early '80s, turning to Hollywood powerbroker Sandy Gallin.

More recently he has sought the counsel of the mega-rich Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, while over the past couple years, the pop star hasn't had a manager.

Of late, Jackson has also gone hitless, releasing two disappointing albums, "HIStory" and the forgettable "Blood on the Dance Floor," which sold an abysmal 216,000 copies in the U.S., according to industry researchers SoundScan.

If DeMann signs Jackson, it will mark the first big career move for the L.A.-based manager since splitting earlier this year with Madonna, who forced DeMann out of Maverick Records, the label they co-founded. While the parting wasn't amicable, DeMann did get to walk away with $ 20 million.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/1999-09-15/news/18109013_1_richard-bressler-pop-star-time-warner


An Insider's Guide to the Royal Court
October 25, 1987

FREDDY DEMANN

Fired four years ago by Michael Jackson, DeMann has rebounded to become the hottest manager in town. He now guides the careers of Madonna, Lionel Richie, Billy Idol, Peter Cetera and former Bruce Springsteen sidekick Little Steven. Genteel and unassuming, he's the kind of guy who gets what he wants without yelling. He produced a few records in the early '70s, then became a middle-level exec at Elektra Records before teaming with former partner Ron Weisner and establishing Jackson as a force in the industry with his "Off the Wall" album.

Rock Managers: The Hiring and Firing
February 19, 1989
Freddy DeMann, who now handles Madonna, co-managed Jackson with Ron Weisner in the early '80s. He refused to comment on the Dileo firing, but asked about his own much-publicized split, he told The Times in 1987: "I was devastated and I am not embarrassed or ashamed to tell you. I was walking flat-footed for a month because I thought we had a great relationship. . . . I was crushed."

http://articles.latimes.com/1989-02-19/entertainment/ca-291_1_rock-manager

 

[OnirMJ]

"I (Madonna) met him (Michael Jackson) in the early '80s, when I first started working with my manager, Freddy DeMann, who at the time was managing Michael Jackson."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1624260/madonna-opens-up-about-michael-jackson.jhtml

Wednesday, September 15, 1999

Michael Jackson Can Go Home
Looking to put an end to a career slump, Michael Jackson is close to reuniting with his former manager, starmaker Freddy DeMann.

Sources close to Jackson told the Daily News the reclusive pop star is negotiating with DeMann - the man who helped Madonna become a superstar - to guide him through the upcoming release of his still untitled album due out by the holiday season.

Jackson and his label, Sony-owned Epic Records, have already lured hit-making producers David Foster and Rodney Jerkins to the project.

By tapping DeMann, Jackson is banking on a total career makeover. It was DeMann who helped Jackson earn the title King of Pop back in the late '70s and early '80s, guiding him through the release of such mega-sellers as "Thriller."

"He's one of the best managers in the business," said rock star rep Allen Kovac.

DeMann and Jackson could not be reached for comment.

Despite their lucrative partnership, Jackson split with DeMann in the early '80s, turning to Hollywood powerbroker Sandy Gallin.

More recently he has sought the counsel of the mega-rich Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, while over the past couple years, the pop star hasn't had a manager.

Of late, Jackson has also gone hitless, releasing two disappointing albums, "HIStory" and the forgettable "Blood on the Dance Floor," which sold an abysmal 216,000 copies in the U.S., according to industry researchers SoundScan.

If DeMann signs Jackson, it will mark the first big career move for the L.A.-based manager since splitting earlier this year with Madonna, who forced DeMann out of Maverick Records, the label they co-founded. While the parting wasn't amicable, DeMann did get to walk away with $ 20 million.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/1999-09-15/news/18109013_1_richard-bressler-pop-star-time-warner


An Insider's Guide to the Royal Court
October 25, 1987

FREDDY DEMANN

Fired four years ago by Michael Jackson, DeMann has rebounded to become the hottest manager in town. He now guides the careers of Madonna, Lionel Richie, Billy Idol, Peter Cetera and former Bruce Springsteen sidekick Little Steven. Genteel and unassuming, he's the kind of guy who gets what he wants without yelling. He produced a few records in the early '70s, then became a middle-level exec at Elektra Records before teaming with former partner Ron Weisner and establishing Jackson as a force in the industry with his "Off the Wall" album.

Rock Managers: The Hiring and Firing
February 19, 1989
Freddy DeMann, who now handles Madonna, co-managed Jackson with Ron Weisner in the early '80s. He refused to comment on the Dileo firing, but asked about his own much-publicized split, he told The Times in 1987: "I was devastated and I am not embarrassed or ashamed to tell you. I was walking flat-footed for a month because I thought we had a great relationship. . . . I was crushed."

http://articles.latimes.com/1989-02-19/entertainment/ca-291_1_rock-manager

Is that photo real? I've never seen that photo with Madonna.

 

[AliCat]

Is that photo real? I've never seen that photo with Madonna.

Here's a Collection of photos of them:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...on&qpvt=madonna+and+michael+jackson&FORM=IGRE

 

[AliCat]

Oct 20 2009 2:22 PM EDT
Madonna Opens Up About Michael Jackson
Singer expands on comments she made during her VMA tribute to MJ.
By James Dinh

Madonna spoke at length about her relationship with Michael Jackson during the heartfelt tribute she paid to him during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, which she told MTV News was written "from my heart." In segments from her recent interview with Rolling Stone that were posted online Monday but not included in the print edition, she spoke at length about her relationship with him and her admiration for his talent.

Even as a child, Madonna said she was fascinated with the singer who would later be her friend (although MJ reportedly had a less-positive impression of the time they spent together, according to "The Michael Jackson Tapes: A Tragic Icon Reveals His Soul in Intimate Conversation" by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach). "I was madly in love with him, totally smitten," she said. "He was mind-bogglingly talented. The songs he sang were not childlike at all."

Madonna later got the opportunity to meet with Jackson early on in her career, and recalled her very first encounter with the singer.

"I met him in the early '80s, when I first started working with my manager, Freddy DeMann, who at the time was managing Michael Jackson. I saw him play at Madison Square Garden, and I was blown away. He was flawless. There was a party at the Helmsley Palace Hotel. He was very shy, but it was a thrill for me." she revealed.

Later on, the two shared a great deal in common, and not just the fact that they were both media icons and were born in the same month and year. They attempted working together but ultimately never did.

"There was a period of time when we hung out," she told the magazine. "He wanted to work with me, I think he wanted to get to know me, and I wanted to do the same. When you write with somebody, it's a weird experience, you feel vulnerable and shy. When I worked with Justin Timberlake I felt that way. To write songs together is a very intimate experience, like getting tossed into a juggernaut: 'On your mark, get set, create!' You have to get past these hurdles, which are, 'I want to impress this person, but will they think my ideas are stupid? What if their ideas are stupid? Can I be honest with them? Will they be offended?' You end up talking and gabbing and socializing, and you have to do that in order to get to the next level, to be creative.

"So that's what we were doing: watching movies, having dinner, hanging out, going to the Oscars, being silly, seeing if we could work," she continued. "He got relaxed. He took off his sunglasses, had a glass of wine, I got him to laugh."

As she noted during her VMA speech, Madonna stressed the difficulty that Jackson's childhood must have presented for him.

"All I have are my opinions, I wasn't very close to him. It's good to have a good childhood and a sense of yourself in the world before people start telling you who they think you are," she said. "Where you can make mistakes and have a sense of innocence. It gives you a sense of confidence. I don't think he started off that way. Did he have any sense of himself outside of the world of being adored and famous? It's hard to survive like that. I think he felt insecure about the attention he got, and had a love-hate relationship with his job."

She also spoke of her admiration for MJ's songwriting ability. "I'd wished I'd written "Billie Jean" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'." What song didn't I love?" she said.

As someone who can understand what it's like to be in the glare of media attention for years on end, Madonna had some sad observations about MJ's final years.

"He didn't seem to have any close friends. And in the last decade, everybody abandoned him, or wrote him off as crazy," she said. "People have said so many things about me that aren't true, and I never once had a second thought that the accusations against him might be true. But he didn't seem to have a way to deal with that, publicly or privately, and it can destroy you. When he died, everyone was saying what a great genius he was, but it's important to appreciate things before you lose them. It's a great tragedy." http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1624260/madonna-opens-up-about-michael-jackson.jhtml