On This Day In Michael Jackson HIStory - January 22nd
1972- "Sugar Daddy" by The Jackson 5 peaks at #10 on the Billboard US Top 40 Singles chart.
1972- The Jackson 5 compilation album Greatest Hits peaks at #12 on the Billboard US albums chart.
1978- The Jacksons embark on a world tour in the US & Europe to promote the Goin' Places album. The tour ends 5/13/78 in Los Angeles
1979- The Jacksons kick off their Destiny tour at the Bremen Musical Theater (now Metropol Theater Bremen) in Bremen, Germany. It is the third concert tour by the Jacksons. They visited 3 continents and 9 countries, playing 83 concerts in the US alone. The tour concluded in Hawaii on 1/13/80
1983- "Billie Jean" enters the UK Top 100 singles chart and will peak at # 1
1985- The first recording session for the song "We Are The World" was held at Kenny Rogers' Lion Share Recording Studio. Michael takes Emmanuel Lewis to the studio as well. There was tight security on hand, as Richie, Jackson, Wonder and Jones started work on "We Are the World" on Beverly Boulevard in California, it was filled with musicians, technicians, video crews, retinues, assistants and organizers as the four musicians entered. To begin the night, a "vocal guide" of "We Are the World" was recorded by Richie and Jackson and duplicated on tape for each of the invited performers.
Following their work on the vocal guide, Jackson and Jones began thinking of alternatives for the line "There's a chance we're taking, we're taking our own lives", the pair were concerned that the latter part of the line would be considered a reference to suicide. As the group listened to a playback of the chorus, Richie declared that the last part of the line should be changed to "We're 'saving' our own lives", which his fellow musicians agreed with. Producer Jones also suggested altering the former part of the line. "One thing we don't want to do, especially with this group, is look like we're patting ourselves on the back. So it's really, 'There's a choice we're making.'"
At around 1:30 am, the four musicians ended the night by finishing a chorus of melodic vocalizations, including the sound "sha-lum sha-lin-gay". Later they send the demo cassettes to all artists involved in the recording
Jones told the group that they were not to add anything else to the tape. "If we get too good, someone's gonna start playing it on the radio", he announced
1987- After a meeting with Frank Dileo, Bill Bottrell is fired from the *Bad* project
1988- At the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida, Michael begins rehearsals for the Bad World Tour's second (US) leg
Following Australia, the Bad world tour finally hit the US. For the US & European dates, a whole new show was created. Earlier in January, Michael attended a performance of 'Beyond Belief Show' of Siegfried and Roy at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. Impressed by their show, Michael met them after the show and spent the next day at their home. Together they worked on illusions to be included in Michael's new performances.
In return, Michael wrote "The Mind is the Magic", the theme song for Siegfried and Roy's performances at the Las Vegas mirage Hotel. A tape of Michael performing the song opens each of their shows.
1995- Michael spends the 3rd of four days in Los Angeles playing host to King Nana Amon Ndoufou IV, ruler of Sanwi on the Ivory Coast, Africa
2000- Michael, alongside other artists, engages in financing the restoration of the Chateau de Versailles park in France, which had experienced major damage to more than 10,000 of its trees in a powerful storm.
He also donates items to the 4th annual online auction by the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research
2004- Michael's customized 2001 Bentley sedan was removed from a car auction. Jackson's management team notified auction officials that Michael wanted the sale postponed. The Bentley Arnage Red Label Turbo was featured in the video for the song "What More Can I Give." The interior roof was signed by a host of celebrities including Michael. The vehicle itself is valued at $150,000
2024- First day of production on the Michael movie in Los Angeles. Prince Jackson shares a story on Instagram : “starting production today!”