1970, Backstage of ?The Ed Sullivan Show?, Research Paper

1970, backstage of ?The Ed Sullivan Show?, a kid was wondering around, waiting to perform on stage with his band when Ed Sullivan approached him and said "Never forget where your talent came from, that your talent is a gift from God." Like most people who have been given a special gift and are expected to use it for the benefit of others, the same was expected of the twelve years old and he lived up to the expectations. The boy was, and never stoped being, what I call, a sensitive. It seems to me that some people in the world are more susceptible to suffering than most of us, they see different and feel much more; they all appear to have in common a special affection for art, in which ever form: poets, painters, musicians, writers are all more or less sensitives. On June 25th 2009, on a Thursday, a sensitive died and with his death, the entire world woke up to an emotion felt at such a high level only every so often. Papers all over the world covered the subject of his death on front page, people gathered to mourn the loss of an icon with songs and candles and farewell messages, and everyone seemed to feel Michael Jackson's death as if it were a beloved member of their own family who had died. News of his death spread as fast as light travelling from its source towards receptors and, as it has been said, "it nearly broke the Web" (Cloud 10). Michael was not just a musician, he was a force that brought people together in music.

Michael Jackson was born on an August night in 1958 to Joe Jackson and Katherine Scruse and music had been present in the Jackson family long before the birth of Michael and then, when he was a young child himself, the soulful tones of R&B and early rock'n'roll songs were part of every day home entertainment with his father -- the guitarist of a local group and his mother, hopelessly in love with music as well. The parents desire to see their children perform for larger audiences than the local community members became a dream came true with the enacting of The Jackson 5 -- later the Jacksons, but alas an event that took away many moments of joyful playing with other children in the park. His father's obssesion went as far as violently punishing his children if he was displeased with the rehearsals, but Michael however had not taken the lead singer role in the group at such a frail age because of sheer overbearing parents, but because talent run his blood the same way adrenaline pumps the veins: at high speed and with immediate effects.The Jackson 5, now relocated in Los Angeles, hit the charts with their No. 1 ?I want you back? song on January 1970, followed by other hits such as "ABC," "The Love You Save? And ?I'll be there." Michael began following a solo career as well, parallel to his work with the family group and his No. 1 came with the first solo album Ben and with the eponymous song. By 1978, the group had changed record labels, called themselves the Jacksons and emerged with Destiny, an album further establishing their name on the market. Another Michael solo album appeared a year later; entitled Off The Wall, it brought him a Grammy Award and lots more credit and fame for himself as well as for the Jacksons. In 1982, having made a name for himself already, several events occurred that for ever changed the life of people all around the world. Thriller was released and Michael choreographed ?The Moonwalk? dance move. The success was tremendous, just as Michael had expected it to be ever….....