This week in 2001, two “Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration” shows were performed at Madison Square Garden with superstar guests including Usher, Missy Elliot, Gladys Knight, Ray Charles and Whitney Houston.
September 10, 2024
Michael realized in 1973 when he appeared on Soul Train with the Jackson 5 that his dancing could drive the success of his records: “I did a street-style dance move called the Robot. That performance was a lesson to me in the power of television. Overnight, ‘Dancing Machine’ rose to the top of the charts, and within a few days it seemed that every kid in the United States was doing the Robot. I had never seen anything like it.”