Books with title Michael Jackson: King of Pop

Michael Jackson is a singer-songwriter, dancer-choreographer and American businessman .Seventh in a family of nine children, he began his professional career at the age of eleven in the Jackson Five. In the early 1980s, Michael Jackson became a major figure of music pop and is one of the most famous of the twentieth century. Short films like Beat It, Billie Jean or Thriller gave new impetus to music video clips. During his numerous concerts and public appearances live, he has widely popularized many dance steps, including the Moonwalk which became his signature. His vocal style and musical influenced many other Hip-Hop artists, Pop and R'n'B.

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Using the graphics, students can activate prior knowledge--bridge what they already know with what they have yet to learn. Graphically illustrated biographies also teach inference skills, character development, dialogue, transitions, and drawing conclusions. Graphic biographies in the classroom provide an intervention with proven success for the struggling reader.

Michael Jackson: The Complete Story of the King of Pop chronicles the rise and fall and rise again of the greatest entertainer in history. Beginning in the dingy town of Gary, Indiana through the Motown years as lead singer of the Jackson 5 to his meteoric rise to superstardom, each album, single, short film, award, concert tour and performance is presented in greater detail than ever before. The most successful and most awarded artist in history, his Billboard chart activity and record setting feats are all documented with a chance to relive his innovative concert tour performances and groundbreaking TV show appearances, including unveiling the moonwalk on Motown 25 and his performance of "Man in the Mirror" on the 1988 Grammys. Besides detailing his success as an entertainer, his philanthropic endeavors are explored revealing his other true passion, helping the sick and suffering of the world and the Earth itself. Off stage, he faced many trials and tribulations. As his popularity soared, so did his obsession with his appearance and an addiction to painkillers. His nature of being too trusting served to make him vulnerable and people lined up to take advantage of him. Offered is an in depth look at the accusations of child molestation levied against Michael Jackson in 1993 and again ten years later resulting in the "Trial of the Century". Campbell follows his steps toward presenting This is It, the events leading to his tragic loss, and the trial and conviction of Dr. Conrad Murray. Captured is the unprecedented global response to his passing and the efforts of his estate trustees to continue the legacy of the one and only King of Pop.

Michael Jackson: The Complete Story of the King of Pop chronicles the rise and fall and rise again of the greatest entertainer in history. Beginning in the dingy town of Gary, Indiana through the Motown years as lead singer of the Jackson 5 to his meteoric rise to superstardom, each album, single, short film, award, concert tour and performance is presented in greater detail than ever before. The most successful and most awarded artist in history, his Billboard chart activity and record setting feats are all documented with a chance to relive his innovative concert tour performances and groundbreaking TV show appearances, including unveiling the moonwalk on Motown 25 and his performance of “Man in the Mirror” on the 1988 Grammys. Besides detailing his success as an entertainer, his philanthropic endeavors are explored revealing his other true passion, helping the sick and suffering of the world and the Earth itself. Off stage, he faced many trials and tribulations. As his popularity soared, so did his obsession with his appearance and an addiction to painkillers. His nature of being too trusting served to make him vulnerable and people lined up to take advantage of him. Offered is an in depth look at the accusations of child molestation levied against Michael Jackson in 1993 and again ten years later resulting in the “Trial of the Century”. Campbell follows his steps toward presenting This is It, the events leading to his tragic loss, and the trial and conviction of Dr. Conrad Murray. Captured is the unprecedented global response to his passing and the efforts of his estate trustees to continue the legacy of the one and only King of Pop. Michael Jackson: The Complete Story of the King of Pop is Campbell’s third book on Jackson.