Michael Jackson Influence

Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on 1958, and it wasn’t short after that that he would hop onto the fast track to a life chock-full of success, happiness, turbulence, and controversy. At the extremely early age of five, Michael became the lead singer of the legendary Jackson 5, a group consisting entirely of his family members. With being as young as he was, Michael’s vocal work was amazing and he was able to showcase emotions very well. The Jackson 5 was eventually signed under Motown and the Motown music style can be seen as an influence in some of Michael’s later songs. Despite Michael launching his extremely successful solo career at the age of 13, he still continued to work with his family in The Jacksons (renamed from the Jackson 5 after their departure from Motown) and his numerous hit songs helped the group’s popularity even more. It cannot be stressed enough the impact that Michael’s family had on his career. His father’s determination to train his sons and turn the
Some notable artists who had influences on Michael are Little Richard, Diana Ross, and James Brown. The Little Richard influence is obvious, as his behaviors alone helped pave the way for more eccentric and flamboyant personas and performances in the musical world, and the words eccentric and flamboyant definitely describe Michael. Michael stated that Diana Ross helped him perfect his vocal technique and he also started using the “oooh” interjection which came from Diana Ross. As for James Brown, Michael also said this powerful statement about him, “And when I saw him move, I was mesmerized. I had never seen a performer perform like James Brown, and right then and there I knew that was exactly what I wanted to do for the rest of my life because of James Brown.” Michael’s main influences were R&B, soul, and pop, but you can hear much more genres of music bleeding through his works such as rock, blues, and