In the outpouring of reminiscences about Michael Jackson's life and career over the past few days, it has been mostly overlooked that in 1989, he built a private celebrity menagerie, and he put all of ...

Kym Mazelle said he watched James Brown and others to perfect Jackson 5 act. Marlon, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Michael Jackson of the Jackson 5 pose for a portrait in Los Angeles, circa 1969.

On “Man in the Mirror,” his 1988 No. 1 smash, Michael Jackson famously set out to “make that change.” And after the King of Pop shot up from below and hit the stage at Super Bowl XXVII 30 years ago on ...