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Why was Michael called the King Of Pop ? :wub:
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Why was Michael called the King Of Pop ? :wub:
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HIStoric;4193875 said:Additionally, the first time he was called 'King of Pop' was in a newspaper headline back in 1984. Can't remember the newspaper though.
Additionally, the first time he was called 'King of Pop' was in a newspaper headline back in 1984. Can't remember the newspaper though.
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MoeJack;4193874 said:According to John Branca, Michael wasn't too happy during the mid-80s with his "Gloved One" moniker, while Elvis was referred to as "The King" and Bruce Springsteen was "The Boss." He felt that it was a belittling term rather than an endearing one. Around the time he was working on Dangerous, I guess they both came up with the idea of him being referred to as the 'King of Pop' as in the king of pop music. In 1989, Elizabeth Taylor introduced him during an award ceremony as the 'King of Pop, Rock, and Soul,' and during the promotion of Dangerous around that time, Michael's management insisted that networks refer to him as the 'King of Pop' when playing his new short films.
mj_frenzy;4193984 said:Bob Jones, MJ's longtime publicist from 1987 to 2004, claimed that he was him (rather than John Branca & MJ) who came up with the idea of him being referred to as the 'King of Pop' (in the late 80’s).
So, Bob Jones had also to make several strategic moves in order for MJ to be established with that title.
“I put the words in the speech for Quincy to refer to Michael as ‘the King of Pop’ – a title I had bestowed upon him because Michael had wanted a moniker like Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra and Elvis. In fact, I was the one who got Liz Taylor to introduce him at the Soul Train Awards in 1989 as ‘the King of Pop, Rock and Soul’. Anyway, on this particular night, Quincy read my ghost-written speech, but left out the ‘King Of Pop’ part. Michael was furious” (Bob Jones)
Bob Jones also released press releases which stated that MJ had to be called ‘the King Of Pop’ (thic can be corroborated by various executives at that time, such as Larry Stessel from Epic Records).
It wasn't at AMA, it was at the Soul Train Music AwardsIn the 80s, after the Thriller mega success, a few mags titled him as King of Music, King of Albums... and so on, but NYPost in 1984 nailed it FIRST! Long before Liz Taylor names MJ as the King of Pop, Rock and Soul in 1989 at AMA
It might have been in the newspaper first, but that's not what made it stick, it was when Liz Taylor said it on the award show. Then the fans started calling him king of pop after that, not the newspaper. The newspaper is more irrelevant than when Liz called him king of pop