MJ (74 page)

MJ’s preparations and rehearsals for,
320
–24,
321
n,
325
–28,
356

negotiations for,
311
,
314
–16,
324
–25,
324
n

“This Place Hotel” (MJ),
97
,
104
,
173

Thompkins, T. C.,
114

“Thriller” (MJ),
343
,
344

choreography for,
175
,
248
,
249

later performances of,
251
,
310
,
327

recording of,
110
–11

video for,
130
–34,
194
,
195
,
241

Thriller
(MJ),
306
,
365

cover of,
125
,
167

MJ’s scalp burns from Pepsi commercial filming and,
139

proposed
3
-D film version of,
316

recording of,
89
–90,
101
–15,
145
,
160
,
166
,
191
,
244
,
245

success of,
114
,
128
–29,
134
,
231

“Time Waits for No One” (MJ),
97

Tohme, Tohme,
313
,
315
,
316
,
318
–19,
319
n,
324
,
339
–40,
347

“Torture” (The Jacksons),
146

Toto,
102
,
107
,
108
,
146
,
244

Triumph
(The Jacksons),
145

recording of,
92
,
96
–97,
98
,
104

tour for,
97
,
98
–99,
100
,
134

Turner, Tina,
153
,
208

“2 Bad” (MJ),
247

“2000 Watts” (MJ),
261

“Unbreakable” (MJ),
259
,
263

Unity tour,
363
,
364

Usher,
266
,
346

Van Halen, Eddie,
109
,
115

Vibrations,
26
–27

Victory
(The Jacksons),
145
–46

Victory tour,
134
–37,
139
–40,
141
–49,
173
,
177
,
200
,
239
n,
269

Villanueva, Tony,
145

Vinton, Will,
181
,
183

Vogel, Joseph,
163
,
233

Wagner, Eve,
214

Wainwright, Rupert,
3
–4,
225
–27,
237

Walker, Stacy,
251
,
321
–22,
341

“Walk Right Now” (MJ),
97

Walton, Tony¸
72
,
74

“Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ ” (MJ),
90
,
103
,
104
,
107
,
142
,
144
,
173
,
175
,
193
,
266
,
324
,
364

Wargo, Jack,
146

Washington, “Robot” Charles,
61

Washington, Tom “Tom Tom
84
,”
76

Waters, Oren,
90
–91,
104

Watts, Nathan “Nate,”
90
,
181

Way, Dave,
188

“Way You Love Me, The” (MJ),
312
,
353

“Way You Make Me Feel, The” (MJ),
159
,
169
,
175
,
248
,
267
,
322
,
323
,
324
,
344

“We Are the World” (song),
152
–54,
162
,
193
,
205
,
247
,
327

“We Don’t Have to Be Over
21
” (Jackson
5
),
23

Weisner, Ron,
79
,
80
,
117
–18,
129
,
325

Weitzman, Howard,
221
–22,
349
–50

West, Bob,
53

“What More Can I Give?” (MJ),
271
–72

White, Ryan,
189
,
198
,
205

Whitfield, Bill,
308

“Who Is It” (MJ),
187

“Who’s Lovin’ You” (Jackson
5
),
32
,
48

“Why You Wanna Trip on Me” (MJ),
193

Wiesenthal, Rob,
302
–3

Wiesner, Dieter,
254
,
274
,
279
,
280
,
281
,
283
,
284
,
285
,
291
,
295
,
312

Wild, Chuck,
231
–32,
245

Wilkins, Sheree,
277
–78,
297

will.i.am (Will),
117
,
161
–62,
305
,
310
,
353

Williams, David,
90

Williams, Larry,
164

Williams, Michael Amir,
328
,
335
,
336
–37,
339
,
340
,
348

Williams, Paul,
26
–27

“Will You Be There” (MJ),
193
,
346
,
356

Wilson, Don,
169

Wilson, Jackie,
25
,
27
,
31
,
61
,
62
,
66
,
93
n,
119

Winfrey, Oprah,
12
,
183
,
202
,
205
–6,
213
,
238
,
262
,
278

Wirt, William A.,
1
–2

Wiz, The
(film),
69
–74,
78
,
106
,
157
,
184
,
236

Wolfer, Bill,
90
,
97
–99,
103
,
105

Wolfrum, Ed,
29
,
30

Wonder, Stevie,
30
,
31
,
34
,
48
,
57
,
58
,
59
,
80
,
102
,
114
,
120
,
152
,
153
,
154
,
181
,
228
,
229

Woolley, Timm,
316
,
335

“Workin’ Day and Night” (MJ),
83
,
84
,
122
,
204

Wright, Arthur,
55
,
56

Wright, Gregg,
142
–43,
148

WVON radio station,
23
–24

XScape
(MJ),
354
–55,
356

Yankovic, “Weird Al,”
119

Yarnell, Lorene,
61
,
62
,
120
,
122
,
123
,
127

Yetnikoff, Walter,
62
–63,
67
,
95
,
116
–17,
131
,
139
,
184
–85

“You Rock My World” (MJ),
259
,
272

“You’ve Changed” (Jackson
5
),
23
,
32

Young, Teddy,
27

Yu, Susan,
289

Zadora, Pia,
146
–48

Zonen, Ron,
221
,
286
,
287
,
289
,
290
–91,
294
–95,
294
n

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