Michael Jackson’s Thriller -era guitarist says Beat It was “too metal” before producer Quincy Jones stepped in.

Released as a single in 1983, "Beat It" went on to dominate the charts, reaching the number-one spot in five countries. The ...

How the late producer and composer Quincy Jones saved this iconic Michael Jackson hit from its heavy metal fate.

Following the tragic passing of musical genius Quincy Jones, we’re learning new things about his life and some of the classic ...

By Steve Knopper In 2010, Damien Shields, then 22, was reloading the official Michael Jackson website repeatedly ... 2009, wasn’t singing on the song. It was an imposter.

Jackson, meanwhile, was a pop sensation after singing with his brothers in the Jackson 5 as a kid before branching out into solo work. “Everybody said, ‘You can’t make Michael any bigger ...

No matter what kind of music you listen to, everyone knows the song “Beat It” by pop icon and overall creepy weirdo Michael Jackson. The third single off of Jackson’s sixth solo studio album Thriller, ...

HOUSTON — Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant grew up dancing and singing to Michael Jackson's tunes ... Damichael Cole is the Memphis Grizzlies beat writer for The Commercial Appeal.

Session veteran Paul Jackson ... and he sings the solo and records it. So, I took the tape and took it phrase by phrase, and ...

Chris Walter/WireImage Quincy Jones and Michael ... Jones and Jackson earned nine No. 1 songs and sold millions of albums ...

For this week’s submission, I decided to give Michael Jackson’s “Forever ... Throughout this song, a teenaged Jackson sings about what he’s always sung about through his career: loss and longing for ...