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Jeffrey Glen Daniel (born August 24, 1955) [1] [2] is an American dancer, singer-songwriter, and choreographer, most notable for being a founding member of the R&B vocal group Shalamar. In Nigeria , he is best known as a judge on the first three seasons of Nigerian Idol .
It had been rumored that Jeffrey Daniel taught Jackson the moonwalk; however, Daniel was touring with Shalamar at the time, so Jackson reached out to Soul Train dancer/employee Cheryl Song to arrange a meeting with dancer Geron "Caszper" Canidate. At this point, Ron Wiesner Jackson's management contacted Caszper to arrange private dance lessons ...
The band's record sales in the UK increased when Daniel demonstrated his body-popping dancing skills on BBC Television's music programme, Top of the Pops, which had premiered the moonwalk on television for the first time. [11] Michael Jackson was a fan of Shalamar, particularly Daniel and his dance moves, after watching him on Soul Train. [11]
The Shalamar recording is also famously associated with the introduction of the Moonwalk dance by Shalamar member Jeffrey Daniel on the UK music show Top of the Pops in June 1982, several months before Michael Jackson performed the move on the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever television special.
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He was regarded as one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century, and popularized several dance moves, including the moonwalk and robot. [3] [4] Jackson adapted choreography from figures such as Michael Peters and Jeffrey Daniel and used them his music videos. [3]
Forty years ago, Michael Jackson took the stage and made an indelible impact on pop culture with his solo performance on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, a televised celebration of the famous ...
It was Jeffrey Daniel who taught Michael Jackson how to do the backslide/moonwalk. [note 8] [112] [113] The JabbaWockeez, winners of the first season of America's Best Dance Crew, performing in 2008 at Vivid Nightclub in San Jose, California.