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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 .
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.
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 Moonwalk. Michael debuted perhaps his most iconic dance move, the Moonwalk, at the “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever” television special in 1983. ... Jeffrey Daniel, a member of the R ...
The moonwalk. The moonwalk, or backslide, is a popping dance move in which the performer glides backwards but their body actions suggest forward motion. [1] It became popular around the world when Michael Jackson performed the move during the performance of "Billie Jean" on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, which was broadcast in 1983.
Jeff Daniels: Well, I don't have to go on book tours — let's start there! I’ve been playing and writing songs for 50 years, and this platform allows me to do all of that. I can act, I can read ...
Actor Tom Pelphrey opens up about working with Jeff Daniels, his daughter with Kaley Cuoco, prosthetics and the shocking nude scene in "Man in Full."
The video's choreographers Jackson, Jeffrey Daniel, and Gregg Burge were influenced by West Side Story when designing the dance routines but wanted to keep the scene more contemporary and incorporated the "moonwalk" into the movements. [29]