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The music video for "Thriller" references numerous horror films, [15] and stars Jackson performing a dance routine with a horde of the undead. [15] It was directed by the horror director John Landis and written by Landis and Jackson. Jackson contacted Landis after seeing the director's film, An American Werewolf in London. The pair conceived a ...
Rodney Lynn Temperton was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, [2] on 9 October 1949. [5] Interviewed for the BBC Radio 2 documentary The Invisible Man: the Rod Temperton Story, he said that he was a musician from an early age: "My father wasn't the kind of person who would read you a story before you went off to sleep.
Michael Jackson's Thriller is the music video for the song "Thriller" by the American singer Michael Jackson, released on December 2, 1983. It was directed by John Landis, written by Jackson and Landis, and stars Jackson and Ola Ray. It references numerous horror films and has Jackson dancing with a horde of zombies.
When Rod Temperton wrote the song "Thriller", he wanted to call it "Starlight" or "Midnight Man", but settled on "Thriller" because he felt the name had merchandising potential. [20] Wanting a notable person to recite the closing lyrics, Jones brought in actor Vincent Price, an acquaintance of Jones' wife; Price completed his part in two takes ...
Probably the most popular Halloween song of all time, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” starts off with a creepy coffin opening and finishes with poetic prose by the late, great master of horror ...
Jackson's sixth album, Thriller, was released in late 1982. The album earned Jackson seven Grammys [10] and eight American Music Awards. [11] Thriller was the first album to have seven Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including "Billie Jean", "Beat It", and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". [12]
A baby capybara who went viral last week by dancing to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" has been given a new name by her adoring public, a Miami zoo announced on Monday.
What should have been a routine law enforcement safety video has topped 1.2 million views on Facebook after a Florida’s sheriff’s office decided to retool Michael Jackson’s classic ...