Michael Jackson and James Brown on stage in Los Angeles, 1983
In August 1983 James Brown and band were playing the Beverly Theatre in Los Angeles with legendary blues man B.B. King for what was already a formidable pairing of music royalty. Then halfway through the set that evening James Brown introduced a very special guest to join him onstage – a 25 year old Michael Jackson, hot on the heels of his Thriller album at the time, inconspicuously watching the show from the audience. Michael wowed the crowd with a spontaneous song and dance performance that was spectacular and all too brief.
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Richard wrote:
A friend emailed me a longer version of this where Michael lets James know that Prince is also in the audience… and he came up and performed also.
Posted on 30-Jul-09 at 11:20 pm | Permalink
Hadley wrote:
Studly! R.I.P. James Brown!
Posted on 31-Jul-09 at 8:50 am | Permalink