Rockwell’s hits with Michael Jackson: 1.  Rockwell’s hits without Michael Jackson: 0.

Kennedy William Gordy had two very well known childhood friends: Michael and Jermaine Jackson. It also didn’t hurt that his sister married Jermaine when it came time to ask the two Jacksons to sing backup on his one and only hit. The video itself is a creepy nightmare about, well you can probably guess what it’s about.

WATN? Who knows? This guy is so WATN that WATN can’t find him.

Trivia: His half sister is the daughter of Diana Ross.

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This video gets 2 guitars if for no other reason than it prevented Michael Jackson from having back to back number 1 singles. For one week in between Billie Jean and Beat It, Come On Eileen held the number 1 spot in America. The band mixes British pop, Celtic fiddle, and the worst fitting overalls to ever grace MTV. They all look like their waiting for a 100 year flood.  American singer Johnny Ray makes an appearance at the beginning of the video, but we here at Pound note think it could have been left out.

WATN? They released an album in 2007 that was mostly a rehashing of their first 2 albums.

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Update: Michael Jackson’s people got YouTube to take away the embedding feature from all his videos. Nice! You would think after living in exile, he could use the publicity. Anyway, we’re revoking his groundbreaking video status. Wankers!

Billie Jean by Michael Jackson was the Jackie Robinson of music videos. It was the first hit video by a black artist on MTV.  Although it was just the beginning of his dominance of early MTV, he had already made a ton of money from his first solo album and with the Jackson 5. So, there’s really no reason he couldn’t afford pants that fit. I do like the steps that light up when he dance/walks upstairs at the hotel. I’m thinking of installing some in my house.