Ron Pia

 

ON THIS DAY IN MICHAEL JACKSON HISTORY MARCH 25 1983- It's been 39 years since Michael Jackson took the stage to perform his first moonwalk to an audience of 47 million people.

Michael Jackson was performing his new song 'Billie Jean' on March 25 1983, ( The show was seen on Television for the first time on May 16,1983)when an extraordinary moment took place that changed dance history.

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever is a 1983 television special, produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown Records, to commemorate Motown's 25th year (Motown was founded in January 1959). The program was taped before a live audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983,and broadcast on NBC on May 16. Among its highlights were Michael Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean" (which popularized the moonwalk). IT is one of those moments that you never forget where you were the first time you saw it! After the performance,Michael said "I'm never satisfied, Even when I see something that I've done, and people say: 'Oh it was phenomenal'.

"When I did Motown 25, and I did the moonwalk for the first time, I was backstage crying afterwards because I was unhappy."

"But then I was walking to the car there was this little boy who was like 12, and he said: 'You're amazing! Who taught you to dance like that?'"

"And for the first time I ever felt like I did a good job," he concluded.

"Because I know children don't lie, and I just felt so good about it."