Those 14 minutes cost about $500,000 to make and are financed through deals with Showtime and MTV, which get the rights to air it. But these zombies can dance: the combination of costumes and choreography is stunning, with every detail on point. We learn it's just a movie, but get another scare when he joins the ranks of the undead after getting a little too close to a haunted graveyard. Who knew Michael Jackson could be scary? In the video, when he tells his date, "I'm not like other guys" and makes his gruesome transformation, it's genuinely terrifying. Directed by John Landis, the short film shows Michael Jackson turning into a werewolf and leading a dance routine with various undead creatures. Michael Jackson's 14-minute " Thriller" video debuts on MTV. She stars in the TV series One Tree Hill before launching a career as a country singer.ġ982 Folk singer-songwriter David Blue, writer of the Eagles' "Outlaw Man," dies of a heart attack at age 41 while jogging in New York City. Thomas are owed $1.2 million in unpaid royalties.ġ991 Morten Harket accepts a BMI Award in London on behalf of his band a-ha for achieving one million radio plays of their hit " Take On Me" in America.ġ986 Jerry Lee Lewis checks into the Betty Ford Clinic for addiction to painkillers.ġ986 Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born musician and I Love Lucy star, dies of lung cancer at age 69.ġ983 Jana Kramer is born in Michigan. The blues singer was often called "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement."Ģ006 Glam rocker Dave Mount (drummer for Mud) dies at age 59.Ģ002 Richard Dangle, lead guitarist of the Fabulous Wailers, dies.ġ998 Rapper Juice WRLD, known for his hit " Lucid Dreams (Forget Me)," is born in Chicago.ġ991 The US Supreme Court rules that The Shirelles, Gene Pitney and B.J. McCready, who did not have custody of her son, was seven months pregnant with twins at the time.Ģ011 Soul singer Howard Tate, original performer of the Janis Joplin hit " Get It While You Can," dies at age 72 from complications of multiple myeloma and leukemia.Ģ009 Scottish singer-songwriter Eric Woolfson (of The Alan Parsons Project) dies of kidney cancer at age 64.Ģ008 Odetta Holmes, known by the mononym Odetta, dies of heart disease at age 77. more featured eventsĢ014 Bobby Keys, whose saxophone can be heard on Rolling Stones tracks " Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" and " Tumbling Dice," dies at age 70.Ģ013 Reggae star Junior Murvin dies at age 67.Ģ011 Police in Arkansas find the country singer Mindy McCready hiding in a closet two days after she kidnapped her 5-year-old son from her mother, who was living with the child in Florida. As part of the stunt, Priddy recorded the GM calling in to "fire" him for playing the song and played the conversation on his show before he left. Running 6:58, it's one of the longest chart-topping singles.ġ957 Al Priddy, a disc jockey at the Portland, Oregon, radio station KEX, is fired for playing the Elvis Presley version of " White Christmas," which the station has banned, their program manager saying it "desecrates the Spirit of Christmas and transgresses the composer's intent." The story makes national news, but it turns out to be a brilliant publicity stunt - Priddy is back on the air two weeks later, with the station claiming letters were pouring in to support the DJ. She is raised in Louisiana.ġ972 The Temptations " Papa Was A Rolling Stone" hits #1 in the US. The rapper pleads guilty to misdemeanor assault and is sentenced to three years probation.ġ995 " One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey's duet with Boyz II Men, hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and holds the top spot for a record 16 weeks.ġ981 Britney Spears is born in McComb, Mississippi. 1999 Jay-Z stabs the record executive Lance "Un" Rivera at a party at Manhattan's Kit Kat Klub, believing Rivera bootlegged his album Vol.
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