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Michael Jackson - Live Performance - Grammy Awards (1988) - Radio City Music Hall, NYC - HQ

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"The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (1988)"


Songs: The Way You Make Me Feel & Man in the Mirror.


Sung & Performed by: Michael Jackson.


Songs written by: The Way You Make Me Feel (Michael Jackson) Man in the Mirror.
(Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard)


Produced by: Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones.


Album: "Bad" August 31, 1987.


Song Record Label: Epic Records.


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The 30th Grammy Awards (1988)!
"The 30th Grammy Awards" were held March 2, 1988. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards 1988, Michael Jackson gave a truly awe-inspiring performance of "The Way You Make Me Feel" and The "Man in the Mirror" one of the best performances of Michael Jackson thats what Ive ever seen and found :)

About Songs!
"The Way You Make Me Feel" is a song written by American recording artist Michael Jackson and recorded for his seventh album Bad (1987). Produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones, it was released as the album's third single in 1987 and became another number-one hit from the album on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was performed a few times on Jackson's tours, and was most famously performed live at the 1988 Grammy Awards. Michael wrote the song at the request of his mother, Katherine, who wanted a song with "a shuffling kind of rhythm".

"Man in the Mirror" is a song by Michael Jackson. It peaked at number one in the United States when released as a single in the spring of 1988 off his seventh solo album, Bad. It is one of Jackson's most critically acclaimed songs and it was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards. The song garnered massive airplay and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. It was only a moderate hit in the UK at the time of its release, peaking at number 21 and becoming the only single from Bad not to reach the UK Top 20 on first release. However, on July 5, 2009, following the news of Jackson's death, the song charted at number two in the official UK Singles Chart, having re-entered the chart at 11 the previous week.

The song was composed by Siedah Garrett (who can be heard singing in the background with Jackson) and Glen Ballard. Jackson added background vocals from Garrett, The Winans and the Andrae Crouch Choir, which gave the song its distinctive sound.

Garrett had the idea for the song when she was driving to the recording session for "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". On her way, she saw a face in the mirror of her car, and this gave her the idea to write a song titled "Man In The Mirror" as an addition to Jackson's upcoming album.

Arranged with a gospel choir, a year after David Bowie used the same device for "Underground", from the fantasy film Labyrinth, other popular artists at the time who had tracks featuring gospel choirs include Debbie Gibson, Guns N' Roses and Madonna for her 1989 number one hit "Like a Prayer". Jackson would utilize a gospel choir again several years later on his hit "Will You Be There". Siedah Garrett also sang on Jackson's "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and was one of the backing vocalists for Madonna's Re-Invention Tour of 2004.

Jackson also performed "Man In The Mirror" song as the ending of the concert during the Bad World Tour's second leg, and regularly during the Dangerous World Tour. In the latter, the song was accompanied by stuntman Kinnie Gibson dressed as Jackson flying out of the arena in a jetpack. On July 16, 1996, Jackson also performed "Man in the Mirror" at the Royal Concert Brunei for the last time prior to the United We Stand benefit concert.

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Michael Jackson - Live Performance - Grammy Awards (1988) - Radio City Music Hall, NYC - HQ

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  • I remember watching ...

    I remember watching this that night and saying "Wow he just showed he is the best entertainer in the world again".

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  • You are amazing ...

    You are amazing Michael. I love you so much. Can't wait to see you again. =)
    Forever in my heart. You ARE my heart. <3

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  • this is a genius ...

    this is a genius and a perfectist...this is the bestt performance ever it hit ever aspect...the one and only

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  • From this ...

    From this performance you would think MJ was raised in the basement of a Southern Baptist Church!!!!
    The ending of that performance was amazing and approved by Little Richard himself!!!!

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  • this was always my ...

    this was always my favorite performance
    i love you mj <3

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