What Is Michael Jackson's Career?

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Michael Jackson's career took an even bigger turn when he started working with music producer Quincy Jones. Jones and Jackson met on the set of The Wiz, movie in which Michael started working on because his brothers and himself weren’t as popular as they used to be when they first signed up to Motown (Herbert, 2009). Michael wanted to be in the scene for a long time had no idea how to do it, so he contacted his new friend Quincy Jones for some advice. The Off the Wall Era (1978-1981) began with four singles released from his new album, which were chosen through a very strict process that gave Michael the best songs from the many he had to choose from (Herbert, 2009). This album included songs that he wrote himself like “Don’t Stop Till You

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