Author: Fred Colby

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.

ERA

1969-1975 : Motown era

RECORDING DATE

Recorded with The Jackson 5 in 1969-1974.

“Back in My Arms Again” is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. “Back in My Arms Again” was the fifth consecutive and overall number-one song for the group on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States from June 6, 1965 through June 12, 1965, also topping the soul chart for a week.

STUDIO(S)

Motown Studios in California

SONGWRITER(S)

Holland–Dozier–Holland

PRODUCER(S)

Holland–Dozier–Holland,

RELEASE DATE :

Unreleased.

LABEL

Motown

LENGTH

???

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

No other version known to exist

MUSICIANS

???

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Never released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON CONCERTS

Never performed on concerts

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.

ERA

1967-1968 : Steeltown era

RECORDING DATE

Recorded with The Jackson 5 in 1967-1968.

STUDIO(S)

???

SONGWRITER(S)

???

PRODUCER(S)

???

RELEASE DATE :

In 1993 (Japonese release of “Big Boy”).

LABEL

Steeltown Records

LENGTH

3:57

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

No other version known to exist

MUSICIANS

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Not released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.

ERA

2005-2009 : Thriller 25/This Is It

RECORDING DATE

Song registered with Broadcast Music Incorporated in January 2009. Also known as “Baby’s On Fire” and “Higher Baby’s Fire”.

STUDIO(S)

???

SONGWRITER(S)

Michael Jackson, Ryan D.Groves.

Recorded by Black Yussef.

PRODUCER(S)

???

RELEASE DATE :

Unreleased.

LABEL

Unreleased

LENGTH

???

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

No other version known to exist

MUSICIANS

???

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Never released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.

ERA

1969-1975 : Motown era

RECORDING DATE

Four Tops cover recorded with The Jackson 5 in 1969-1974.

“Baby I Need Your Loving” is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was the group’s first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four in Canada in the fall of 1964. It was also their first million-selling hit single.

STUDIO(S)

Motown studios in Los Angeles

SONGWRITER(S)

Holland–Dozier–Holland

PRODUCER(S)

Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier

RELEASE DATE :

Unreleased

LABEL

Unreleased

LENGTH

???

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

No other version known to exist

MUSICIANS

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Not released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.

ERA

1981-1983 : Thriller era

RECORDING DATE

April 14 – November 8, 1982.

STUDIO(S)

Westlake (Los Angeles, California)

SONGWRITER(S)

Rod Temperton

PRODUCER(S)

Quincy Jones & Michael Jackson

RELEASE DATE :

November 30, 1982 (Thriller album)

LABEL

Epic CBS Records

LENGTH

4:20

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

Baby Be Mine (demo) : Recorded in 1982. Leaked online in 2008. Remains unreleased.

MUSICIANS

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Not released as a single

SHORT FILM (filmed by MJ during his lifetime)

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on a TV show

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.

ERA

1969-1975 : Motown era

RECORDING DATE

Recorded with The Jackson 5 in 1970 for the Christmas album but it failed to make the final tracklisting.

STUDIO(S)

Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California

SONGWRITER(S)

???

PRODUCER(S)

???

RELEASE DATE :

Unreleased

LABEL

Unreleased

LENGTH

???

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

No other version known to exist

MUSICIANS

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Not released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.

ERA

1981-1983 : Thriller era

RECORDING DATE

Song registered with EMI Music Publishing. Written by Michael Jackson, Kathy Wakefield, Michel Pierre Colombier. Written and recorded in 1982. Not much is known about this song. Song was mentioned in book Michael Jackson: For The Record. A fully complete version is known to exist.

STUDIO(S)

Los Angeles

SONGWRITER(S)

Michael Jackson
Kathy Wakefield,

Michel Pierre Colombier

PRODUCER(S)

?

RELEASE DATE :

Unreleased

LABEL

Unreleased

LENGTH

??

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

No other version known to exist

MUSICIANS

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Unreleased

SHORT FILM (filmed by MJ during his lifetime)

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on a TV show

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.

ERA

1969-1975 : Motown era

RECORDING DATE

Recorded with The Jackson 5 in 1970.

“Ask the Lonely” is a soul/pop ballad recorded by Motown singing group the Four Tops. Released as the group’s third single, the single became the group’s second successful single since signing with Motown in 1963. Released in 1965, the song rose to no. 24 on the pop chart and no. 9 on the R&B one.

STUDIO(S)

Motown studios in Los Angeles

SONGWRITER(S)

Ivy Jo Hunter

William “Mickey” Stevenson

PRODUCER(S)

Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, Berty Gordy, Deke Richard

RELEASE DATE :

June 20, 1995 (Soulsation!).

LABEL

Motown Records

LENGTH

3:25

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

No other version known to exist

MUSICIANS

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Not released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.

ERA

1969-1975 : Motown era

RECORDING DATE

Stevie Wonder confirmed the track’s existance during an interview in Japan in 1988. Written in 1974, Wonder said he envisioned the song to be a duet with MJ. Could’ve been a track for the Jackson 5 considering the time period.

It was also reported the two recorded the song for Stevie’s 1987 album, Characters, but that isn’t confirmed.

In 2024, a trove of unreleased Michael Jackson tapes were found in a storage unit deep in the San Fernando Valley. Musgrove’s journey to the tapes began when an associate contacted Greg Musgrove about a storage unit he’d recently bought in Van Nuys. The unit once belonged to Bryan Loren, a music producer and singer. On the tapes are 12 unreleased tracks, music Jackson worked on prior to the Dangerous album, around 1989 to 1991 including the song “A Pretty Face Is” (dated October 4, 1989/MJ on chorus only). He and the attorney he brought on approached the Jackson Estate with their findings earlier this year. The estate, who Musgrove says did their own research into the tapes, declined to purchase the tapes for an unknown reason, but did provide him with an official letter stating that the estate does not claim ownership. They make it clear in the letter, however, that he and anyone else who might purchase these tapes down the line do not own the copyright on the recordings or the compositions, the estate does. Essentially, these tapes can never be released publicly. Remains unreleased.

STUDIO(S)

???

SONGWRITER(S)

???

PRODUCER(S)

???

RELEASE DATE :

Unreleased

LABEL

Unreleased

LENGTH

???

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

No other version known to exist

MUSICIANS

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Not released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

Date of birth : August 29, 2023

Parents : Genevieve Katherine Jackson (Gen) and Brandon (Jola) Huguely

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