[78-L] Jackson death

[Michael Biel]

From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>

> A few things I have to say about Jackson to keep things in context:
> He brought dance back to song in an era that had forgotten about Astair, 
> O'Connor and Kelly

They are still forgotten because today Jackson is being given ALL the
credit for being the first singing dancer.  They credit his inspiration
to James Brown, but what about Sammy Davis Jr.?  Besides, what Jackson
did in his music videos was closer to West Side Story and Jerome
Robbins.  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com