Category talk:American rock singers
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Michael Jackson is a rock singer
[edit]Michael Jackson is a rock singer. He experimented with several rock genres such as: hard rock, soul, funk , disco, dance, etc. He also may be considered a pop singer (popular singer), but he is specifically a rock singer.
The BBC, the U.K largest broadcasting corporation in the world, considers that Jackson is the "King of rock and pop"(King of rock and popular music), because Jackson is esentially a rock star. Read it in BBC website: http://web.archive.org/web/20071013215212/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A537662
Britannica Encyclopedia in its article "rock (music)" says: "... In the 1980s the disco-influenced rock of Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Prince...". Read this in: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/506004/rock
Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Prince are rock stars.
The Worldbook says: "...During the 1980's, many rock performers began to feature their music in short films called rock videos. The American singer and dancer Michael Jackson starred in several highly successful videos and became one of the most popular performers in the history of rock music...". Read this in: http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?content_spotlight/aamusic/rocknroll
VOA (Voice of america) in its special article THIS IS AMERICA - Rock and Roll History, Part 2, says: "..And Michael Jackson became one of the most popular performers in the history of rock music..." Read this in: http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2004-04/a-2004-04-04-1-1.cfm