To anyone other than blacks under 40, Hollywood types and those who were 12 year old girls when he peaked, Jacko is nothing but a bleached out pervert.
People who go on and on about his music breaking the race barrier must have never heard of Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Chuck Berry, The Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots, The Coasters, The Drifters, Ben E. King, Clyde McPhatter, Eartha Kitt, Laverene Baker, Barbara Lynn, Barbara Mason, Baby Washington, Barbara George, Barbara Lewis, Aretha Franklin, Dee Dee Sharp, Darlene Love, Chubby Checker, Hank Ballard, The Shirelles, James Brown, The Angels, The Crystals, and about 10,000,000 other black hitmakers and Doo Wop groups.
You forgot BB King!
I always thought Otis Day and the Knights were the greatest black entertainers of all time. :-P
I’ll stick with The Wolf, and Hooker, thankyou.
Let's not forget that Jimi Hendrix became the absolute King of (white) rock music in his heyday, and was worshiped by the royalty of the rock and roll industry. Not one black musician has recaptured that title since he died.