Michael Jackson's Off the Wall
1979 · Work
Jackson's first adult solo album, produced by Quincy Jones — a glossy fusion of disco, funk and soul that made him a solo superstar.
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More from US Popular Music
- Can I Kick It? (A Tribe Called Quest) (1990)
- Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye) (1982)
- The Weight (The Band) (1968)
- I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges) (1969)
- Mama Tried (Merle Haggard) (1968)
- He Stopped Loving Her Today (George Jones) (1980)
- Where Is My Mind? (Pixies) (1988)
- Sex Machine (James Brown) (1970)
Around 1979
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)