A BRAND NEW DAY
Song featured in Michael’s first movie, The Wiz, an all-black remake of
The Wizard Of Oz with Diana Ross in the starring role, as Dorothy.
Michael played the part of the scarecrow, and among his co-stars were:
Lena Horne (Glinda, the good witch), Richard Pryor (the Wiz), Ted
Ross (the cowardly lion) and Nipsey Russell (the tin man).Movie premiered in 1978, and was accompanied by a double
soundtrack album that achieved no.17 on the R&B albums chart in the
USA, and no.40 on the pop albums chart.Credited to ‘The Wiz Stars’, released as a single in several continental
European countries (but not the UK or USA), going all the way to no.1
in Holland and Belgium – where it kept Michael’s Don’t Stop ‘Til You
Get Enough out of the top slot.
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME
Pre-Motown recording by the Jackson 5 first heard in 1993, when it
featured on a Japanese release, BIG BOY; later the same year, included
on THE JACKSON FIVE FEATURING MICHAEL JACKSON, issued on the Stardust label in the UK/Europe.
Two versions released, an over-dubbed extended remix and the track as
it was originally recorded, way back in 1965-7.
Written and originally recorded by Sam Cooke, for his album AIN’T
THAT GOOD NEWS, as a response to Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ In The Wind. Sam’s version achieved no.9 on the R&B singles chart in the
States in early 1965. It peaked at no.31 on the Hot 100 but failed to
chart in the UK.
Song featured in Michael’s first movie, The Wiz, an all-black remake of
The Wizard Of Oz with Diana Ross in the starring role, as Dorothy.
Michael played the part of the scarecrow, and among his co-stars were:
Lena Horne (Glinda, the good witch), Richard Pryor (the Wiz), Ted
Ross (the cowardly lion) and Nipsey Russell (the tin man).Movie premiered in 1978, and was accompanied by a double
soundtrack album that achieved no.17 on the R&B albums chart in the
USA, and no.40 on the pop albums chart.Credited to ‘The Wiz Stars’, released as a single in several continental
European countries (but not the UK or USA), going all the way to no.1
in Holland and Belgium – where it kept Michael’s Don’t Stop ‘Til You
Get Enough out of the top slot.
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME
Pre-Motown recording by the Jackson 5 first heard in 1993, when it
featured on a Japanese release, BIG BOY; later the same year, included
on THE JACKSON FIVE FEATURING MICHAEL JACKSON, issued on the Stardust label in the UK/Europe.
Two versions released, an over-dubbed extended remix and the track as
it was originally recorded, way back in 1965-7.
Written and originally recorded by Sam Cooke, for his album AIN’T
THAT GOOD NEWS, as a response to Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ In The Wind. Sam’s version achieved no.9 on the R&B singles chart in the
States in early 1965. It peaked at no.31 on the Hot 100 but failed to
chart in the UK.
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