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Jim McCrary Photoshoot

Date range assessed by the fact that the “‘Don't Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ [single] was playing on the radio but was not yet a hit.”; the “Don't Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” single was released on July 10, 1979, and the photoshoot would have occurred before the “Off the Wall” album’s release on August 10, 1979.

“Los Angeles” Times (May 6, 2012) (archived)

Musicians were still on the roster in the late 1970s when a shy Michael Jackson arrived for a photo session for his "Off the Wall" album. The shots ended up not making the cover because Jackson was unhappy with how he looked in them, [Colleen] Pollard [(his niece)] said.

To loosen him up, McCrary asked his niece, then 18, to dance with Jackson. As they were about to start, Jackson's "Don't Stop ‘Til You Get Enough" was playing on the radio but was not yet a hit.

"Jim did not know Michael's music and changed the radio station," Pollard said. "I yelled, 'No, that's his song.' The looks on Michael's face and his manager's were priceless."

It was a prime example of why McCrary soon left rock photography behind, Pollard recalled: "He said he just didn't feel connected with the bands anymore."