~1986 - Michael records "Song Groove", also known as "Abortion
Papers".
~1986 - Michael records "I'm So Blue".
~1986 - Michael records "Free".
~1986 - Michael records "Price of Fame".
1986 - Michael Jackson gave $1.5 million to set up the "Michael Jackson
UNCF Endowed Scholarship Fund”, aimed at students majoring in performance art
and communications, with money given each year to students attending a member
United Negro College Fund college or university. The scholarship has helped
hundreds of students attend college.
January 27, 1986 - Michael appears on the "13th Annual American Music Awards",
accepting the "Song of the Year Award" with Lionel Richie for "We Are the
World"; he later accepts the "Award of Appreciation".
February 25, 1986 - Michael, Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones & Stevie Wonder
attend the Grammy Awards where 'We Are The World' receives four
awards.
February 26, 1986 - Michael invites Kenny Rogers' son Christopher and his
family to his Neverland Ranch to see his zoo in thanks for Christopher's
thoughtful gift the previous night at the Grammy Awards.
March 8, 1986 - Michael hosts heart transplant recipient Donna Ashlock and her
mother at Hayvenhurst; they eat lunch, watch a movie, play some records, and
visit his backyard zoo.
~Late February-Early March 1986 - Michael does a photoshoot for Kenny Rogers'
"Your Friends and Mine" book.
April 11, 1986 - Michael writes a letter with his vision for the
"Smooth Criminal" short film to film director Colin Chilvers and special
effects supervisor Kevin Pike.
April 25, 1986 - Michael accompanies Elizabeth Taylor to the opening
day festivities of the Hollywood Park racetrack in Inglewood, California.
~May 1986 - Michael invites the family of Danielle Finmark, a
12-year-old who attends Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a Southern
California camp for children undergoing cancer treatment, to his home,
giving a tour, having lunch, watching "Short Circuit", and introducing her
to his animals.
Mid-Late May 1986 - Michael attends one of Jermaine Jackson's "Precious
Moments Tour" in Los Angeles, California at the Universal Amphitheatre,
surprising him backstage before the show in a disguise.
July-Fall 1986 - Michael records "Streetwalker".
July 30, 1986 - Michael attends the funeral of film director Vincente
Minnelli with his daughter Liza & Widow Lee held at Forest Lown in Glendale,
California.
August 8 or 9, 1986 - Michael attends a classical concert of conductor Leonard
Bernstein with Philharmonic orchestra; he then attends a dinner with Leornard
Bernstein at musician David Pack's home.
August 20-22, 1986 - Michael attends one of the reunion concerts of Frank
Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. in Los Angeles, California, at the Greek Theatre; he
attends an after-party with Sophia Loren, meeting with actors Tom Selleck,
Elizabeth Taylor, and Liza Minnelli.
~August 22, 1986 - Michael sends a message to actor Corey Feldman to
congratulate his work on the "Stand by Me" film, which is released today.
Director Rob Reiner had originally reached out to Michael to record a song for
the film, but director Rob Reiner ultimately decided to go with an all-50s
soundtrack.
August - November 1986, January - June 1987 - Michael records "Dirty Diana".
August - November 1986, January - June 1987 - Michael records "Leave Me Alone".
August - November 1986, January - June 1987 - Michael records "Speed
Demon".
October 1986 - Michael and hip-hop group Run-DMC work on writing an
anti-crack rap song entitled "Crack Kills".
November 19, 1986 - Michael attends the Little Shop Of Horrors premiere at the
Beekman Theatre in NYC.
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