 January 1990 -
Michael accepts the MTV Vanguard award of the decade by MTV CEO Tom Freston and
Adam Curry, for his excellence in video and his inspiration to others.
January 26, 1990 - Michael is at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for the unveiling of a
painting of himself titled "The Book" made by Australian artist Brett Livingstone
Strong.
January 27, 1990 - Michael attends the "7th Annual American Cinema Awards" where
he receives the "Entertainer Of The Decade Award" from his guest Sophia Loren.
February 3, 1990 - Michael receives a Role Model Award from Japan which he
accepts via satellite.
February 20,
1990 - Michael receives "The Largest Selling Artist of the 1980's
Award" for an unprecedented record sales of 110 million records at
a breakfast press conference
organized by CBS Records at
the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel's grand ballroom in Beverly Hills,
Calfornia.
February 21, 1990 -
Michael and Paul McCartney meet for three hours before
the "32nd Annual Grammy Awards", resulting in Michael giving an extra four
percent stake in Michael's catalog. Michael's "Moonwalker" film wins the award
for "Best Long Form Music Video", but he is not present at the ceremony,
March 20, 1990 -
Adrian Grant (the editor of fanzine Off The Wall) presents Michael with the
"Off the Wall Appreciation Award", a painting by British artist Vincent McKoy, in
Los Angeles where Michael is working on new songs, one of which is "Men in
Black".
March 26, 1990 - Adrian Grant visits Michael at his Neverland ranch, and
Michael writes a special message to his fans for the magazine.
April 4, 1990
- Michael visits the Capital Children’s Museum in Washington DC with Ann Levin and
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
April 5, 1990
- Michael meets with President Bush at the White House Rose Garden ceremony to be
honored as 'Entertainer Of The Decade' by the Capital Children’s Museum. Later,
Michael attends a fund-raising dinner in his honor at the historic Merrywood
Estate in McLean.
April
7, 1990 - Michael visits the Taj Mahal Casino of business magnate Donald
Trump.
April 11, 1990 - Michael
attends Ryan White’s funeral service in Indiana along with 1500 persons including
Barbara Bush, Elton John & Ryan’s mother Jeanne.
May 16, 1990 - Michael speaks on today's death of Sammy Davis Jr., saying
he is "too overcome with grief to talk".
May 18, 1990 - Michael attends Sammy Davis Jr.'s funeral, named as one of
the honorary pallbearers.
Mid-Late 1990 - Michael records "Gone Too Soon".
June 1990 - Michael fires John Branca after a dispute between Branca and
Walter Yetnikoff about David Geffen's effort to get Michael to perform for the
soundtrack of the “Days of Thunder” film.
June 3, 1990 - Michael collapses while dancing at the Hideout. He is taken
to St John Hospital of Los Angeles where he is treated for chest pains. He gets
visits from the whole Jackson family (except LaToya) + Elizabeth Taylor who is
treated in the same hospital.
July 1990 - Michael's photoshoot to advertise his line of "L.A. Gear" shoes
is published in magazines.
August 1990 - Michael, after seeing the restored "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
at the Great British Film Rally, makes an offer to owner Pierre Picton to buy the
car, but Pierre ultimately decides it's not for sale.
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August 6,
1990 - Michael's appearance in a commercial for his "L.A. Gear shoes",
performing in a dark alley with visual and sound effects wearing the shoes, airs
on ABC; his young niece Brandi, Jackie's daughter, also appears in the
commercial.
Michael records "To Satisfy You".
Summer-Fall 1990 - Michael records "Superfly Sister".
~September 1990 - Michael records the background vocals for "Do The
Bartman", a song written by Bryan Loren; he also participates in creating the name
of the song, and some of the lyrics.
September 1990 - Michael's tribute to BET (Black Entertainment Television)
in "Billboard" magazine, thanking them for their support, is published.
September 1990 - Michael records the song Dangerous? (According to case:
http://mcir.usc.edu/cases/1990-1999/Pages/cartierjackson.html)
September 14, 1990 - Michael accepts the first ever "Michael Jackson Good Scout
Humanitarian Award" from Disney's chairman Michael Eisner at the Century Plaza
Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
October 5,
1990 - Michael's off-camera interview discussing Quincy Jones, included in the
"Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones" film, is released.
October 23, 1990 - Michael is named as one of the recipients of the "Ryan
White Memorial Award".
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