The Swarm

June 29, 2009

WATCH and LISTEN: The Best From Michael's Four Solo Albums Before Off The Wall and Thriller... 'Ain't No Sunshine,' 'My Girl,' 'If'n I Was God' and more...

Adam Shore


With Off The Wall and Thriller such monster albums, it’s easy to forget Michael recorded four solo albums before those, each for Motown: Got To Be There (1972), Ben (1972), Music & Me (1973) and Forever, Michael (1975).

Here’s some of the best songs from that era of his solo career.

“My Girl”

A snippet from “People Make The World Go Round”

“Ain’t No Sunshine”

“With A Child’s Heart” from Soul Train

“If’N I Was God”

“Dear Michael”

“We’re Almost There”

BONUS
Some incredible dancing by Michael as The Jackson 5 perform “Dancing Machine” on the Merv Griffin show in 1974.



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