Michael Jackson anniversary
Social coverage flagged that Michael Jackson’s album Music & Me marked its 52nd anniversary in recent posts. (x.com) The anniversary prompted archival clips and streaming‑era reflections across accounts. (x.com)
Michael Jackson’s *Music & Me* hit its 52nd anniversary on April 13, reviving attention around one of his last Motown-era solo albums. (allmusic.com) AllMusic lists the album’s release date as April 13, 1973, and Apple Music lists a 10-song track list running 32 minutes. (allmusic.com) (music.apple.com) Discogs credits the original United States release to Motown’s M 767L catalog number and names Berry Gordy as executive producer. Its track list includes “With A Child’s Heart,” “Morning Glow,” and the title song “Music And Me.” (discogs.com) The anniversary posts focused less on chart performance than on the album’s place in Jackson’s early career. *Music & Me* arrived after *Got to Be There* in 1972 and *Ben* in 1972, and before *Forever, Michael* in 1975. (allmusic.com) That timing puts the record in Jackson’s teenage solo period, when Motown was still packaging him both as a Jackson 5 star and as a separate vocalist. Discogs lists editions from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Japan, and other markets in 1973. (discogs.com) Streaming services have kept the album continuously available even as Jackson’s later catalog dominates listening. Apple Music and Spotify both carry the full 10-track release under its 1973 date. (music.apple.com) (open.spotify.com) The title track has had a longer afterlife than the album around it. Apple Music lists “Music and Me” at 2 minutes and 36 seconds, with songwriting credits to Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson, Don Fenceton, and Mike Cannon. (music.apple.com) Official Charts’ career page for Jackson shows how far his catalog later expanded, with 10 United Kingdom No. 1 albums and 19 United Kingdom Top 10 albums. The contrast helps explain why anniversaries like this one often send fans back to the Motown records that came before *Off the Wall* and *Thriller*. (officialcharts.com) Fifty-two years on, *Music & Me* remains a small but durable part of Jackson’s catalog: a 1973 Motown album, 10 songs long, still easy to find and newly easy to revisit. (music.apple.com) (discogs.com)
