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Michael Jackson: "Billie Jean"

1:49 PM PDT 8/1/2011 by David Simpson

Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," the second single off of his Thriller album, topped the charts after its release in 1983, and marked one of the first times the-then mostly rock-dominated channel aired a black artist's work.

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