Authors: Steve Knopper
Rankin, Arthur,
52
Ray, Don,
212
–13
Ray, Ola,
131
–32
Ray, Steven,
104
–5
Reid, Antonio “L.A.,”
187
–88
“Remember the Time” (MJ),
365
Richards, Deke,
35
,
36
,
37
–38,
41
–42,
52
–53,
367
Richardson, Tony,
69
Richie, Lionel,
49
,
114
,
117
,
118
,
152
,
153
Riklis, Meshulam,
147
Riley, Teddy,
181
,
188
–89,
191
,
192
,
258
,
259
,
261
,
344
,
353
,
354
Robinson, Bill “Mr. Bojangles,”
122
Robot dance moves,
56
,
60
–62,
68
,
86
,
99
,
120
,
265
Robson, Wade,
207
,
216
,
296
,
360
–61
“Rock with You” (MJ),
81
,
115
,
176
Rodgers, Maurice “Mo,”
18
–19,
22
Rolling Stone
(magazine),
56
,
100
,
240
,
241
,
255
,
288
,
289
,
296
,
347
,
358
,
368
Romanek, Mark,
241
–42
Rooney, Cory,
255
Rosenman, Howard,
268
Ross, Diana
“Muscles” duet with MJ and,
89
,
120
“We Are the World” and,
154
Ross, William,
234
Rothschild, Rick,
157
Rowe, Debbie,
357
as friend,
201
,
202
,
252
,
253
,
282
,
311
marriage and divorce from MJ,
253
MJ’s health and,
213
–14,
252
,
330
,
331
,
360
MJ’s will and,
349
as mother to MJ’s children,
252
–53,
274
,
279
,
358
,
361
–62
Ruffin, Jimmy,
93
Run-D.M.C.,
165
Rwaramba, Grace,
254
,
271
,
280
,
285
,
299
–300,
305
–6,
309
,
347
–48,
362
Safechuck, Jimmy,
177
,
177
n,
216
,
360
–61
Salisbury, Mike,
84
Sample, Joe,
36
Sasaki, Gordon,
213
Saunders, Scott David,
330
–31,
360
Schaffel, Marc,
256
,
269
–72,
270
n,
271
n,
275
,
281
–82,
285
,
313
,
362
Schlatter, George,
139
Scorsese, Martin,
130
,
167
,
167
n,
171
Scott, Dick,
31
“Scream” (MJ),
229
,
241
–43,
246
,
251
Screws (later Scruse), Martha,
8
Screws (later Scruse), Prince Albert,
8
Scruse, Katherine.
See
Jackson, Katherine Scruse
Sembello, Michael “Mike,”
77
,
84
,
110
“Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)” (The Jacksons),
76
,
77
,
83
,
98
,
364
Sharpton, Al,
272
–73,
287
,
306
–7,
344
,
346
“She Drives Me Wild” (MJ),
181
,
193
“She’s Out of My Life” (MJ),
54
,
82
,
84
,
85
,
166
,
193
,
261
Shields, Damien,
354
Shields, Robert,
61
–62,
120
,
122
,
123
,
127
Sicard, Federico,
215
,
216
,
221
,
222
Sighvatsson, Joni,
194
–95
Silvers, Eddie,
21
Simmons, Daryl,
188
Sisters Love,
47
“Slave to the Rhythm” (MJ),
189
,
354
Sly and the Family Stone,
32
,
58
,
156
Smith, Elroy,
114
Smith, Jimmy,
165
Smith, Robert “Big Bert,”
259
,
260
,
262
“Smooth Criminal” (MJ),
152
,
159
,
170
–71,
174
,
175
–76,
204
,
248
,
251
,
252
,
262
,
310
,
341
,
365
Sneddon, Tom,
220
–21,
223
,
283
,
284
,
285
–86,
288
,
289
–91,
290
n,
294
,
295
“Some Girls Want Me for Their Lover” (Jackson
5
),
23
“Someone in the Dark” (MJ),
101
Sony (Sony Corp., Sony Entertainment, Sony Music),
271
ATV Beatles music catalog and,
223
–24,
256
,
268
,
268
n,
302
–3,
348
,
355
HBO special and,
248
–50
MJ’s albums with,
117
,
184
–85,
226
,
228
,
231
,
241
,
245
,
247
,
254
–55,
259
,
260
,
262
,
272
–73
MJ’s contract with,
185
–86,
256
,
300
MJ’s extravagant behavior and,
194
posthumous MJ releases by,
353
–54
This Is It
documentary and,
351
–52
Soul Train
(television show),
61
–62,
67
,
100
,
120
,
122
Spaniels (band),
14
“Speed Demon” (MJ),
152
,
159
,
166
Spielberg, Steven,
157
,
246
,
247
,
269
Sprague, Gina,
91
Springsteen, Bruce,
117
,
153
,
184
,
204
,
365
Staples, Mavis,
166
“State of Shock” (The Jacksons),
146
,
159
statue (hold-the-pose) dance moves,
204
,
205
,
252
Steeltown Records,
19
,
22
,
23
–24,
32
,
33
Stessel, Larry,
167
n,
169
–70,
192
,
194
Stevens, Steve,
170
Stewart, Natalie,
261
“Stranger in Moscow” (MJ),
230
,
233
,
243
,
246
,
252
Strick, Richard,
221
–23
Stubbs, Levi,
17
Studio
54
, New York City,
71
,
120
,
139
Sullivan, Chuck,
140
–41,
143
–44,
148
–49
Sullivan, Randall,
271
,
313
,
350
,
357
–58
Sundberg, Brad,
190
–91
Bottrell’s rivalry with,
187
,
189
–91
Dangerous
album and,
187
,
189
,
191
,
192
MJ’s albums and,
159
,
165
,
187
,
258
,
354
Off the Wall
album and,
80
,
81
–82,
187
Thriller
album and,
101
,
103
,
104
,
106
–7,
108
,
111
,
158
,
187
“We Are the World” and,
153
Sykes, John,
167
“Tabloid Junkie” (MJ),
246
Tannenbaum, Rob,
117
Tarling, Steve,
219
n
Tarsia, Joe,
65
–66
Tate, Greg,
202
Taylor, Bobby,
27
,
28
,
30
,
32
–33,
35
,
42
Taylor, Elizabeth,
136
,
147
,
157
–58,
176
,
179
,
182
,
218
,
223
,
236
,
246
,
248
,
266
Temperton, Rod,
81
,
101
,
103
,
110
–11,
112
Temptations,
13
,
15
,
24
,
26
–27,
29
,
31
,
33
,
34
,
58
,
64
,
234
Terrell, Cheryl,
91
Terry, Clark,
78
“They Don’t Care about Us” (MJ),
232
–33,
246
“Things I Do for You” (The Jacksons),
77
,
87
,
99
,
173
This Is It concerts, O2 Arena, London
concerns about MJ’s health and,
316
,
317
,
325
–27,
350
contract for
316
–17
Lloyd’s of London insurance policy for,
317
,
326
,
350
MJ and press conference for,
318
–20
MJ memorial and,
347
MJ’s death and crew of,
341
–43