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Thread started 07/29/23 11:15pm

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The Doobie Brothers - Michael Jackson

So I just happened across a live performance of Michael McDonald singing "What A Fool Believes."

The caption stated that Michael Jackson claims to have sung on at least one backing track for the song but was uncredited.

Y'all ever heard that one?

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #1 posted 07/30/23 2:16am

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The Wikipedia entry for the song says that Michael Jackson once joked to Elizabeth Taylor that he had sung on a backing track for the Doobie Brothers version and his joke was broadcast as fact by Entertainment Tonight, who were unaware he was joking.

So he never actually sang on the song. The Doobie Brothers themselves even denied he had any involvement.
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Reply #2 posted 07/30/23 10:02pm

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ShellyMcG said:

The Wikipedia entry for the song says that Michael Jackson once joked to Elizabeth Taylor that he had sung on a backing track for the Doobie Brothers version and his joke was broadcast as fact by Entertainment Tonight, who were unaware he was joking. So he never actually sang on the song. The Doobie Brothers themselves even denied he had any involvement.


Tres interesting. I'd never heard anything about it until this video.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #3 posted 07/31/23 12:39am

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TrivialPursuit said:



ShellyMcG said:


The Wikipedia entry for the song says that Michael Jackson once joked to Elizabeth Taylor that he had sung on a backing track for the Doobie Brothers version and his joke was broadcast as fact by Entertainment Tonight, who were unaware he was joking. So he never actually sang on the song. The Doobie Brothers themselves even denied he had any involvement.


Tres interesting. I'd never heard anything about it until this video.



I never heard anything about it until you posted it lol
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Reply #4 posted 07/31/23 2:30pm

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Bubbles was the actual backup singer.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #5 posted 07/31/23 2:36pm

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purplethunder3121 said:

Bubbles was the actual backup singer.


HA!

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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