![]() ![]() ![]() “I think Linda Ronstadt was there, Smokey Robinson was there, Diana Ross was there, but the place was empty basically,” Mischer said. ![]() Jackson pushed back, wanting to perform a solo song called “Billie Jean.” Mischer recalls the tense moment: “Look, if we let Michael do a new song, who’s going to take the phone call from Marvin Gaye on Monday saying, ‘Why did you let Michael do a new song and I couldn’t do a new song?’”īut that delicate game of politics was upended when Mischer witnessed Jackson’s rehearsal for his “Billie Jean” performance. Since Motown 25 was intended to showcase the label’s greatest hits, Mischer and executive producer Suzanne de Passe initially banned every artist (from Marvin Gaye to the Temptations to Diana Ross) from performing new material. Michael Jackson performing “Billie Jean” during the Motown 25 special, which aired on May 16, 1983. ![]()
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