How Motown exec Suzanne de Passe knew Michael Jackson’s fame would eclipse his brothers #shorts
No one could predict Michael Jackson’s rise to becoming the “King of Pop” when he was singing “ABC” as a member of The Jackson 5 — not even Suzanne de Passe, the woman responsible for giving him his big break.
Page Six Senior Reporter Carlos Greer shares this story.
The Motown icon, however, said signing the future “Thriller” singer and his brothers was a no brainer, and she did know that Michael was special.
“How did I know [they had the ‘it’ factor]? Well, you’d have to be really stupid to miss that one,” she told us at a talk Page Six moderated at the historic Harbor View Hotel in Martha’s Vineyard to celebrate the famed exec’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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