Article: OUR HIT PARADE; AS THESE TEN POP LEGENDS ARE VOTED INTO A NEW UK HALL OF FAME, TEN WRITERS EXPLAIN WHY EACH DESERVES THEIR PLACE ...

FOR the past five weeks, Channel 4 viewers have been taking part in a poll to decide the greatest rock acts of all time. They voted for one star from each of the past five decades to join five acts chosen by judges to create a UK Music Hall Of Fame. The results, unveiled last night, are sure to generate controversy. Here, ten writers explain the enduring appeal of their own favourite from the Hall Of Fame.

MICHAEL JACKSON

by Ingrid Tarrant

WACKO JACKO by nickname and nature, but so what? For me, he is the indisputable, longest-reigning king of pop and certainly the most inventive.

From the age of five he fronted The Jackson Five, by ...

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