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Originally Posted by kvmj  They never mentioned how he was the first black whose music went mainstream. For Fox, there was a pretty strong assumption of guilt.
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Maybe they didn't mention it because it's just not true. I remember dancing in clubs and bars to Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Chubby Checkers, Diana Ross and the Supremes and many many more, that I, at the time, considered mainstream. Long before Michael Jackson was a anything more than a remote up and coming very young singer. Someone else mentioned Nat King Cole. I grew up listening to him and The Mills Brothers two of my mom's favorites. There was Harry Belafonte and Mahalia Jackson. Fats Domino and Satchmo. Lena Horne, Little Richard. All the Doo Wop singers. Stevie Wonder.
I loved Ray Charles. Still do.
Michael Jackson was big. He was extremely talented. He was, however, not first.