Michael Jackson's new song not so new after all

[KiwiCoromandel]

Michael Jackson didn't do it his way after all.

Hours after the pop singer's first posthumous single This Is It was released amid great hype, it has emerged that the tune had been recorded 18 years ago by an obscure Puerto Rican singer.

Moreover the co-author of that tune, My Way songwriter Paul Anka, threatened to sue Jackson's estate for proper credit and his share of royalties.

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source: Reuters

images: Fair Use/photobucket/http://assets.nydailynews.com: JACKO/PAUL ANKA

[KiwiCoromandel]

sordid....very sordid and very tacky....in fact...just what you`d expect from the music industry

[KiwiCoromandel]

Michael Jackson's latest a blast from the past....

The Michael Jackson enterprise – and let's be honest, it had gone from a human career to a product-marketing exercise at least a decade before his heart gave in – knows it is selling a questionable product with the coming movie and album This Is It.

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source: Bernard Zuel/SMH.com.au

image: Fair Use/Screengrab: JACKO....This is (not) it