Michael Jackson's Vocal Change Late 1972- The End Of 1973

[@ghanasoul]

What most people don’t know is, when Michael’s voice changed, he had to learn a new way of singing. His voice in '73-'75 voice was not the "ABC", "I'll Be There" voice anymore. Michael's mom said he practiced his "new" voice at home. True, it’s a gift, but he busted his butt to be the dynamic entertainer he became. It was NOT overnight.

[@jenjoseph9394]

Not truer words have ever been WRITTEN.

[@chideraobi5572]

Wow, insane!

[@musicandme4894]

not god given

[@subhanmemmedzade2407]

Where can i get more information ‘bout this?

[@r.o1449]

@@subhanmemmedzade2407 her book maybe

[@highnote32]

I wonder......Even though, his voice was changing, he was still able to control the higher notes. He seemed to have a good way to prevent himself from cracking.

[@3912James]

The same coiuldn't be said about Ralph Tresvant once his voice began to change beginning New Edition's second album back in 1984.

[@tracydavis5253]

i love your comment well said hes a real singer and at a young age fully a where of his capabilities

[@marywilson6354]

That's because he was a gifted singer anointed to sing. That's all.

[@DiggaStiggaTheGamer]

highnote32 big part is people not limiting him. Too many people focus too much on their “ vocal type” which starts putting mental limitations ... he desired to sing high and low so he trained to do so.

[@karykares]

@@marywilson6354 True.

[@25yomama]

His voice just gets better with age if u keep listening

[@thejackson5thirdalbum955]

mostly they all liked him when he's little because GROWN they say.... he's not a SINGER because of his voice...it's what they said.

[@andrezinhogamer7208]

Uau. Briliant voice

[@thecentimeterinitials5213]

You can really tell that his voice began changing in Morning Glow. He had such incredible control over his voice through all this time. It's amazing to see someone sing as well as he did, in his puberty years. Absolutely amazing!

[@user-re7fj3di5v]

So many people overlook songs like these and I can't understand why. they are ALL great

[@Charliah]

yeah check out Up Again by MJ on my channel

[@oohlala00]

his voice is music to my ears

[@selease]

Lala Jackson All day long!

[@FlunkTVGaming]

Well singing is a form of music, so that makes sense.

[@torianmcneill3794]

Selease Rodriguez I think I am love his voice started changing

[@KeneIfezue]

His vocal changes are extremely noticeable when he holds out his notes in Morning Glow.

[@torianmcneill3794]

Kene Ifezue how about in I am love

[@elizabethcarter135]

Who's Looking For A Lover was absolutely AMAZING to me. He was quite young then but the voice was super strong. I am still amazed by it today even. I'm six months younger than him so at 61 it blows me away. The message of the song escaped me then but now I smile at the lyrics. MJ is 4ever.

[@KeneIfezue]

@@torianmcneill3794 by then, his voice had already made a significant shift. In Morning Glow, I feel that the vocal transition is more audible.

[@ThahitmanTyrie]

@@elizabethcarter135 great song. Should’ve been on his got to be there or Ben album.

[@OldskolFan]

They all have soft voices, genetically beneficial, and blessed for their work. Amazing how seasoned and in control of his voice since he started.

[@dragnoid3026]

OldskolFan i agree

[@daysin_themoon]

+OldskolFan true

[@daysin_themoon]

***** is that true? I didn't know that

[@ddoctriness]

+Terra Realm But what about Janet? Her voice was soft and she says her dad wasn't abusive to her

[@dionneking8]

+ddoctriness by the time she was born Joseph wasn't a bully anymore but he beat and scared the hell out of the others

[@kphoenix96]

his singing voice actually does change alot over the years for example Off the wall and Thriller- his voice was very soft and soothing Bad and onwards- his voice became much deeper and more aggressive but when he spoke his voice was exactly the same

[@tavwilliam9367]

kphoenix96 sumwat but he had soft ballads after that like u not lone and Liberian girl etc

[@abal-m4525]

Tavieus Williams true but in the bad era He had it deficult singing his songs from the off the wall era and thriller

[@mssha1980]

AYE I GOT THE SAUCE I think because those songs were so high. He had to adjust because he couldn’t hit those notes any longer

[@ertfgghhhh]

Off the wall and thriller were r&b albums. Bad and the others were pop albums. He sings difftly in bad and other albums cause he wanted to change his vocal fry

[@cranesinthesky1240]

I wouldnt say his speaking voice was exactly the same. It deepened a bit after bad era

[@annlanders978]

Why do some people like you mention Justin Bieber in the same sentence as Michael Jackson?? That's like comparing McDonald's hamburger to prime rib. STOP IT!

[@suprovo5117]

Why??

[@jameswinston5512]

That like comparing brittany spears to Aretha Franklin

[@wolfandraven891]

You just did....

[@Zikra-ek1sw]

U just did. 😂😂😂

[@thejackson5thirdalbum955]

@@Zikra-ek1sw exactly

[@MichaelJacksonzGlove]

I always noticed the transitional change in his voice in "With A Child's Heart" you hear it especially when he belts out "as a sunnyyy, suunny dayyy-yyyy" (not in this video) towards the end of the song. It's very intriguing because you hear glimpses of young MJ and older MJ in one song.

[@ashkev01]

Indeed

[@num1Jaysta]

Same here

[@DTownNash]

Absolutely. Also in "My Girl" from "Ben" when he says "I guess", it sounds like 1980's "Lovely One" when he says "All I wanna say" See ? "my girl" kzbin.infoUgkxf_4uSeWTfzpxVup7tgQeoIZTN6h30tJj?si=WAuLpaWKf4OCHpLp "lovely one" I clipped it. kzbin.infoUgkxXTg0hNnQlTdS83HRCyZxPzUvqAEJrgUH?si=XNwI-EAjNifCFDfo

[@treyvoncreighton5045]

Michael's voice is incredible

[@blacksplashmedia29]

I feel like too late to change the time is a perfect bridge between his child voice and his adult voice

[@MikeEder]

I hear a slow change start on Maybe Tomorrow. Through 1972 he still sounded like his younger self pretty much to me. 1973 is where I hear the huge change and by the time they were in Japan in April it had cracked. 1975-76 is when he sounds fully grown to me.

[@ertfgghhhh]

He was fully grown by 75. He was 18

[@renoparker6933]

gospelevans he was going on 17 actually

[@ertfgghhhh]

@@renoparker6933 not in 1969

[@renoparker6933]

gospelevans obviously you said he was 18 in 1975 but he was born in 1958 meaning he was 16 going on 17 in 1975

[@musicandme4894]

@@ertfgghhhh 17

[@Kwwwyjibo]

The voice really started to come into form by Buttercup, that's where he really started sounding like MJ to me.

[@dragnoid3026]

***** i agree on that

[@ai5ha1]

Exactly

[@ThahitmanTyrie]

anytime he recorded after 1975 he sounded like grown Michael

[@ThahitmanTyrie]

buttercup was 1974-75

[@FlunkTVGaming]

buttercup sounds like full grown michael, but at 9:00 it really sounds like young michael singing like he would later in his career.

[@3912James]

His voice kept fluctuating from "Lil' Mike" to "Big Mike."

[@andrezinhogamer7208]

True

[@TJthepianoplayer]

you can hear Michael's voice changing as early as his album "Ben". BTW Michael sang with a child's heart in May of 1972 its kind of shocking.

[@artdogg50]

Thorbin Davis A little late, but I think Ben is the song I remember hearing it.

[@marcchesley3731]

This is the pure child's voice on the first song you can tell by the way he screams it comes natural. A Child's Heart his voice dropped slightly and not a severely big change but you can hear it's present. I would say on that record is when Michael's voice was changing naturally. They still wanted him to sound like a child as a teenager and that is highly impossible. So I can also understand by they left and went to Epic, because they would produce new music that would cater to Michaels new voice. Definitely on the Dancing Machine Album Michael's Voice had changed.

[@marjet2228]

They wanted to write their own songs as well. And they could probably get a more lucrative contract. A lot of people were living of their pay.

[@MrHereWeGoYo]

Great compilation. Many of these songs I never heard growing up.

[@RealMichaelJDJackson]

+GTwo Most of these songs are underrated. Most of these songs are never played on the radio!

[@SandtigerrShark]

I'm about to cry, his voice was so precious and Buttercup slays me every time. 70s Michael rocks!

[@thejackson5thirdalbum955]

60's a 2nd best

[@andrezinhogamer7208]

Same here

[@peaceexsamm]

with a child's heart- that song always gets to me

[@michaeltruthson6262]

Dancing Machine and Buttercup mos definitely the change in his voice is heard

[@andrezinhogamer7208]

True

[@PrettyboyAshtun]

i’ve always liked this era of his voice it’s the perfect blend of the last kiddy version of his voice and the beginning of young adult mj

[@dvi4323]

Fax

[@Lyssa0817]

To me it sounds like his voice starts really changing in Don't Day Goodbye Again

[@AmericanGal980]

Yeah, his voice started to change during the summer of 1972

[@9555to]

Great. I really like this video. There will never be another Michael Jackson.

[@worldpeace8690]

his voice change was crazy.. like it wasn’t rough at all and it so much energy..

[@akhilshah6508]

he went from super high kid voice to a slightly high pitched versatile teen to a nice tenor male voice.

[@misterbobby8913]

@@akhilshah6508 I have found that 1974 was the final year of his natural voice. You can distinctly see (hear) the difference in 1975, very interesting stuff. I truly wonder how that happened, because his natural voice was deeper and you can definitely of course hear it in his singing voice. He then (from 1975 and on) had his voice change. And for tbose who say "he still had a deep voice" and they show videos here on yt showing his deep voice moments, it's still not naturally deep aa how it was for him. And no Man's voice, no man's voice, becomes naturally less deep as he grows older. That is imposible. Another counter argument people make is, he just spoke in a lighter tone, no, that cannot be it, because you can't mask your natural voice for a long period of time, point being it's as if his vocal tone changed, not just him speak lighter. It's as if his vocal tone changed. As the original comment above here says, his voice is a nice median here. Thus, something had to have happened, something artificial - thus, I'm alluding to the rumor that Joseph Jackson indeed did inject his son with hormone therapy to artificially influence what would have been his natural growth and development, maybe testosterone blockers? I do not know the specifics. But this came from Dr. Conrad Murray. The man who was charged with Manslaughter for his passing. But he still could be telling the truth about that particular fact. Just saying.

[@enexius67]

⁠@@misterbobby8913Dr Murray was a liar and murderer, why are we believing him over the autopsy report (that had alluded that he was not chemically castrated) ? It is very possible for people to “lighten” their voice, Ariana Grande, Paris Hilton, and Britney Spears are examples of famous women known to do that, Paris for reasons unrelated to singing (but she did it for years upon years), Britney did it for the baby voice and the type of singing she was doing, and Ariana for the high notes. You almost always hear them with those “higher” voices. We don’t know if Michael spoke like that in private bc we weren’t there (though Lisa Marie said he would talk in his normal voice in private) and some other people he knew have come out and said the same. He slips up in many videos, there’s compilations of his voice being deeper. He was a grown man, his voice would be similar to his brothers’, still soft, but deep. Spreading the rumor that he was chemically castrated is no better than the tabloids that made all sorts of stuff up about him.

[@RachelXKnight666]

@@misterbobby8913Michael Jackson was KNOWN for using a FAKE voice

[@RachelXKnight666]

@@enexius67 Michael Jackson was KNOWN for using a FAKE voice

[@Jadashable]

I defininetly hear hints of Michael's voice chaining as early as the "Lookin Through The Windows" album. Very subtle, but it's there. By the time Skywriter was released, you can hear a notible difference. This video was excellent, and inispiring. I want to do one myself haha. Great job!

[@JenWIL641]

So much pressure on such a young individual to maintain the highest notes.

[@mssha1980]

It seems he wanted to maintain them well into adulthood

[@duncansmoviesandanimation6555]

IMO, Michael's distinctive J5 voice left around early 73. The Japan 73 album shows that. But you can listen to stuff from 72 (there's a pro-shot gig from France for example) and he still can't maintain the voice sometimes. His child-voice wasn't gone completely, but his voice was starting to change.

[@TheYates100]

ye he was a fantastic singer as a kid but listen to Ben as a kid and as an adult, so much more emotion in the adult version and he had a much wider range as an adult.

[@musicandme4894]

cause puberty in 1972 14 years old in that year

[@keiko4043]

I've been looking for a video like this for the longest time!!!! I watched a documentary a while back and heard a song where we can hear hints of both his adult and younger voice and was never able to find it cuz Idk which year to start looking. thank you!!!

[@LilianNeves7]

I noticed the change in his voice when I heard Morning Glow for the first time 4:51 it's very noticeable, it's the perfect fusion between his child voice and adult voice, very interesting. By the way I love that song!

[@portiagreen325]

MJ had several vocal changes.. his whole Music and Me and Forever Michael Albums pretty much display his major vocal changes. His voice also changed 1977-1978. MJs voice is slightly different on The Goin Places Album compared to the Destiny Album. His voice is also more mature on the Triumph Album as well. I Think MJ learned how to use his voice to its fullest between 1977-1980. On Motown, teen MJ was still trying to sing like young MJ.

[@kashinkozy]

great evaluation

[@don8244]

You can hear the transition in the production of the tracks too, from 1972 where it's more bubblegum pop to 1973 where it's more chocolate funk

[@jamescaldwell4326]

The Music and Me Album (1973) was the album in which began the transformation of Michael’s Voice. The first hint of his voice changing was in “With a Child’s Heart” But it was in “Morning Glow” where you saw a very noticeable change between his voice from “With a Child’s Heart” and “Morning Glow”. The “Get It Together” album was where Michael’s Teenage voice started to mature into the adult voice that we know and Love.

[@angelvejar2735]

if your a true moonwalker, you can tell a voice change in the first song

[@Thomas___]

Yes

[@michaelyoungboy5792]

Facts

[@amberran]

I think his voice changes due to growing up but also because he wanted to have his own original Michael Jackson sound, with the hickups and all, not so strange I guess.... these songs demonstrate a sort of journey to finding his own sound. And let's be honest, he found his own original sound what will be the original MJ sound for ever. thanks for the post

[@anthonycogburn8715]

Hes voice change is because puberty..smh..lol

[@marywilson6354]

Thank you for sharing this songs bring back the good part of my childhood growing up loving the Jackson 5 love they Jackson family and always will I wish I could go back in time so I could met young micheal to be his best friend . so he would haven't been so lonely and sad.

[@yumikumi2]

talk about detailed work of a MJ fan, i would have never noticed cuz even then, he had great voice control skills, you can't do that with autotune.

[@backyardigansandlilflexer]

Wow! You added Jackson 5 songs!

[@lovetommezz]

This was excellent work on your part ..Thanks for posting it ..Love MJ

[@misterbobby8913]

6:26 From Reflections and onwards his voice started changing, going lighter.

[@ruisoul]

very coolllll... it shows the evolution.... very good... from johnny Raven (Janurary/Feburary 1973) to If 'N I Was God (April 1973) u can see the big difference.. the future mj voice

[@jeffepps1718]

Golden Voice

[@margheritapandolfi218]

This video is very well done! The choice of the songs and the pictures really brings me back to the 70's and I can hear Michael's voice change perfectly, which is what I was looking for :) I think his voice starts to deepen in"Morning Glow" while "Don't Say Goodbye Again" is an amazing mix of his voice as a child and as an adult!!! That's just mind-blowing and gives me goosebumps! Michael I love you and I miss you so badly :(

[@sizb111]

I sing too and I’d never compare myself to Michael Jackson But looking at my old videos of singing Michael Jackson I can’t control my puberty the way he can do it but he was 15 slowly having his voice changed and that is the same thing going on with me I’ll be 15 in 2 months and I can still kind of sound like a kid Michael but after watching his video and studying his craft a little more than I usually do it looks as if Me and him are sort of going through puberty as singers at the same exact time as dumb as I may sound it kind of looks that way and I hope I can continue to study and sound like an adult Michael

[@ertfgghhhh]

Do better. Sound like yourself

[@musicandme4894]

@@ertfgghhhh he can't

[@msjbaby81]

Yess Buttercup sounds like the beginning of Off The Wall!

[@SeanChukwuezi]

I kind of liked the raspy late 72 to 74 voice it showing he was going through puberty but still had the kid voice it was just emerging it shined songs like get it together dancing machine

[@glasscitadel12]

very nice sample of songs.

[@bobbymarsh1]

Michael’s voiced became more toned even in his younger voice you could hear it coming..

[@headedsomewhere]

I wasn't sure if I would remember any of these songs since I was probably 11 myself, but I did, and most of all I remembered that voice.....RIP MJ :'(

[@anthonycarter4487]

What a beautiful voice (perfect).

[@mauricefromyt]

Michael Jackson I love u so much and Michael Jackson u will always be the greatest forever and forever

[@oinkoink4407]

5:48 when he says “angel child” you can hear a hint of his adult voice

[@3912James]

5:25 This is whèn we hear Michael's voice beginning to change. Before that point MJ's voice was more subtle.

[@raineekane9765]

All his songs are great to me just like his voice. I loved michael no matter what

[@dragnoid3026]

tnx for sharing its truly treasure hes great even his voice is changing

[@msladyj38]

Thanks for posting this I love it. I had forgot about the song I'll Try You Try...thanks again.

[@3912James]

The 1st song sounds "Temptation-esque." All that was missing was Melvin Franklin. :-)

[@imari2305]

Some of these songs I'd never heard before. Awesome the Jackson family is and you can hear the changes in Michael's voice. Great compilation.

[@DTownNash]

You know the Skywriter Album Was Recorded in late 1972, right ? It was just released in early 1973. If you listen to Their album called "Jackson 5, In Japan" Michael's voice was already deep. And that was recorded in April 1973. 

[@ThahitmanTyrie]

Got to be there , Ben , music and me , then skywriter was all recorded in 1972

[@DTownNash]

tyrie clark Got to be there was recorded 1971.

[@ThahitmanTyrie]

+TheLNashProject oh yea it was released 1972 right ?

[@DTownNash]

tyrie clark yep. The January of '72

[@rororo454523]

Now I know all of this . This video is about 5 years old now. Thinking about making a updated one

[@_Information_]

Some proper BANGERS in this collection!

[@vita1596]

most of the men's voice went from high to deep. but he's the opposite

[@mssha1980]

Vita 159 no his went deeper as well

[@alexpardo6194]

Vita 159 That happened to my voice it got higher

[@akhilshah6508]

his singing voice went deeper. his fake adult speaking voice stayed high.

[@prod.mxmo_mk9]

@@alexpardo6194 I fricking love your profile pick I have it on my computer! I am also a HUGeE Beatle fan if you haven’t geussed

[@JamesLopez_]

It’s almost like you have two of both worlds. On one hand, you have the ABC Michael collaborating with the dancing machine era MJ on the other hand. With A child’s Heart is a perfect example of that.

[@TheInsaneBEAST1]

Buttercup is a perfect blend of his younger vocals and his older ones.

[@ThomasVoMusic]

Good work putting this together!

[@Ricardo-ob2fu]

The sad part, this just shows he was ALWAYS in the studio. He never had a childhood. So sad

[@kimmie1pooh]

i love the song happy and with a child's heart u can really hear the change in that and morning glow

[@tedkay3750]

Micheal Jackson , the first to ever transition from SINGING child star to adult super star! the ONE of the greatest front man and solo artist to EVER DO IT! KING OF POP!

[@JGMP2010]

Some Great Under-Rated Songs In This Collection :) Thanks!

[@narejieblack9961]

Did any one notice that Happy was one of the songs played in lady sings the blues with Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams.

[@blossoms256]

Ohhh I love his voice here

[@TJthepianoplayer]

Check out the new album by the Jackson 5 called "Come And Get It: Rare Pearls" the second half of the album has a lot of songs with Michael singing while his voice is going through the changes.

[@jewelscorbin]

!!!!!! I love "Get It Together"!!!!

[@milesbickham986]

I'll try you'll try (maybe we'll all get by) (recorded late 1972-early 1973)

[@akhilshah6508]

wow his voice changed later than the voices of kids nowadays(his was 14-15 and now it is like 12-13). and his voice was still really high in his mid teens.

[@MichaelMixerMasonGASS]

Mine ain’t change til I was 16-17 😭😭

[@mssha1980]

Keep in mind these songs were recorded a year or so before released

[@thegr8tj]

great list!!!! BUT to me imho the song his voice change is most evident is 'can't quit your love'

[@DBR2011]

In the last ten seconds of this video you can hear the adult voice of Michael come through just for a split second

[@ThahitmanTyrie]

Fun fact: if in I was god was recorded after mirrors of my mind Another fun fact: the get it together album was recorded in 1972-july1973. Another fun fact: a lot of songs off the music and me album could’ve been included in Ben.

[@ChaosRUsEnt]

I Noticed His Voice Begin A Slight Change In Morning Glow.

[@BloodNote]

6:14 was the most obvious moment of his voice changing.

[@ohrubin]

put it like this. when he turned 14 his voice didnt sound the same

[@akhilshah6508]

more like 15 and his voice was still super high at 14. i dont know girls who can belt out some of these songs like mj did.

[@musicandme4894]

@@akhilshah6508 girls think they the only ones

[@bluray2012ify]

Wow, what a great montage.

[@cjgta92]

cont >>> 16.) It's Too Late to Change the Time (June 1973) 17.) Hum Along and Dance (May 1973) 18.) Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing (Don't Say No) (June 1973) 19.) Get It Together (May 1973) 20.) Dancing Machine (April 1973) 21.) Buttercup (June 1974) credtis by: MJVAULT

[@xXzeyanasXx]

I loved this! Nice pictures! =]

[@seanchukwuezi3079]

How I would describe it that late 72 and early 73 Michael sounded in the middle of pre kid and his new teenage voice dancing machine and get it together era .

[@kimmie1pooh]

i love the song happy

[@magnabaddelta-thriller5603]

8:13 I'm the only one who regonize this Background!

[@ruisoul]

very coolllll... it shows the evolution.... very good...

[@bowiezombie69]

Thanks for making this video! Always wondered what it was like as his voice changed.

[@cajokemiolayiwola8563]

Did you see the photo with them all of them had no shirt on lol

[@milesbickham986]

Hallelujah day (recorded 1973)

[@jlpirc376]

wow man this video is allsome! do you have any more videos with michael's voice changing like this one that you could upload.

[@treyvoncreighton9814]

The Jackson 5 era Michael

[@reggiemunch]

TRUE,of course ...singing since 4.

[@vpj505]

The born king of pop

[@bkthin]

you forgot to add love's gone bad

[@The.panthera.]

I can tell he had to make adjustments

[@robertwilson8715]

Soprano turns 2 Tenor.