Michael Jackson this time, wrote hits such as "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" (1979), "This Place Hotel" (1980), and "Can You Feel It" (1980). Jackson's work in film began in 1978, when he moved to New York City to star as the Scarecrow in "The Wiz", a musical directed by Sidney Lumet. It costarred Diana Ross, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross. The film was a box-office failure. Its score was arranged by Quincy Jones, whom Jackson had previously met when he was 12 at Sammy Davis Jr.'s house. Jones agreed to produce Jackson's next solo album. During his time in
The Wiz (store) in Philadelphia", an electrical storm hits Dee's VCR while watching the film "The Wiz". The gang passes out, and when they wake up, they appear to have bodies that look like black people to other people outside the gang and their own reflections. One of their suggestions to switch back to their old bodies is to go to the store The Wiz to fix Dee's VCR since they were watching the film The Wiz in the first place. The Wiz (store) The Wiz, also known at times as Nobody Beats the Wiz, was a chain of electronic stores in the