Moonwalk (dance) new wave band Talking Heads, authentic street dancers, picked by David Byrne, are featuring, including Stephen "Skeeter Rabbit" Nichols doing the moonwalk. It reached to 20 on the US dance charts. Another early moonwalker was popper and singer Jeffrey Daniel, who moonwalked in a performance of Shalamar's "A Night To Remember" on "Top of the Pops" in the UK in 1982 and was known to perform backslides in public performances (including weekly "Soul Train" episodes) as far back as 1974. Michael Jackson was a fan of Jeffrey Daniel's dancing and would eventually seek him out. Also in 1982, Debbie Allen
Dancing the Dream from stills of Jackson's music videos "Black or White" (1991) and "Remember the Time" (1992), in addition to images of his 1991 performance at MTV's tenth anniversary celebration. Jackson commissioned artwork for "Dancing the Dream" from Nate Giorgio and David Nordahl, whom Jackson met in the 1980s and with whom he subsequently developed a professional relationship. "Dancing the Dream" was first published on June 18, 1992, by Doubleday. It followed Jackson's 1988 autobiography "Moonwalk", which was also published by the American company. Prior to publication, "Dancing the Dream" was hailed by the publishers as a book that would "take us