we played with frank for grace kelly, cary grant, all those people. and he said good job, kid.im again. and four years later, i get a call from hawaii, joe, it's francis. i'm in hawaii directing a film. and i just heard the record you did with basie. it's a waltz. da, da, da. and he said i'd like the way you did it. put it in 4/4 for basie. he said, that's what i want to do. would you consider doing a record with me and basie? i said, man, are you crazy? is the pope a catholic? that was in hawaii two days later and worked with him the rest of his life. >> one more past you. michael jackson. i can't not talk about michael jackson. you had -- >> well, what is there to say? in the music, man. ♪ thriller >> started on the wiz and he said i'm going to do an album on this. can you help me sign a producer? singing "ease on down the road" with diana. we thought we'd get him a song. finally got the song, "you can't win" with the crows, you know. >> yeah. >> scarecrow. i started watching him after that and seeing how focused he was. you know, everybody's dialogue, all of the songs, the s