Jackson did the moonwalk for the first time in 1983, performing his hit song Billie Jean on a TV special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. Since that breakthrough performance, Jackson moonwalked on virtually every stage he entertained on.

Who invented the moonwalk not Michael Jackson?

Dancer and singer Jeffrey Daniel was a member of the R&B group Shalamar and pioneered the dance move the backslide — which, after he taught it to Michael Jackson, became known as the moonwalk.

Did MJ invent the moonwalk?

While the moonwalk is not actually a patented dance move, musician Michael Jackson does indeed hold a patent. ... Awarded jointly to him and to two of his costume-men in 1993, the patent described specially designed shoes that gave the illusion of his leaning beyond his center of gravity.