Superstar

Album: Disco Nights, Vol. 1 (1983)
Charted: 14
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Songfacts®:

  • Lydia Murdock was an American R&B singer whose only hit was an answer song to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Performed to the beat of Jacko's hit tune, "Superstar" found Murdock adopting the persona of Billie Jean, telling her side of the story.

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  • Jonathan Frewen from Verbier, SwitzerlandDo you know Lydia Murdock's date of birth please?
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