India’s 94.3 Radio One is commemorating 35 years of the legendary album Thriller by Michael Jackson. 

The initiative will run through the month of and it will peak on November 30, the day one of the highest selling albums in the world completes its 35 years.

The in-house band of the station, called The Radio One Band, has created a special video tribute to mark the occasion.

Anil Machado, Chief Officer Content & Talent, Radio One said: “The unique and exclusive content that we have planned around #Thriller35Years is divided into audio contributions from 2 sets of celebrities that have spoken only to Radio One for this commemoration.  The first set are celebrities that have worked directly or interacted with Michael Jackson.  These are his sister and brother Janet and Jermaine Jackson. Jennifer Batten his guitar player on all 3 tours.  Larry Williams who arranged and played on a few tracks on the Thriller album. Herbie Herbert, MJ’s tour manager. Fred Mandel who played live with him and was present when Freddie mercury and MJ did a song together and Sheryl crow who was a backup singer with MJ before her solo career made her a star. The second set of celebrities who have spoken exclusively for this initiative are people who are inspired by his genius on that album. They are Luis Fonsi, Rita Ora, Jain of Makeba fame , Dimitri Vegas, Jason Derulo, Charly Black and Dasu, J Balvin, Kabir bedi, Kalki Koechlin, Parineeti Chopra,  Tiger and Jackie Shroff, Ayushman Khurana and Monica Dogra. The special content day also includes  song remixes from the Thriller album, and Michael Jackson’s last recorded interviews. We have also invited kids in all our cities to come and perform songs from Thriller as part of this campaign.”

Vineet Singh Hukmani, MD & CEO of Radio One said: “Being India’s only international radio network, we owe it to our listeners to create regular bridges of assimilation with all that happens globally across our audience interest areas.”