{"id":4946,"date":"2011-07-06T09:37:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T09:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=4946"},"modified":"2011-07-06T09:37:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T09:37:15","slug":"bart-simpson-reveals-mj-was-not-allowed-to-sing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/07\/bart-simpson-reveals-mj-was-not-allowed-to-sing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bart Simpson Reveals MJ Was Not Allowed To Sing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script>It&#8217;s an old story really, but for those who do not know&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Jackson hand-picked an MJ voice impersonator to sing the famous &#8220;Happy Birthday Lisa&#8221; song featured on &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221; back in 1991 &#8230; this according to Lisa herself, Yeardley Smith. Smith was outside the Red O restaurant in L.A. this weekend, when she explained, &#8220;[Michael] was not allowed to sing on the show, so he literally hand-picked a guy to sing like him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the famous episode, &#8220;Stark Raving Dad,&#8221; Michael provided the voice to a mental patient who thought he was MJ &#8230; but according to reports, Jackson&#8217;s record label blocked MJ from singing the Lisa birthday song. <\/p>\n<p>MJ ultimately selected a man named Kipp Lennon &#8212; and Yeardley explains, &#8220;How unnerving would it be to sing like Michael Jackson in front of Michael Jackson?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2011\/06\/27\/michael-jackson-the-simpsons-song-happy-birthday-lisa-yeardley-smith-impersonator\/\">TMZ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an old story really, but for those who do not know&#8230;. 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