With the death of Michael Jackson over a month ago, the names of the people he had worked with during his career began to pop up in the media. So we heard of Berry Gordy, the boss of Motown, where he was first signed to. We heard of Quincy Jones, who masterminded his two phenomenally successful albums, Off The Wall and Thriller. But one name we didn't hear much of was Rod Temperton.

It's possible that you'll respond by saying Rod Who? You might not have heard of Mr. Temperton, but...

This is an occasional series of blog posts I'll be making on music that I enjoy.

'Stranger In Moscow' is a song by Michael Jackson from his 'HIStory' album, which was released in 1995. The song itself was released as a single, again in 1995.

Most people will be aware that Jackson released the album at a time when he was feeling beleaguered by negative reports about him in the press: no less than six songs on the album ("Scream", "Money", "They Don't Care About Us",...