The moonwalk was not invented by MJ. Bill Bailly does it at the end of this 1955 video:

[tblue37]

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[secondwind]

1. WOW!

[a kennedy]

2. OMGOSH......👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

We watch Ed Sullivan and some of the early Black entertainers all did Michael Jackson dances way before Michael probably was even born……although MJ did do some amazing dance moves.

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3. History (Wikipedia):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonwalk_(dance)

[Joinfortmill]

4. Outstanding

[LuvLoogie]

5. Flashdance was released in April 1983 and became an instant hit.

A month later Michael Jackson performed The Moonwalk for the first time while performing Billie Jean on the Motown 25 special.

[MenloParque]

6. I don't recall Wacko Jacko saying he invented the dance?

Maybe his fans thought he invented the dance?

[malthaussen]

7. Cab Calloway was doing it in the '20s. Uh, the 1920s. n/t

[Bucky]

8. I remember the Moving Sidewalk from Streets of Fire.

Jackson was a superb technician. He did it better than The Sorels or Bill Bailey. But that's the whole point of setting the bar. You want someone to come along and beat you at some point