On This Day in 1991, ‘Do the Bartman’ Hit No. 1 in the U.K. With Rumors That Michael Jackson Wrote the Lyrics

On This Day in 1991, ‘Do the Bartman’ Hit No. 1 in the U.K. With Rumors That Michael Jackson Wrote the Lyrics

In 1990, The Simpsons was riding high on the success of its first season, and deep into production of season two, which would air that October. About a month before the premiere, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, and the voice cast were working on the show’s first album, The Simpsons Sing the Blues. The album released on December 4, 1990, and was a runaway success. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200, which seems surprising for a novelty album f…