Eddie Van Halen has uncredited solo in Michael Jackson's hit Beat It | news.com.au — Australia's leading news site
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Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson performing "Beat It" live. Eddie played the album's solo track. So cool. | Van halen, Eddie van halen, Michael jackson
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Pete Townshend reveals how he first connected Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson in tribute to late guitar legend | Guitar World
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Michael Jackson's Beat It: how Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather made the groundbreaking hit | Guitar World
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Michael Jackson didn't know Eddie Van Halen put solos in Beat It | Music | Entertainment | Express.co.uk
![Eddie Van Halen had me play his 5150 guitar, and then he asked me to show the solo to him, because he'd forgotten it”: Jennifer Batten recalls re-teaching EVH the Beat It Eddie Van Halen had me play his 5150 guitar, and then he asked me to show the solo to him, because he'd forgotten it”: Jennifer Batten recalls re-teaching EVH the Beat It](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eMRQJy9bffYj4HXK69fsyV.jpg)
Eddie Van Halen had me play his 5150 guitar, and then he asked me to show the solo to him, because he'd forgotten it”: Jennifer Batten recalls re-teaching EVH the Beat It
LAMC Productions | Eddie Van Halen joined Michael Jackson at The Jacksons' Victory tour stop at Texas Stadium to play his guitar solo from "Beat It." Which ... | Instagram
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Eddie Van Halen once asked Michael Jackson guitarist Jennifer Batten to teach him the Beat It solo | Guitar World
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