Michael Bolton
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Biography
[Edit]Singer/songwriter Michael Bolton had an extensive (though not very successful) career under his real name, Michael Bolotin, before emerging in the mid-'80s as a major soft rock balladeer. He first turned up on RCA Records in the mid-'70s, singing cover tunes and his own blue-eyed soul songs in a gruff, Joe Cocker-like voice. Neither record buyers nor critics were much interested by the result. He then became the lead singer of Blackjack, a heavy metal band that made two albums for Polydor before splitting up in the early '80s. Looking to relaunch his career, he changed his name to Michael Bolton and signed to Columbia Records as a solo artist in 1983.
The self-titled Michael Bolton was released in April 1983 and made the Top 100 best-sellers, as did its lead single, "Fools Game." At the same time, "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," a ballad Bolton had co-written with Doug James, became a Top 40 hit for Laura Branigan. Nevertheless, Bolton's second album for the Columbia label, 1985's Everybody's Crazy, was a commercial flop. He finally broke into the mainstream with his third release, The Hunger, which appeared in September 1987. On this album, Bolton abandoned the hard rock sound of his previous records and concentrated on blue-eyed soul singing, both on his own songs ("That's What Love Is All About") and on covers like Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Those two singles became his first Top 40 hits.
Soul Provider, released in July 1989, turned Bolton into a certified superstar. Featuring songs co-written with hitmakers like Dianne Warren and Desmond Child, it reached the Top Ten, sold four million copies, and spawned five Top 40 singles, including Bolton's number one version of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," as well as the Top Ten hits "How Can We Be Lovers" and "When I'm Back on My Feet Again." "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" also won Bolton a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Time, Love & Tenderness, released in April 1991, was even more successful, hitting number one, selling six million copies, and featuring four Top 40 hits, including a chart-topping cover of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" and the Top Ten hits "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" (later the subject of a successful plagiarism suit brought against Bolton by the Isley Brothers) and "Time, Love and Tenderness." The album sold over eight million copies in America alone. Worldwide, it sold twice as much.
Bolton won another Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, this time for "When a Man Loves a Woman," but he had to put up with abuse from two camps of detractors at the February 1992 ceremony. Just after Bolton had finished performing, pre-rock songwriter Irving Gordon won the Song of the Year award for "Unforgettable" and pointedly attacked songs that "scream, yell, and have a nervous breakdown" and singers who "have a hernia" when they sing. Then, backstage, Bolton faced a hostile press corps of critics unhappy with his tendency to mimic great soul singers like Redding, Ray Charles, and Sledge. Bolton suggested they apply their lips to a certain part of his anatomy. He further responded with Timeless: The Classics in September 1992, an album made up entirely of classic cover songs. It went to number one, sold three million copies, and featured a Top 40 hit in Bolton's version of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody." Bolton's next album of original material, The One Thing, came in November 1993. It hit the Top Ten, sold three million copies, and featured the Top Ten hit "Said I Loved You...But I Lied." Bolton celebrated his decade-long string of hits with a best-of compilation, Greatest Hits 1985-1995, which debuted in the Top Ten. This Is the Time: Christmas Album appeared one year later.
After topping the adult contemporary charts with "Go the Distance," a song he produced and recorded for the Disney film Hercules, Bolton returned in late 1997 with All That Matters, his first album of new material since 1993's The One Thing. Instead of continuing his success, however, it was a surprise flop, failing to generate a hit single and barely cracking the Top 40. It fell out of the charts altogether after 15 weeks. Even so, its lack of success didn't stop Bolton from turning his attention to My Secret Passion, a collection of opera and arias that he released in January 1998. By classical standards, the album was a hit, and the record received a great deal of press and surprisingly good reviews. He supported the two albums with a summer tour co-headlined by Wynonna Judd. Bolton then voluntarily stepped back for almost four years, disappearing from the public eye until the spring of 2002 when he began promoting Only a Woman Like You, his first album for Jive Records.
After a brief sabbatical, he returned with Til the End of Forever, a hybrid album of seven new recordings and a live greatest-hits concert. In 2006, he released Bolton Swings Sinatra, a 12-song tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes that included a duet with fiancée/actress Nicollette Sheridan. One World One Love, an album featuring collaborations with Ne-Yo and Lady Gaga, arrived three years later in the U.K., followed by an American release in 2010. Bolton took part in the 11th season of Dancing with the Stars later that year, having already endeared himself to reality TV fans with 2007's Clash of the Choirs. He also collaborated with comedy troupe the Lonely Island by singing on the hip-hop parody "Jack Sparrow," which debuted as a digital short on Saturday Night Live before appearing on the Lonely Island's second album, Turtleneck & Chain. Keeping the collaborative spirit alive, he released 2011's Gems: The Duets Collection, an album featuring duets with vocalists (Seal, Delta Goodrem), country groups (Rascal Flatts), and instrumentalists (guitarist Orianthi). Two years later, Bolton saluted the legendary Motown Records with the full-length album Ain't No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville USA. The album debuted at 38 upon its February 2013 release and, a little over a year later, it appeared in a revised form featuring a duet with Leona Lewis on the title track.
Title: Worlds Apart
Artist: Blackjack, Michael Bolton
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: This Is the Time - The Christmas Album
Artist: Michael Bolton
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Live At the Royal Albert Hall
Artist: Michael Bolton
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative, Classical
Title: My Secret Passion - The Arias
Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra, Steven Mercurio, Michael Bolton
Title: Said I Loved You... The Best Of Michael Bolton
Artist: Michael Bolton
Title: It’s Christmas Time - Single / It's Christmas Time - Single
Artist: Michael Bolton, Matoma
Genre:
Title: This Is The Time: The Christmas Album
Artist: Michael Bolton
Genre: DJ/Remixes, Traditional Pop Music
Collections
Title: Christmas Hits 80 Festive Favourites CD2
Genre: Disco, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Best 100 Love Songs CD3
Title: The Best 100 Love Songs CD5
Title: Christmas - Hits 60 Festive Favourite
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 80'Er Hits (CD4)
Genre: Electronica, New Beat, Rock, Hard Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: 350 Famous Hits Of 90th (CD 12)
Genre: Rock, Club/Dance, Pop
Title: 101 Power Ballads (CD6)
Title: Q - Music Top 500 Van De 90s (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits - Love (CD1)
Title: Schmusesongs Vol. 2 (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: KuschelRock Vol. 10 (CD2)
Genre: Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Club/Dance, Pop Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Ultimate Love (Disc 3)
Genre: Country, Christian Country Music, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Essential (The Power Of Rock) (CD3)
Genre: Soul, Hard Rock, Country, Rockabilly, Pop Rock
Title: Momentos De Amor Vol. 2
Genre: World Music, Latin, Pop
Title: Remember Love Songs Live Vol. 03
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Rock Kills You!
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Fantastisk 80'Ere (CD2)
Genre: Hard Rock, World Music, Pop, Kids
Title: It'S Now Or Never: The Tribute To Elvis
Genre: Rock
Title: Knuffelrock Top 100 (CD3)
Title: '80s Pop Hits (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Disco, Pop
Title: Skladankowe Radio Vol. 52
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop
Title: 80s Around Like
Title: Kuschelrock Vol. 7 (CD2)
Genre: Electro, Rock, Glam Rock, Grunge, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Metal, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Country, Country Rock, Pop, Funk, Progressive, Acoustic
Title: The Best 100 Love Songs (CD2)
Genre: Disco
Title: Radio M80 Slows Todos Os Exitos Dos 70, 80 E 90 (2012)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Best Songs For The Heart
Genre: Blues
Title: Pure... Love (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: BreakUp Songs (Universal 2013) (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: BreakUp Songs (CD02)
Genre: Blues
Title: Only Romantic (CD2)
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Quien Quiere Casarse Con Mi Hijo (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Perfect Années 90 (Tout Les Titres Indispensables) (CD04)
Genre: Pop
Title: Perfect Années 80 (Tout Les Titres Indispensables) (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop
Title: MacGruber (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 100 Hits-Ultimate Love (CD03)
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: Formel Eins - Balladen
Title: Baladas Inolvidables Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Romantic Story (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: VA Baladas Inolvidables Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Lo Mejor De Los 80 Vol. 5
Title: Lo Mejor De Los 80 Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Baladas Inolvidables Vol. 3
Genre: Rock
Title: Baladas Inolvidables Vol. 2
Title: Baladas Inolvidables Vol. 11
Genre: Rock
Title: Top 100 Hits Forever Hits 70s 80s 90s (CD6)
Genre: Pop
Title: Divos Divinos (Grandes Exitos)
Genre: Pop
Title: Locos X La Navidad (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Baladas Inolvidables Vol. 4
Title: Baladas Inolvidables Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: 1995 Grammy Nominees
Title: The All Time Greatest Songs - 07 - Pop
Genre: Pop
Title: Las Mejores Baladas Del Milenio (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Heartbeat Emotions Vol. 003
Title: Sapo Love Songs 2014 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
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Title: Burnin'
Artist: Patti Labelle
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Playlist: The Very Best Of Kenny G
Artist: Kenny G
Genre: Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Rock, Pop, Smooth Jazz
Title: Für einen Tag / Fur einen Tag
Artist: Helene Fischer
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop, Alternative
Title: Music From The Motion Picture "Only You"
Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Für einen Tag (Fan Edition) / Fur einen Tag (Fan Edition)
Artist: Helene Fischer
Genre: World Music, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Fathers and Daughters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Paolo Buonvino
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Power Of Jennifer Rush +
Artist: Jennifer Rush
Genre: Electronica, Eurodance, Rock, New Wave, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Classical
Title: The Best Christmas Album Ever (CD2)
Artist: Diverse Artiesten
Genre: New Age, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Nostalgie Love Volume 3 (CD1)
Artist: The Young Professionals
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Ultimate Love Songs (The Very Best Of)
Artist: Jim Brickman
Genre: New Age, Instrumental, Classical, Instrumental
Title: Let Your Heart Sing (CD2)
Artist: Ballads
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Gospel, Indie Pop, World Music, Pop Rock, Folk
Title: Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: The Lonely Island
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Best (Witajcie w moim świecie) / The Best (Witajcie w moim swiecie)
Artist: Irena Jarocka
Genre: Pop