| Michael Bolton | |
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 Michael Bolton at the 1990 Grammy Awards
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael Bolotin |
| Born | February 26, 1953 |
| Origin | New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Genre(s) | Pop music Pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar |
| Voice type(s) | Tenor |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Associated acts | Blackjack |
| Website | MichaelBolton.com |
Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin on February 26, 1953), is an American singer-songwriter, known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles A voice type is a particular kind of human Singing voice perceived as having certain identifying qualities or characteristics The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Blackjack was a band featuring Michael Bolton and Bruce Kulick. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics Soft rock, also referred to as light rock or easy rock, is a style of Music which uses the techniques of Rock and roll to compose a softer A ballad is a Poem usually set to Music; thus it often is a story told in a Song. The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice
His achievements include selling 53 million albums, eight top ten albums, two number one singles on the Billboard charts, and awards from both the American Music Awards and Grammy Awards. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The American Music Awards show is one of several annual major American music awards shows (among the others are the Billboard Music Awards the Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
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Early life
Bolton was born in 1953 to a Russian-Jewish family in New Haven, Connecticut. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The youngest of three children, he received his first record label contract at the age of 15.
Mainstream success
Bolton's hard rock band, Blackjack, once toured with heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. Blackjack was a band featuring Michael Bolton and Bruce Kulick. John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer He began recording as Michael Bolotin in 1975, after gaining his first major hit as a songwriter, co-writing "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" for Laura Branigan, previously best-known for singing the disco-pop classic "Gloria". " How Am I Supposed to Live Without You " is a song originally recorded by Laura Branigan in 1983 Laura Branigan (July 3 1957 – August 26 2004 was an American singer and actress of Irish ancestry " Gloria " is a pop song originally written in Italian by Umberto Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi, Tozzi's first recording was a success in his Narrowly missing the pop Top 10, Branigan took the song to number one on the Adult Contemporary charts for three weeks. The two sought to work with each other again, and their next of several associations was when Bolton co-wrote "I Found Someone" for Branigan in 1985. " I Found Someone " is the name of a song written for Laura Branigan by Michael Bolton and Mark Mangold which was a hit for Cher in 1987 Her version was only a minor hit, but two years later, Cher resurrected the song, and with it her own singing career. Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 Bolton co-wrote several other songs for both singers.
Bolton would achieve his greatest success in the late eighties and early nineties as a singer in the adult contemporary/easy listening genre. Easy listening music is a style of Popular music and radio format that emerged in the mid-20th century evolving out of swing and Big band music One of his first major hits was his 1987 interpretation of the Otis Redding classic, "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay. Otis Ray Redding Jr ( September 9, 1941 December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer " Always interested in soul and Motown classics, Bolton's success with that song encouraged him to tackle the standard "Georgia On My Mind," with which he had another hit. " Georgia on My Mind " is a song written in 1930 by Stuart Gorrell (lyrics and Hoagy Carmichael (music Most of Bolton's recordings are original material, however, he has also written songs for such artists as Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, Kenny G, Peabo Bryson and Patti LaBelle. Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston Texas) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter Kenneth Gorelick (born June 5, 1956) better known by his Stage name Kenny G, is an American Saxophonist whose fourth Peabo Bryson (born Robert Peabo Bryson on April 13, 1951) is a two-time Grammy Award -winning American R&B and Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24 1944) best known as her stage name Patti Labelle, is an American R&B and soul Bolton's early songwriting collaborators included Doug James and Mark Mangold, and as his fame grew he began to cowrite with higher-profile writers such as BabyFace, Diane Warren, and Bob Dylan. Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956 in Van Nuys California) is an American Songwriter. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major As a singer, he has performed with Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Lucia Aliberti, Renée Fleming, Zucchero, Patti LaBelle, Céline Dion, Ray Charles, Percy Sledge, Wynonna Judd, and BB King. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> José Plácido Domingo Embil KBE (born January 21, 1941) better WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes. Thank you--> Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( October 12, WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Josep Carreras i Coll (born December 5, 1946, Barcelona Lucia Aliberti (born August 12, 1963 in Messina) is a prominent Sicilian Soprano Opera singer WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Renée Fleming (born February 14 1959 is an accomplished American Soprano specializing Adelmo Fornaciari (born September 25 1955) more commonly known by his Stage name Zucchero, is an Italian rock singer Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24 1944) best known as her stage name Patti Labelle, is an American R&B and soul Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American Percy Sledge (born November 25, 1940) is an American R&B and soul performer Wynonna Judd (born May 30, 1964 in Ashland Kentucky) is an American Country music singer B B King (born Riley B King, September 16 1925 is an American Blues Guitarist and Singer-songwriter.
Bolton's last charting single in the US was the 1997 hit "Go the Distance" (featured in the Walt Disney motion picture Hercules), which peaked at #24 on the Hot 100. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter Hercules is a 1997 Animated feature, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June
In March 2007, Bolton toured South Africa for the first time. He was the headline act at Jacaranda 94. 2 FM's two day concert.
Bolton recorded the song "New York, New York" (also on his Bolton Swings Sinatra album), for an album which was recorded in five days, Over the Rainbow. This was for an episode of the TV series, Challenge Anneka. Challenge Anneka is a British Television programme, produced by the independent production company Mentorn for the BBC, which aired The proceeds from the album went to children's hospices across the UK.
Bolton performed a duet entitled "Il Mio Amico" with the Italian singer Anna Tatangelo at the Sanremo Music Festival 2008. Anna Tatangelo (born January 9, 1987) is an Italian pop singer The song was originally sung by Tatangelo alone, but the duet version contained English lyrics as well. It is a song about the difficulties of being a homosexual in Italy, written by Tatangelo's partner, Gigi D'Alessio.
Appearances in other media
Bolton appeared as an extra in the theatrical release of Frank Herbert's "Dune," featuring Sting and Kyle McLachlan. In their final fight scene, he appears as a "spice-eyed" drummer.
In a scene from the 1999 film Office Space, a character named Michael Bolton (a computer programmer) makes disparaging remarks about the singer ("he's a no-talent ass-clown"). Office Space is an American Comedy film, released in 1999, that was written and directed by Mike Judge. When asked about this scene in an interview, the real-life Bolton replied that he has never seen the film but has autographed many copies of the DVD. [1]
He made a cameo appearance in the 2002 film Snow Dogs as himself during a dream sequence. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as Snow Dogs is a 2002 Live-action movie, released in the USA on January 18, 2002 by Walt Disney Pictures A dream sequence is a technique used in Storytelling, particularly in Television and Film, to set apart a brief interlude from the main story
In December 2007, Bolton took part in NBC's Clash of the Choirs. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Clash of the Choirs is a reality Talent contest Miniseries that debuted on NBC in the United States on December 17 He lead "Team Bolton. " However, they were eliminated in the second round.
He often sings the national anthem before New York Yankee games at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The original Yankee Stadium is a Stadium located in The Bronx in New York City.
Personal life
Bolton is the father of three daughters (Isa, Holly and Taryn) born during his 1975-1990 marriage to Maureen McGuire. Between 1993 and 1995, he dated Knots Landing actress Nicollette Sheridan. Knots Landing is a Primetime Television Soap opera that aired for 14 seasons from December 27 1979 to May 13 Nicollette Sheridan (born November 21, 1963) is a Golden Globe -nominated British -born American Actress. A decade later, the couple resumed their relationship. In late February 2006, Bolton announced that he and Sheridan were engaged. [2] Bolton stated in a subsequent Larry King interview that he and Sheridan have not yet married though the two have been living as a married couple. Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television/radio host They have yet to set a date for their wedding[3]
Bolton is a strict vegan, and Sheridan has stopped eating meat on his account. [4]
He currently resides in Westport, CT. Westport is a coastal town located on Long Island Sound in Fairfield County, Connecticut, 47 miles north of New York City in the United
Charity work
In 1993, he established the Michael Bolton Foundation (now the Michael Bolton Charities) to assist women and children at risk from the effects of poverty and emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Poverty (also called penury) is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life including food clothing shelter and safe Drinking water, and Psychological abuse or emotional abuse is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behavior that is psychologically harmful Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation Pain, Injury, or other physical Suffering or Harm. Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual acts by one person upon another The foundation has provided over $3. 7 million in funding to local and national charities.
Bolton also serves as the honorary chairman of Prevent Child Abuse America, the national chairman for This Close for Cancer Research, and a board member for the National Mentoring Partnership and the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital.
In March 2003, Bolton joined with Lifetime Television, Verizon Wireless, and many others to lobby on behalf of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, urging legislation to provide more assistance for victims of domestic violence, such as affordable housing options. Lifetime Television is an American Television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and Dramas all of which are either geared toward Cellco Partnership, Doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest Wireless Telecommunications network in the
Bolton has received the Lewis Hine Award from the National Child Labor Committee, the Martin Luther King Award from the Congress of Racial Equality, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations. The National Child Labor Committee ( NCLC) is a private Non-profit organization in the United States. The Ellis Island Medal of Honor was established in 1986 to pay tribute to the immigrant experience and individual achievement and are awarded to U The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce also recognized Bolton with a star on the "Walk of Fame" for his musical and charitable contributions.
Discography
Filmography
- The Onion Movie (2008)
As executive producer
- The Other Side of the Tracks (feature) (2008)
- Terror at Home: Domestic Violence in America (TV) (2005)
- Offside (short) (2001)
- Good Advice (feature) (2001)
References
- ^ Bierly, Mandi. This article presents the discography of American Pop music singer Michael Bolton. The Onion Movie is a Comedy film written by The Onion writers Robert Siegel and Todd Hanson The Other Side of the Tracks is a 2008 independent romantic fantasy film by Argentine-born writer-director A Good Advice is a 2001 Comedy film starring Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon and Denise Richards. "Stupid Questions: This week with...Michael Bolton", Entertainment Weekly, March 18, 2005. Retrieved on 2008-01-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.
- ^ ExtraTV.com: Michael Bolton Makes Nicollette His Future "Housewife"
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20190334,00.html
- ^ Sheridan Goes Veggie for Fiance
See also
External links
- Official website
- Bolton Italia - official Italian fan club
- Michael Bolton Charities Inc.
- libentmusic.com "Live" DVD Distribution Partner
- Michael Bolton interview (2006) on I Like Music
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