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BOLTON Michael
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:

26.02.1954

(New Haven, Connecticut, USA, as Michael Bolotin)

Appearances:

1979-81

Blackjack

Former Members:

Ross Valory (bg, 1987)
Dan Hill (sax, 1987)
Stef Burnham (g, 1987)
Muggs Cain (ds, 1987)
Rolf Hartley (kb, 1987)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Michael Bolotin	10/1975	RCA
2.	Every Day Of My Life	1976	RCA
3.	Michael Bolton produced by: Neil Kernon featuring: Aldo Nova (g), Jan Mullaney (kb), Craig Brooks (g), Mark Mangold (kb), Mark Clarke (bg), Bob Kulick (g), Bruce Kulick (g), Chuck Bürgi (ds)	7/1983	CBS			89
4.	Everybody's Crazy featuring: Mark Mangold (kb), Bruce Kulick (g), Dennis Feldman (bg), Mark Rivera (sax), Larry Fast (synths), Peppy Castro (g)	2/1985	CBS
5.	The Hunger produced by: Keith Diamond	8/1987	CBS		44	46
6.	Soul Provider	7/1989	CBS		4	3
7.	Time, Love And Tenderness	5/1991	CBS		2	1
8.	Timeless - The Classics	9/1992	CBS		3	1
9.	Merry Christmas from Vienna & Placido Domingo & Ying Huang	12/1992				192
10.	The One Thing	15.11.1993	CBS		4	3
11.	Greatest Hits 1985-1995	9/1995	CBS		2	5
12.	This Is The Time - The Christmas Album	30.09.1996	Columbia			11
13.	All That Matters	10.11.1997	Columbia		20	39
14.	My Secret Passion - The Arias	4/1998	Sony Classical		25	112
15.	Timeless (The Classics) Vol. 2	16.11.1999	Columbia		50
16.	Love Songs	06.02.2001	Legacy
17.	Only A Woman Like You	23.04.2002	Jive		19	36
18.	Vintage	02.09.2003	PMG		23	76
19.	Til the End of Forever	13.09.2005	Passion Group			128
20.	Rock Breakout Years: 1989	11.10.2005	Madacy
21.	The Very Best Of Michael Bolton	17.10.2005	Columbia		18
22.	Bolton Swings Sinatra: The Second Time Around	23.05.2006	Passion Music Co./Concord		54	51
23.	Essential Michael Bolton	05.09.2006	Sony
24.	Collections	21.11.2006	Sony
25.	Swingin' Christmas	02.10.2007	Concord
26.	Love Songs	25.03.2008	Sbme Special Mkts
27.	Very Best of Michael Bolton	29.04.2008	Columbia
28.	Michael Bolton	13.01.2009	Madacy
29.	One World One Love	9/2009	UMRL		19	166
30.	The Ultimate Michael Bolton	9/2009	Sony Music		20
31.	Triple Feature	17.11.2009	Sony BMG
32.	Gems: The Duets Collection	21.06.2011	Sony Legacy		11	128
33.	Duette	11/2011
34.	Flashback International	23.10.2012	Columbia
35.	Ain't No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute To Hitsville U.S.A.	26.02.2013	Montaign		19	38
36.	Original Album Classics	16.09.2016	Legacy
37.	Songs Of Cinema	10.02.2017	Frontiers		46	177
38.	A Symphony Of Hits	08.02.2019	Entertainment One			156
39.	Gold	11/2019	Crimson		41
40.	Spark Of Light	7/2023

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Fool's Game / Fighting For My Life	3/1983	CBS		82
2.	I Almost Believed You / She Did The Same Thing	9/1983	CBS
3.	Everybody's Crazy / She Did The Same Thing	11/1984	CBS
4.	That's What Love Is All About / Take A Look At My Face	8/1987	CBS		19
5.	(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay / Call My Name	1/1988	CBS	77	11
6.	Wait On Love / I Almost Believed You	5/1988	CBS		79
7.	The Hunger / Walk Away	8/1988	CBS
8.	Soul Provider / The Hunger 12",CD + (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (v GB 9/90)	6/1989	CBS	77	17
9.	How Am I Supposed To Live Without You / Forever Eyes 12" + Soul Provider CD + That's What Love Is All About / Can't Hold On, Can't Let Go	10/1989	CBS	3	1
10.	How Can We Be Lovers / That's What Love Is All About	2/1990	CBS		3
11.	How Can We Be Lovers / The Hunger 12", CD + Fool's Game / Dock Of The Bay (live) / I Almost Believed You	4/1990	CBS	9
12.	When I'm Back On My Feet Again / I Almost Believed You 12",CD + How Am I Supposed To Live Without You / Hometown Hero / Walk Away	5/1990	CBS	44	7
13.	Georgia On My Mind / Take A Look At My Face 12",CD + That's What Love Is All About / (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay	8/1990	CBS	94	36
14.	Gina (remix) / Walk Away	1990	CBS
15.	Love Is A Wonderful Thing / Soul Provider 12",CD + Georgia On My Mind / When I'm Back On My Feet Again (remix)	4/1991	CBS	12	4
16.	Time, Love And Tenderness / That's What Love Is All About	6/1991	CBS		7
17.	Time, Love And Tenderness / You Wouldn't Know Love 12",CD + Love Is A Wonderful Thing / The Dock Of The Bay	7/1991	CBS	28
18.	When A Man Loves A Woman / Save Me CD1 + Love Is A Wonderful Thing (extended) CD2 + (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay / Georgia On My Mind	10/1991	CBS	4	1
19.	Missing You Now / It's Only My Heart CD + Love Cuts Deep / Walk Away feat. Kenny G	1/1992	CBS	17	10
20.	Steel Bars / How Can We Be Lovers CD + Take A Look At My Face / You Wouldn't Know Love	2/1992	CBS	9
21.	To Love Somebody / Now That I Found You CD1 + (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay CD2 + When A Man Loves A Woman / Georgia On My Mind	10/1992	CBS	13	11
22.	Drift Away / White Christmas CD + Back In My Arms Again / Fool's Case	16.12.1992	CBS	10
23.	Reach Out I'll Be There / New Love CD + Forever Isn't Long Enough / Stand Up For Love	08.03.1993	CBS	28
24.	Said I Loved You, But I Lied / You Send Me	01.11.1993	CBS	12	6
25.	Soul Of My Soul / The Voice Of My Heart CD + Steel Bars (live)	21.02.1994	CBS	32
26.	Completely	3/1994	CBS		32
27.	Lean On Me / Time, Love And Tenderness (live) CD + To Love Somebody / How Can We Be Lovers (all live)	09.05.1994	CBS	11
28.	Ain't Got Nothing If You Ain't	1/1995
29.	Can I Touch You ... There? / That's What Love Is All About CD1 + (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (live)	8/1995	CBS	6	27
30.	A Love So Beautiful / To Love Somebody CD + Can I Touch You ... There? (remixes)	11/1995	CBS	27
31.	Soul Provider	3/1996		35
32.	I Found Someone	4/1996
33.	This River	20.05.1996	CBS
34.	Fool Fore Love & Johnny Hallyday	9/1996
35.	Love Is The Power	28.10.1996	CBS
36.	Go The Distance	5/1997	CBS		24
37.	The Best Of Love / Go The Distance	03.11.1997	CBS	14
38.	Only A Woman Like You	4/2002	Jive
39.	Dance With Me	6/2002	Jive
40.	Jack Sparrow & The Lonely Island	5/2011			69
41.	How Can We Be Lovers	1/2014	Columbia

Videos:

1. Soul Provider
2. Soul And Passion - 9/1992, SMV
3. This Is Michael Bolton - 3/1993
4. My Secret Passion - Live From Catania - 8.12.1998, Sony Classical

Awards:

1989 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (SP "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You")
1991 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (SP "When A Man Loves A Woman")

WWW Links:

http://www.michaelbolton.com/

Various:

1993 založil Michael Bolton Charities

appeared on the LP:

Aldo Nova: Twitch (11/85, Portrait)
Jonathan Elias: Requiem For The Americas - Songs From The Lost World (1989, Enigma)

Press References:

Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1997	11	20.03.1997	39	Hard & Heavy Masters
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	7		31	Recenze	album review
1993	3		31	Recenze	album review
1993	3		38	Recenze	single review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	10	07.03.1992	2	News
1992	19	09.05.1992	29	Singles	single review
1992	38	19.09.1992	9	Advance - Periscope
1992	42	17.10.1992	35	Albums	album review
1994	8	26.02.1994	29	Singles	single review
1994	18	07.05.1994	3	News
1994	21	28.05.1994	4	News
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	16	16.08.1991	19	Profily	profile
1992	1	08.01.1992	28	Recenze	album review
1992	22	08.11.1992	28	Recenze	album review
1994	1	17.01.1994	28	Recenze	album review
2002	6		77	Novinky	album review
2008	11		85	Replay - Máš lístek?
2009	12		69	Record	album review