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Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin on February 26, 1953), is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals.

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.

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 turned up on RCA Records in the mid-‘70s singing in a gruff, Joe Cocker-like voice both his own blue-eyed soul songs and cover tunes. Neither record buyers nor critics were much interested by the result. He then became the lead singer in Blackjack, a heavy metal band that made two albums for Polydor at the end of the ’70s and the start of the ’80s. In 1983, he changed his name to Michael Bolton, signed to Columbia Records as a solo act, and relaunched his career.

Michael Bolton was released in April 1983, and made the Top 100 bestsellers, as did its single, “Fools Game.” At the same time, “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You,” which Bolton had co-written, became a Top 40 hit for Laura Branigan. Nevertheless, Bolton’s second Columbia album, Everybody’s Crazy (1985), was a commercial flop. His breakthrough came with his third album, The Hunger, released in September 1987. On this album, Bolton abandoned the more hard rock aspects of his style to concentrate on blue-eyed soul singing: both on his own songs, such as “That’s What Love Is All About,” and on covers like Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.

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pop, soft rock, male vocalists, soul, rock
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1	When a Man Loves a Woman full track	430
2	How Am I Supposed to Live Without You full track	355
3	How Can We Be Lovers full track	213
4	To Love Somebody full track	196
5	Go the Distance full track	189
6	Soul Provider full track	134
7	Lean On Me full track	113
8	Said I Loved You...But I Lied full track	106
9	A Love So Beautiful full track	96
10	Missing You Now full track	80
11	Steel Bars full track	77
12	White Christmas full track	72
13	That's What Love Is All About full track	70
14	Georgia on My Mind full track	69
15	Time, Love and Tenderness full track	65

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Allan_Moreira wrote:
yesterday morning

Eu não entendo como ninguém ouve as músicas do Michael fase AOR, FOOLS GAME AND EVERYBODY IS CRAZY ARE THE GREATEST!!

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dani_coldplay wrote:
Tuesday evening

how is it possible, hasn't reached the 1,000,000 yet??

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Z3R0FiR3 wrote:
Saturday evening

Severely underplayed here on Last.fm.

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rvg wrote:
last month

g.o.a.t

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coheed87 wrote:
May 2009

Awesome voice..Go The Distance, the theme from the Disney Hercules is my favourite!

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oliviaa wrote:
May 2009

everybody's crazy <3

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CherFanGay wrote:
May 2009

Fuckin handsome guy and fuckin great song writer.I love you Mr.Bolton..Actually,I don't like blond guys but he is kind of... i can't explain but he is not a normal blond guy..he is really different anyway :D I love ya boy :p

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bomboclute wrote:
May 2009

I've loved his music ever since 1990 i can't stop listenin 2 his music

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Z3R0FiR3 wrote:
May 2009

I think I'm the only one in my age range that actually loves his music. Even when I was younger I loved his music.

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SteveAwes0me wrote:
May 2009

no-talent ass clown

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[deleted-user] wrote:
April 2009

I LOVE HIM MY HERO GREAT SEXY VOICE
JamesMcNulty wrote:
April 2009

Brrrrrrrrrrrr......

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CountWasilij wrote:
April 2009

gaylord

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pannochka85 wrote:
April 2009

what a voice! is this a crime to love some covers more than originals?

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Yessica8 wrote:
April 2009

Meiner Meinung nach ist Michael Bolton ein erstklässiger Sänger !!

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ojubanire wrote:
April 2009

bolton is number one,4 real

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IRSARGE wrote:
April 2009

thank's jolaz, !

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aniuraaa wrote:
April 2009

byłam byłam;) nawet uścisnęłam mu rękę;)

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pley wrote:
March 2009

Byliscie na koncercie w Kongresowej? Cos pieknego to bylo

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judar wrote:
March 2009

great song

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