Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton

  • Born: 1953-2-26
  • Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Height: 5' 9¼" (1.76 m)
  • Profession: singer
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: How Am I Supposed to Live Without You, When a Man Loves a Woman
  • Michael Bolton (Michael Bolton), formerly known as Michael Bolotin (Michael Bolotin), was born on February 26, 1954 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He is an American male singer and songwriter.
    In 1975, he produced the first album named "Michael Bollotin"; then, the second album "Every Day in My Life" was released. From 1979 to 1980, the hard rock band "Black Jack" with him as the lead singer successively released two records of "Black Jack" and "Separated World", after which the band disbanded. In the 1980s, he changed his name to Michael Bolton to break into the music scene, and released an album of the same name in 1983; among them, a song "Game of Dummies" began to attract attention, and co-wrote its masterpiece with female singer Laura Brannigan. How am I supposed to live without you ". In 1985, the rock music album "Everyone is Crazy" failed. In 1987, he found his own style in the album "Desire" released and sang white soul songs. In 1989, he released the album "Soul Supply", which sold more than 4 million copies; at the same time, he re-interpreted the previous "How am I supposed to live without you". In 1990, he won the "Best Male Singer" at the 33th Annual Grammy Awards . In 1992, the album "Time, Love and Tenderness" came out; at the same time, with the single " When a Man Loves a Woman " won the 35th Grammy Awards "Best Male Pop Singer". In 1996, he won the Martin Luther Gold Medal. In 1997, the album "All Those Things", which was heavily influenced by blues music, was released. In 1998, the album "My Secret Passion" [1] was released   . In 2011, the duet collection "Gems: The Duets Collection" [3] was released   . In 2013, he performed collectively in China for the first time with singers such as Richard Marks [2]  . In 2017, cooperated with Nicholas Tse to sing "Stand By Me" at the Asia Pacific Video Operators Summit [4]  .

    Early Experience

    On February 26, 1954, Michael Bolton was born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Since childhood, he has been fascinated by music, especially spiritual song music. His idols are spiritual song singers such as Steven Wanda and Ray Charles. At the age of fifteen, he began to sing in a small bar in his hometown, laying a solid foundation for his future entry into the music scene. At this time his name is Michael Bollotin, and few people have their eyes on him  .

    Performing Experience

    In the mid-1970s, RCA Records put it under the door. In 1975, under the RCA record company, he recorded his first record and named it "Michael Blotin" (Michael Blotin); then, he released his second album "Michael Blotin" in Toronto with Canadian musicians. "Every Day of My Life" (Every Day of My Life), but it did not arouse a big response  .
    In desperation, Michael left RCA Records and called a hard rock band, named "Black Jack", as the lead singer. After that, they released two albums, namely "Black Jack" in 1979 and "Separated World" in 1980. The response was still mediocre, and the band soon disbanded.  .
    In the 1980s, he changed his name to Michael Bolton and entered the music scene again, and signed with Sony Records. In April 1983, the album "Michael Bolton" was released, and one of the songs "Fool's Game" (Fool's Game) attracted attention; at the same time, he co-wrote "How Can I Assumption in Life" with the female singer Brannigan " How Am I Supposed to Live Without You ", sung by Laura  .
    In 1985, the rock music album "Everybody's Crazy" (Everybody's Crazy) suffered a commercial failure. He did not suffer from this failure. Instead, he tried to figure out the trend of popular music and the reasons for the failure.  .
    In 1987, he released his third album "The Hunger" under Sony Records; in this album, he found a music style that really suits him, abandoned the hard rock style and turned to white soul songs.  .
    In 1989, the album "Soul Provider" was released. The album sold more than 4 million copies and won the Platinum Record Award. At the same time, Michael reinterpreted his previous "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You". Played more than 4 million times on the radio at the time  .
    In 1990, won the 33th Annual Grammy Awards "Best Male Singer", and successively released love songs such as "How Can We Be Lovers" and "Love Is a Wonderful Thing"  .
    In 1992, the album "Time, Love and Tenderness" came out; its single " When a Man Loves a Woman " (When a Man Loves a Woman) won the 34th Annual Grammy Awards "Best Male Pop Singer"  .
    In 1995, the National Song and Song Writers Memorial Hall of Fame awarded him "Golden Song Writer". In 1996, he won the Martin Luther Gold Medal. In 1997, the release of the album "All Those Things", which was heavily influenced by blues music, suffered a commercial failure. In January 1998, a collection of operas and arias "My Secret Passion" was launched  .
    In the late 1990s, he gradually retreated behind the scenes, but did not really leave the music he loved. In 2002, the blues music album "Only a Woman Like You" (Only a Woman Like You) was released  .
    In 2011, the issue featured duet album "Gems: The Duets Collection", to participate in singing the album include American popular country singer trio rogue Vlad band (Rascal Flatts), British singer-songwriter Seal , Indian musician AR Singers such as Rahman and Chris Botti   .
    In April 2013, nine Grammy Award winners including Michael Bolton came to China collectively for the first time and held a concert in Chengdu, China on June 8. Lang Lang and Song Zuying performed on stage   . In 2017, cooperated with Nicholas Tse to sing "Stand By Me" at the Asia Pacific Video Operators Summit   .

    Character Evaluation

    In the 1980s and 1990s, a magnetic, emotional and sexual voice traveled through the complexity of the pop music scene and echoed in people's ears, making people feel tenderness from the bottom of their hearts. This is Michael Bolton's Bolton-style love song that combines rock, rhythm and blues and pop music. This handsome blond guy exudes a dazzling light with his unique affection, outstanding talent and unparalleled personal charm. And as the end of the month and training increase, the emotional attitude shown in his music is more rounded, and the temperature of the exudation is closer to the hearts of the people. With his passion, piety, and sense of responsibility for music, Michael is very popular  .
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