Michael Bolton

USA

Born: 26 February 1953

Years Active: 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock

Styles: Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock

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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 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,...

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