Michael Bolton
Birth Name:
Michael Bolotin
Birth Place:
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Profession
Soundtrack, Actor, Producer
Fast Facts
- Established the non-profit organization Michael Bolton Charities, which has been advocating for at-risk women and children for 20 years
- Has won two Grammy Awards for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance and six American Music Awards
- Started out as a solo artist in the mid-1970s before becoming the lead singer of the heavy metal band Blackjack, where he remained until the early 1980s when he went solo again
- Best known as a singer-songwriter whose hit songs include "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" and "When a Man Loves a Woman․"
- Has written hit songs for artists like Kanye West, Conway Twitty, Mark Anthony, Kenny Rogers, and Patti LaBelle, among others
- His music has been featured in a number of films and television series, including the theme song "Go the Distance" from Disney's "Hercules․"
- Appeared in the viral video sensation "Captain Jack Sparrow" alongside The Lonely Island
- Is one of the few artists in the world to have co-written a song with Bob Dylan, the hit "Steel Bars․"
- Once performed "Vesti La Giubba" with Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti and continues to perform the aria "Nessun Dorma" in honor of Pavarotti on his tours
- Performed his Grammy-nominated rendition of "Georgia on my Mind" for Ray Charles when he was honored at the International Jazz Hall of Fame Awards in 1997