Michael Masser

Birth Name:

Michael Masser

Birth Place:

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Music department

Was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007
Graduated from the University of Illinois and also briefly attended its law school
Was a student of celebrated songwriter Johnny Mercer in the early 1970s and soon had a No․ 1 hit with 1973's "Touch Me in the Morning," the Motown single that revitalized Diana Ross's career
Worked as a stockbroker in New York before making the switch to writing music
Quote: "[on seeing the psychiatrist who convinced him to become a songwriter] "It's funny, because that's all I was looking for: permission․ I had been the dutiful son and husband for so long, I had forgotten about living for myself․""
Quote: "Somehow people get very nervous about leaving the comfortable life of rules behind, and never take the chance to develop their own internal voice, to listen to their own consciousness․"
Best known as a songwriter and composer who wrote several hit songs for Whitney Houston and Diana Ross
After meeting Whitney Houston in the studio where he was producing Teddy Pendergrass's 1984 album "Love Language," he went on to write her chart-topping singles "The Greatest Love of All," "Saving All My Love" and "Didn't We Almost Have It All․"

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