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Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals. Bolton's hard rock band, Blackjack, once toured with heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne.
He began recording as Michael Bolotin in 1975, after gaining his first major hit as a songwriter, co-writing 'How Am I Supposed to Live Without You' for Laura Branigan, previously best-known for singing the disco-pop classic 'Gloria.'
Narrowly missing the Top 10 on the U.S. pop chart, Branigan took the song to number one on the Adult Contemporary chart for three weeks. The two sought to work with each other again, and their next of several associations was when Bolton co-wrote 'I Found Someone' for Branigan in 1985.
Bolton would achieve his greatest success in the late eighties and early nineties as a singer in the adult contemporary/easy listening genre. One of his first major hits was his 1987 interpretation of the Otis Redding classic, '(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay.'
Always interested in soul and Motown classics, Bolton's success with that song encouraged him to tackle the standard 'Georgia On My Mind,' with which he had another hit. Most of Bolton's recordings are original material, however, he has also written songs for such artists as Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, Kenny G, Peabo Bryson and Patti LaBelle.
Bolton is the father of three daughters Isa, Holly and Taryn born during his 1975-1990 marriage to Maureen McGuire. Between 1993 and 1995, he dated Desperate Housewives and Knots Landing actress Nicollette Sheridan.
A decade later, the couple resumed their relationship. In late February 2006, Bolton announced that he and Sheridan were engaged. Bolton stated in a subsequent Larry King interview that he and Sheridan have not yet married though the two have been living as a married couple.
They have yet to set a date for their wedding.