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Michael McDonald Discography
American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald has released 11 studio albums, one live album, seven compilation albums, 50 singles and 10 music videos. Albums Studio albums Compilation albums Live albums Singles Guest singles Music videos References Further reading Michael McDonald interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' April 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Michael Discographies of American artists Pop music discographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McDonald (musician)
Michael H. McDonald (born February 12, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist. Known for his distinctive, soulful voice, he was a backing vocalist for Steely Dan from 1975 to 1980 and the lead vocalist of the Doobie Brothers across various stints (1975–1982, 1987, 2019–present). McDonald wrote and sang several hit singles with the Doobie Brothers, including " What a Fool Believes", " Minute by Minute", " Takin' It to the Streets", " Real Love" and " It Keeps You Runnin'". McDonald has also performed as a prominent backing vocalist on numerous recordings by artists including Steely Dan, Toto, Christopher Cross, and Kenny Loggins. McDonald's solo career consists of nine studio albums and a number of singles, including the 1982 hit " I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)". During his career, McDonald has collaborated with a number of other artists, including James Ingram, David Cassidy, Van Halen, Patti LaBelle, Twinkie Clark, Lee Ritenour, the Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Lookin' Back
''No Lookin' Back'' is the second solo studio album by American musician Michael McDonald (musician), Michael McDonald. It was released on July 30, 1985 by Warner Records, Warner Bros. Records, three years after his debut studio album, ''If That's What It Takes (album), If That's What It Takes'' (1982); this was his last album to be released by Warner Bros. For the first time, he co-produced and wrote or co-wrote all of the tracks. It features contributions from guitarists Joe Walsh (Eagles (band), Eagles, James Gang), Robben Ford and David Pack from Ambrosia (band), Ambrosia, Jeff Porcaro on drums (Toto (band), Toto, Steely Dan), plus the former The Doobie Brothers, Doobie Brothers members Willie Weeks on bass guitar, and Cornelius Bumpus providing horns, half of whom had also performed on ''If That's What It Takes''. On release, the album was received favorably by the majority of music critics and peaked at No. 45 on the US ''Billboard 200, Billboard'' Billboard 200, 200. Thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Motown Records
Universal Motown Records was an American record label that operated as a division of Universal Motown Republic Group. It was the contemporary incarnation of the legendary Motown Records label, and the " urban" half of the Universal Records label, although there were some rock artists on the label (along with its sub-labels) as well. Background In 2005, Motown Records was merged with the urban artists on Universal Records to create Universal Motown Records, headed by former CEO of Elektra Records Sylvia Rhone, and placed under the newly created umbrella division of Universal Motown Republic Group. Motown Records began celebrating its fiftieth anniversary (January 12, 2009) in late 2008, including the release of a ''The Complete No. 1's'' boxset containing Motown #1 hits from ''Billboard's'' pop, R&B, and disco charts, reissues of classic-era Motown albums on CD, and other planned events, which were released in collaboration with Universal Music Enterprises, Universal Music Group's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Speak
''Soul Speak'' is the eighth solo by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on March 4, 2008, by Universal Music International and Motown. Track listing Personnel * Michael McDonald – lead vocals, acoustic piano (1, 8), backing vocals (3, 4), keyboards (4–7, 9–12), guitar (7) * Toby Baker – keyboards (1–3, 5–8, 10–14), synthesizers (3), synthesizer programming (4) * Tim Carmon – organ, acoustic piano (10) * Tim Lauer – accordion (7) * Doyle Bramhall II – guitars (1, 7–10, 12) * Michael Thompson – guitars (1–7, 10–14), sitar (5) * Nathan East – bass * Nicky Shaw – drum and percussion programming (1–3, 5-7, 9–14), arrangements (4, 11) * Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12–14) * Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (7, 9) * Stevie Wonder – harmonica (6) * Simon Climie – arrangements * Nick Ingman – string arrangements and conductor (3, 6) * Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor (3, 6) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallmark Cards
Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a Privately held company, privately held, family-owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, Hallmark is one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In addition to greeting cards, Hallmark also manufactures such products as party goods, gift wrap, and stationery. Hallmark acquired Binney & Smith in 1984, and would later change its name to Crayola, LLC after its well-known Crayola brand of crayons, markers and colored pencils. The company is also involved in television, having produced the long-running ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' series since 1951, and launching the Hallmark Channel 50 years later (replacing an earlier joint venture with The Jim Henson Company, Odyssey Network). History Driven by an early 20th-century postcard craze, Joyce Clyde Hall and his older brothers, William and Rollie, began the Norfolk Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Through The Many Winters, A Christmas Album
''Through the Many Winters, A Christmas Album'' is a 2005 Christmas album by Michael McDonald. It was one of the first in the longstanding series of annual seasonal albums commissioned and retailed by Hallmark Cards to have reliable sales figures published, despite being sold through Hallmark's 4,000 card franchise shops, rather than through normal record shops in the ''Billboard'' chart system. The album was released three weeks before Thanksgiving, and reached Gold status (500,000 copies sold) two weeks after its release. At the time of its release, the album was priced at $7.95 with a purchase of three Hallmark cards. Track listing #"Silent Night" – 4:47 #"O Holy Night" – 5:06 #"Come, O Come Emanuel/What Month Was Jesus Born" – 4:10 #"Deck the Halls/Jingle Bells" – 2:50 #" O Tannenbaum" – 1:55 #" Wexford Carol" – 5:01 #"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 3:35 #"Through the Many Winters" (Amy Holland / Michael McDonald) – 6:51 #"Christmas on the Bayou" (McDonald / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motown Two
''Motown Two'' is the seventh solo album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on October 26, 2004, by Universal Music International and Motown. Track listing Personnel * Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, arrangements * Toby Baker – keyboards, programming, arrangements * Tim Carmon – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizers, organ * Tony Swain – clavinet, synthesizers * Billy Preston – Hammond organ * Simon Climie – arrangements, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals * Bernie Chiaravalle – nylon guitar * Michael Thompson – guitar * Abraham Laboriel – bass, acoustic guitar * Nathan East – bass * Vinnie Colaiuta – drums * Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums * Nicky Shaw – drums, percussion, programming, beats, arrangements * Lenny Castro – percussion * Stevie Wonder – harmonica (2) * Fred Vigdor – alto saxophone * Nick Ingman – string arran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands, and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the "Record label#Major labels, Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its Initial public offering, IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The French Vincent Bolloré, Bolloré family still owns 28 percent of UMG (18 percent directly, and ten percent through Vive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motown Records
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. Founded by Berry Gordy, Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, it was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of ''motor'' and ''town'', has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered. Motown played a vital role in the racial integration of popular music as an African American-owned label that achieved crossover (music), crossover success with white audiences. In the 1960s, Motown and its main subsidiary labels (including Gordy, Soul) were the most prominent exponents of what became known as the #Motown sound, Motown sound, a style of soul music with a mainstream pop music, pop-influenced sound and appeal. Motown was the most successful soul music label, with a net worth of $61 million in 1988. Between 1960 and 1969, Motown had 79 songs reach the top-ten of the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In March 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motown (album)
''Motown'' is the sixth solo album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on June 24, 2003, by Universal Music International and Motown. Track listing Personnel * Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, arrangements * Toby Baker – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drum programming, arrangements, backing vocals * Tony Swain – keyboards, synthesizers, Fender Rhodes * Bob James – keyboards * Tim Akers – Hammond organ * Tim Carmon – Hammond organ * Simon Climie – arrangements, ProTools programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals * Chris Rodriguez – electric guitar, electric sitar * Michael Thompson – guitar * Larry Carlton – guitar * Nathan East – bass * Nicky Shaw – drums, percussion drum programming, arrangements * Ricky Lawson – drums * Harvey Mason – drums, percussion * Paul Waller – percussion, progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group Nashville
Music Corporation of America, formerly known as Universal Music Group Nashville, is Universal Music Group's country music subsidiary. It was officially opened in 1945 as MCA Nashville and Mercury Nashville which opened on New Year's Day 1950 as Capitol Nashville. Some of the labels in this group include MCA Records Nashville, Mercury Nashville Records, Capitol Records Nashville and EMI Records Nashville. UMG Nashville not only handles these imprints, but also manages the country music catalogues of record labels Universal Music and predecessor companies acquired over the years including ABC Records, Decca Records, Dot Records, DreamWorks Records, Kapp Records, MGM Records and Polydor Records. On April 25, 2025, Universal Music Group Nashville was officially renamed as the Music Corporation of America (MCA), which marked the return of the name previously used by UMG's predecessor parent company MCA Inc. from 1924 to 1996 and its subsidiary MCA Records as well as Universal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Obsession
''Blue Obsession'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on March 28, 2000, by Ramp Records. The original album was pulled from release before it got to stores, but a few advance copies did get out. The original has a different track listing and 3 songs from it were removed and replaced by other songs. A cover of "Tell It Like It Is" was pulled and still has never been officially released. Catalog # 2-46508 was the promo on the Reprise label, not Ramp. Track listing Personnel * Michael McDonald – lead vocals, rhythm arrangements (2, 3, 6, 8, 10), synthesizers (2, 4, 8, 10), vocal arrangements (2), organ (3, 7, 9), acoustic piano (4, 5, 11, 12), clavinet (5), backing vocals (11) * Tommy Sims – rhythm arrangements (1, 2, 6-8), keyboards (1, 6, 8), bass (1-3, 6-8, 10), vocal arrangements (1, 2), horn arrangements (1, 2, 7), duet vocals (1), clavinet (2), rhythm guitar (2), drum programming (6), guitars (6, 7), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
