Michael Bolton was born Michael Bolotin on February 26, 1954 in New Haven, Connecticut, son of George and Helen Bolotin, also having a brother named Orrin and a sister named Sandra. Michael also has three daughters named Isa, Holly and Taryn.

	His second album, still by RCA Records, was entitled "Every Day Of My Life ", having been recorded in Toronto with Canadian musicians in the studio Nimbus 9. Standing out was the song "These Eyes," a version of The Who.

After leaving RCA Records, Michael assembled a rock band called "Blackjack," whose line-up contained Bruce Kulick on guitars, Jimmy Haslip on bass and Sandy Genaro on drums. The band was short-lived, and yet managed to release two albuns both out by Polydor: 1979's "Blackjack" and 1980's "Worlds Apart."

Resuming his solo-career in the beginning of the 80's, Michael Bolotin renamed himself Michael Bolton and released his first record by Sony Music, on the Columbia label, named "Michael Bolton."

His style remained that of rock/pop but the success wasn't what he would expect. After one more rock album (1985's "Everybody's Crazy"), Michael put out his first successful work, 1987's "The Hunger." The album contained the hit " That's What Love Is All About," a romantic ballad that began uplifting his career, showing his special talent for that sort of interpretation. It also featured re-recording of Ottis Redding's "(Sittin'On) The Dock Of The Bay."

But the greatest work came only in 1989. "Soul Provider," contained a string of hits and potential Grammy nominees (having won the Award with "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You") such as "Soul Provider." "Georgia On My Mind," "How Can We Be Lovers," "You Wouldn't Know Love."

	From then on, Michael began climbing up the ladder of success in an astonishing way. His 1990's "Time, Love And Tenderness," provided hits such as the title track "Missing You Now, " in which he had a partnership with Kenny G (who would join him in other works). The work also showcased his excellent re-recording for the song "When A Man Loves A Woman."

Its follow-up would come out in 1992, with surprising news: "Timeless - The Classics," presented only his own readings of great songs such as "Yesterday," "You Send Me" and "White Chritimas." "I believe that a great song can live forever." These were Michael's words for best explaining his work.

"The One Thing" was released in 1993, containing the hits "Said I Loved You... But I Lied" and "Completely" (the video for this song had two versions due to North American censorship.

Finally in 1995, "Greatest Hits 1985-1995" came out. It assembled his greatest hits since "The Hunger" and five new tracks: The hit "Can I Touch You... There?" in which Michael coped with new rhythms, "I Promise You," "I Found Someone," an excellent re-recording of "I Love So Beautiful" by Roy Orbison and "This River."

In 1996, Michael Bolton released two albums: one of them entitled "Thinking Of You," a collection of eight tracks (in a limited edition) and his much expected Christmas albun entitled "This Is The Time - The Christmas Album." In this work Michael re-recorded the song "Ave Maria" along with the tenor Plácido Domingo. Also, it featured well-known Christmas songs and a new single called "Love Is The Power."

At the same time, Michael Bolton took part on the soundtrack of the movie "Only You" (having contributed with the song "Once In Lifetime") and of Disney's "Hercules" with the song "Go The Distance."

Finally after four years without throwing a brand-new album, Michael Bolton presented us with "All That Matters," a greatly R & B-influenced work with the special guest Babyface, who co-wrote the lyrics of "The Best Of Love."

On January 20, 1998, Michael put out his most recent work on Sony Classics. It is the awaited album "My Secret Passion," in which he interprets Arias of operas, displaying a really surprising vocal range. One can find tracks such as "Nessum Dorma" and "Vesti La Giubba," already interpreted by Michael along with Luciano Pavarotti, in the concert "Together To The Children Of Bosnia," where Pavarotti dubbed Michael "tenor" at the end of "Vesti La Giubba" performance.

The album has quickly climbed up to the top of Billboard's Traditional Classical charts, raising discomfort among the opera lovers, who tried erroneously to compare his performance to those of other renowned tenors. Michael Bolton's performance throughout the album, and especially on the tracks "Nessun Dorma," "Vesti La Giubba," "Una Furtiva Lagrima" and in the duet with soprano Renée Fleming (on "O Soave Fanciulla"), prove that Michael has done an incredible work despite of all criticism.