American singer-songwriter known for a powerful tenor and romantic ballads; rose to major commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Born Michael Bolotin (per public records). Known for covers and ballads and for collaborations with various rock and pop writers/musicians; commercially successful albums include Soul Provider and Time, Love & Tenderness.

Three DeBaser reviews praise Bolton's powerful, versatile voice and his AOR/soft-rock roots. The Hunger is highlighted as a solid late-80s AOR record; Vintage is noted for swing/soul maturity; The Ultimate Collection emphasizes romantic ballads. Critics note some overuse of similar arrangements and an emphasis on covers.

For:Fans of adult contemporary, AOR, soft-rock and classic pop ballads

 Once upon a time there was Michael Bolton (Mr. Bolotin for the registry clerk), a long-haired rocker of Russian-Jewish origins who, before being swallowed into an inexorable whirlpool of countless cover albums, Christmas albums, duet albums, Thanksgiving albums and a whole series of creations that find their exact dimension and ultimate usefulness as background music for the cleaning of millions of housewives around the globe, had shown what he was made of, releasing 3 excellent works closely related to the AOR genre (acronym for Adult Oriented Rock).

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 There is a time to be born, and there is also a time to play and grow up, and then there is one where people face for the first time a strange feeling inside... when you reach the right age, you listen to some music, and you think about it, and you realize that maybe that strange feeling is the very person who is missing and not close to you... and you also understand that feeling is known by the name of "love".

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 a relaxing and pleasant album that however does not shy away from more professional listens, showing some fascinating maturity.

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