Album: Soul Provider by Michael Bolton (1989)
Genre: Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Happy
Record Label: RCA
Format: Album

Description: Soul Provider is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Bolton. The album was released on June 19, 1989 by Columbia Records. This was the album that turned Bolton into a superstar.

Supported by five top 40 hits (including three that reached the top 10), the album achieved longevity on the Billboard Top 200. It went to #3 in the US, was awarded 6x Platinum and sold over 12,500,000 million copies worldwide.

For the single version of "Georgia on My Mind" CBS edited out Michael Brecker's saxophone solo and replaced it with one by Kenny G.

Artist Background: Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), better known as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack. He is best known, however, for his series of soft rock ballads, recorded after a stylistic change in the late 1980s. He is noted for his distinctive tenor/countertenor vocals. Bolton's achieve... Part of the New Haven, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Richard Marx, Peter Cetera, James Ingram, Lionel Richie

Music Scene: Part of the New Haven, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock, Rock/Pop, Happy, 1980s, Album, RCA

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Soul Provider is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Bolton. The album was released on June 19, 1989 by Columbia Records. This was the album that turned Bolton into a superstar.

Supported by five top 40 hits (including three that reached the top 10), the album achieved longevity on the Billboard Top 200. It went to #3 in the US, was awarded 6x Platinum and sold over 12,500,000 million copies worldwide.

For the single version of "Georgia on My Mind" CBS edited out Michael Brecker's saxophone solo and replaced it with one by Kenny G.

Soul Provider

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