Theme of the Month - 1980's Music
George Benson is a singer and accomplished musician, whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist, he is however, better known as a pop, soul and jazz singer. George's impressive recording career began back in 1964, and he has 58 albums to his credit (not counting compilations and live albums), his last recording was a live album in 2007.
'In Your Eyes' was released in 1983, the title track was a huge hit, and is still played by radio stations and used on Love Song compilations to this day, 'Feel Like Making Love', 'Inside Love (So Personal)', and 'Lady Love Me (One More Time)' were also singles.
Tracklist
1. Feel Like Making Love
2. Inside Love (So Personal)
3. Lady Love Me (One More Time)
4. Love Will Come Again
5. In Your Eyes
6. Never Far To Fall
7. Being With You
8. Use Me
9. Late At Night
10. In Search Of A Dream
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Theme of the Month - 1980's Music
'Soul Provider' released in June 1989 is Micheal Bolton's sixth album, previous to this Micheal's style was more heavy rock, with the release of 'Soul Provider' Micheal established what would become his trademark mixture of soft rock, pop and soul, with the emphasis on big ballads. Micheal became a 'Tom Jones' style heart-throb among straight women, and was unfairly ridiculed for his hairstyle and for being a 'woman's artist', but in my own opinion, the fact that 'Soul Provider' on it's own has been certified 6x Mulit-Platinum, as well as the fact that he has sold 53 million albums, had eight top ten albums, two number one singles on the Billboard charts, and has awards from both the American Music Awards and Grammy Awards, Micheal Bolton deserves respect as a serious artist. It's clear that Micheal does however command respect among his fellow singers, so much so that he has shared a stage or recording studio with such huge names as Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Zucchero, Patti LaBelle, Céline Dion, Ray Charles, Percy Sledge, Wynonna Judd, and BB King. As well as being a vocalist, Micheal is also an accomplished songwriter, and has also co-written songs with other such respected writers such as BabyFace, Diane Warren, and Bob Dylan.
On 'Soul Provider' Micheal covers the Ray Charles standard 'Georgia On My Mind', as well as giving his own songwriters version of 'How Am I Supposed To Live Without You' which he'd originally written for Laura Branigan. The albums singles were the title track 'Soul Provider', 'How Am I Supposed To Live Without You', 'How Can We Be Lovers', 'When I'm Back On My Feet Again' and 'Georgia On My Mind'.
Tracklist
1. Soul Provider
2. Georgia On My Mind
3. It's Only My Heart
4. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
5. How Can We Be Lovers
6. You Wouldn't Know Love
7. When I'm Back On My Feet Again
8. From Now On (With Suzie Benson)
9. Love Cuts Deep
10. Stand Up For Love
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