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Michael McDonald
Age: 57
Height: 5' 10 1/2"
Birth Place: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Born: Feb. 12th, 1952
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TRIVIA:
- Two children: Dylan (b. 1987) and Scarlett (b. 1991).
- He has lent his vocals, most notably, to artists like Steely Dan ("Peg", "Black Friday", "Bad Sneakers" & "Rose Darling" to name a few), Toto ("I'll Be Over You") & Christopher Cross ("Ride Like The Wind"). He has teamed up with Kenny Loggins to write other hits like "Heart To Heart", "This Is It", "I Gotta Try" & "No Lookin' Back."
- Oddly enough, when he and 'Patti LaBelle' (qv) first recorded the 'Burt Bacharach' (qv)/'Carole Bayer Sager' (qv) song "On My Own," neither artist had even met. LaBelle recorded her part of the song in Philadelphia while McDonald completed his part in Los Angeles. Even after filming a video for the song, both singers had still not met. Not until after the song went to number one on the charts in June 1986 did the two artists finally meet when they performed *together* for the first time on _"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)_ (qv).
- Performed live at Danish Music Awards via satelite with the Danish group Safri Duo.
- As the new member of the Doobie Brothers, he was responsible for the change in their style, changing from Tom Johnston's bluesy, funky rock into more of a jazzy R&B sound
- Michael McDonald was a replacement keyboard player for the Doobie Brothers. He was so good they invited him to tour and then to join the group. In 1979 he lead them to the top, with the album Minute by Minute and the hit song "What a Fool Believes"(#1) (which he co-wrote with Kenny Loggins). That album eventually nabbed McDonald 4 Grammy Awards (for album, song, record and musical arrangement). The Doobies split in 1982 and McDonald went solo, scoring a #2 hit with "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time Your Near) and the #44 charting "I Gotta Try" (off the album If That's What It Takes). In 1983 he teamed up with James Ingram for "Ya Mo Be There"(#19), which won McDonald a fifth Grammy. He became the 1st white musician to win in an R&B category in 25 years. Although he would release several more albums, he wouldn't get any hits out of them. He scored hits in 1986 with "Sweet Freedom"(#7) and the Patti LaBelle duet "On My Own"(#1), but these songs were on other peoples' albums, not his. He has continued to make albums, scoring a cult hit with his deleted rendition of "Tell It Like It Is" (2002).
- Sang 'Aint No Mountain High Enough' in commercials as a spokesman for MCI (2003)
- Nominated for 2 Grammys (2003) for his "Motown" tribute album.
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