His achievements include selling 53 million albums, eight top ten albums, two number one singles on the Billboard charts, and awards from both the American Music Awards and Grammy Awards.
Michael Bolton had an extensive, though not very successful, career under his real name, Michael Bolotin, before emerging in the mid-'80s as a major soft rock balladeer. Bolton began recording in 1975. This first album was self-titled using his original surname, Bolotin. Early in his musical career, he focused on hard rock. His band, Blackjack, once toured with heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. He turned up on RCA Records in the mid-'70s singing in a gruff, Joe Cocker-like voice both his own blue-eyed soul songs and cover tunes. Neither record buyers nor critics were much interested by the result. He then became the lead singer in Blackjack, a heavy metal band that made two albums for Polydor at the end of the '70s and the start of the '80s. In 1983, he changed his name to Michael Bolton, signed to Columbia Records as a solo act, and relaunched his career.
Michael Bolton was released in April 1983, and made the Top 100 bestsellers, as did its single, "Fools Game." At the same time, "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," which Bolton had co-written, became a Top 40 hit for Laura Branigan. Nevertheless, Bolton's second Columbia album, Everybody's Crazy (1985), was a commercial flop. His breakthrough came with his third album, The Hunger, released in September 1987. On this album, Bolton abandoned the more hard rock aspects of his style to concentrate on blue-eyed soul singing: both on his own songs, such as "That's What Love Is All About," and on covers like Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Those two songs became Top 40 hits.
Soul Provider, released in July 1989, turned Bolton into a superstar, reaching the Top Ten, selling four million copies, and spawning five Top 40 singles, including Bolton's number one version of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," and the Top Ten hits "How Can We Be Lovers" and "When I'm Back on My Feet Again." "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" won Bolton a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Time, Love & Tenderness, released in April 1991, was even more successful, hitting number one, selling six million copies, and featuring four Top 40 hits, including the chart-topping cover of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," and the Top Ten hits "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" (later the subject of a successful plagiarism suit brought against Bolton by the Isley Brothers) and "Time, Love and Tenderness."
Bolton won another Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, for "When a Man Loves a Woman," but he had to put up with abuse from two camps of detractors at the February 1992 ceremony. Just after Bolton had performed, pre-rock songwriter Irving Gordon won the Song of the Year award for "Unforgettable" and pointedly attacked songs that "scream, yell, and have a nervous breakdown" and singers who "have a hernia" when they sing. Then, backstage, Bolton faced a hostile press corps of critics unhappy with his tendency to copy great soul singers like Redding, Ray Charles, and Sledge. Bolton suggested they apply their lips to a certain part of his anatomy. He further responded with Timeless: The Classics in September 1992, an album made up entirely of cover songs. It went to number one, sold three million copies, and featured a Top 40 hit in Bolton's version of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody." Bolton's next album of original material, The One Thing, came in November 1993. It hit the Top Ten, sold three million copies, and featured the Top Ten hit "Said I Loved You...But I Lied." Bolton released Greatest Hits 1985-1995 in the fall of 1995, which debuted in the Top Ten. The following year, This Is the Time: Christmas Album appeared.
Bolton returned with All That Matters, his first album of new material since 1993's The One Thing, in the fall of 1997. Instead of continuing his success, it was a surprise flop. Not only did it not generate a hit single, it barely cracked the Top 40 and fell out of the charts after 15 weeks. Its lack of success didn't stop Bolton from turning his attention to My Secret Passion, a collection of opera and arias that he released in January 1998. By classical standards, the album was a hit, and the record received a great deal of press and surprisingly good reviews. He supported the two albums with a summer tour which were co-headlined with Wynonna Judd. He voluntarily stepped back for almost four years, disappearing from the public eye until the spring of 2002 when he began promoting Only a Woman Like You, his first album on Jive Records. After a brief sabbatical, he returned with Til the End of Forever, a hybrid new album of seven new recordings and a live greatest-hits concert. In 2006 he released Bolton Swings Sinatra, a 12-song tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes that included a duet with fiancée/actress Nicolette Sheridan.
It would be worth mentioning "Can I Touch You There" proved to be one of the all-time hit love songs from Micheal Bolton from the album Greatest Hits.
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From Now On
Michael Bolton Lyrics
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You always said I'd never know how much I loved you
Until it was too late to make you stay
I know it looked as though I took our love for granted
That doesn't mean I wasn't feeling all the things
I meant to say
And who was I always asking so much of you
To make you prove your love time after time
Until I found myself living my life without you
How could I have been so foolish, how could
I be so blind
CHORUS
( Michael&Suzie )
From now on I'm gonna love you like there's no tomorrow
I don't want to wait until our time has come and gone
I'm gonna hold you now more than ever
I'm gonna love you, I'm gonna love you, from now on
We both know it's true, when we're open to each other
There's a love we'll never find with someone else
And if we give it half a chance we'll be starting over
So let me make your heart believe what I've been
promising myself
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE]
Baby, there'll be no distance between us
Oh, this time I know we're gonna make it
together where we belong
[CHORUS]
The song "From Now On" by Michael Bolton is a heartwarming ballad about a couple who have gone through a difficult time in their relationship but have come to realize the importance of their love for each other. The lyrics express regret for not appreciating the relationship more and taking it for granted, but now, they want to make up for lost time and cherish every moment together. The chorus, sung by both Michael and Suzie, emphasizes their commitment to loving each other unconditionally and not waiting for tomorrow.
Michael's verse implies that he was not as vocal about his love and feelings as he should have been. However, he knows he loves Suzie deeply and that he needs to show her more affection from now on. Suzie's verse, on the other hand, suggests that she was too demanding in the past and didn't appreciate Michael's love. Both of them have learned from their mistakes and now want to make things right.
The bridge addresses the challenges the couple might face, but Michael's determination to close the gap between them is emphasized. The song ends on a hopeful note that they will make it together where they belong.
Overall, the lyrics of "From Now On" convey a message of hope, forgiveness, and the importance of cherishing love. It's a reminder to not take love for granted and that it's never too late to make a change.
Line by Line Meaning
You always said I'd never know how much I loved you
You warned me that I would only realize the depth of my love for you after you left
Until it was too late to make you stay
By the time I realized how much I loved you, it was already too late to keep you by my side
I know it looked as though I took our love for granted
I understand that it seemed as though I didn't appreciate our love enough
That doesn't mean I wasn't feeling all the things I meant to say
But I still felt all the love and emotions that I wish I had expressed to you
And who was I always asking so much of you
I was often demanding too much from you
To make you prove your love time after time
I constantly asked you to prove your love, putting you under pressure
Until I found myself living my life without you
It was only after you left that I realized how much I needed you in my life
How could I have been so foolish, how could I be so blind
I can't believe I made such a mistake, not seeing the love that was right in front of me
From now on I'm gonna love you like there's no tomorrow
I've decided to love you with all my heart and make every moment count
I don't want to wait until our time has come and gone
I don't want to waste any more time, waiting until it's too late to show you my love
I'm gonna hold you now more than ever
I'll embrace you now more tightly than before
I'm gonna love you, I'm gonna love you, from now on
This is my promise to love you completely and endlessly, from now on
We both know it's true, when we're open to each other
We both realize that true love can only happen when we're honest and vulnerable with each other
There's a love we'll never find with someone else
We know that we have a love that can't be replaced or replicated by anyone else
And if we give it half a chance we'll be starting over
If we're willing to work on our love, we can create a new beginning together
So let me make your heart believe what I've been promising myself
Let me prove to you that my love is real and that I'm committed to making things work between us
Baby, there'll be no distance between us
I promise to never let anything come between us, no matter what
Oh, this time I know we're gonna make it together where we belong
I'm confident that this time our love will flourish and we'll build a future together in a place where we truly belong
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MICHAEL BOLTON, ERIC KAZ, ERIC JUSTIN KAZ
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