Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944-09-18
folkjazzjazz popquiet stormrock
Discography
- Michael Franks1973
- The Art of Tea1976
- Sleeping Gypsy1977
- Burchfield Nines1978
- Tiger in the Rain1979
- One Bad Habit1980
- Objects of Desire1982
- Passionfruit1983
- Skin Dive1985
- The Camera Never Lies1987
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 245,696
- Total plays
- 2,968,187
Tags
Smooth Jazzjazzvocal jazzeasy listeningcontemporary jazz
Michael Franks (born 18 September 1944 in La Jolla, California, USA) is a smooth jazz singer and songwriter from the United States. He has recorded with a variety of well-known artists, such as Patti Austin, Brenda Russell, Art Garfunkel, and David Sanborn. His songs have been recorded by The Manhattan Transfer, Patti Labelle, Carmen McRae, Diana Krall, Shirley Bassey and the Carpenters. Franks grew up in southern California with his father Gerald <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Fran
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- sprinter
- Educated at
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1963-09-23
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