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Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin; born 26 February 1953) is an American singer, performer of slow love ballads in the white soul style. His parents were George Bolotin (1912—1981) and Helen Lila Bolotin (née Gubin, 1919—2015). On his father's side, the family originated from Starodub, Chernigov Governorate. Bolton changed the spelling of his surname and achieved fame at the age of 30, having written the well-known hit by Laura Branigan, How Am I Supposed to Live without You. Over the next few years, he wrote songs for Cher, Barbra Streisand, and a number of other stars. Bolton achieved worldwide success at the turn of the 1990s, conquering the top of the American charts and winning several Grammy awards for cover versions of soul hits from the sixties, such as When a Man Loves a Woman.