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Michael Franks (born September 18, 1944) is an American singer and songwriter, considered a leader of the quiet storm movement. He has recorded with a variety of well-known artists, such as Patti Austin , Art Garfunkel , Brenda Russell , Claus Ogerman , Joe Sample , and David Sanborn .
The Art of Tea is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, his first on the Reprise label, released in 1975. [3] The album peaked at #131 on the Billboard 200. Franks's only Billboard Hot 100 single, "Popsicle Toes", which peaked at #43, is a track on the album
Michael or Mike Franks may refer to: Michael Franks (musician) (born 1944), American jazz singer and songwriter; Michael Franks, his eponymous album released in 1973; Michael Franks (athlete) (born 1963), American sprinter; Mike Franks (soccer) (born 1977), Canada soccer goalkeeper; Mike Franks (tennis) (born 1936), American tennis player
Abandoned Garden is an album by American vocalist Michael Franks. Released in September 1995 by Warner Bros. Records, it was Franks' thirteenth studio album and his final album of new material with Warner Bros. [1]
Sleeping Gypsy is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1977 with Warner Bros. Records. [4] It was Franks' third studio album after The Art of Tea and prior to Burchfield Nines . Track listing
Michael Franks – banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals; Randy Brecker – trumpet; Lew Soloff – trumpet; Bill Evans – tenor saxophone; Lawrence Feldman – alto saxophone; Michael Brecker – EWI, tenor saxophone; Rob Mounsey – flute, keyboard bass, keyboards, background vocals; Clifford Carter – piano, synthesizer; Richard Tee – piano
Michael Franks is a smooth vocal jazz album and the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Michael Franks. Released in 1973 with Brut, the album was re-released in 1983 under the title Previously Unavailable .
Michael Franks: Original Album Series is a music box set by jazz musician Michael Franks, first released in 2010 in the United Kingdom as part of Rhino's Original Album Series. [1] It includes five of his earlier studio albums [ 2 ] in cardboard sleeves, [ 3 ] from The Art of Tea (1976) to One Bad Habit (1980).