Lee Michaels
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Lee Michaels | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Michael Olsen |
Also known as | Lee Eugene Michaels |
Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | November 24, 1945
Genres | Rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, Restaurateur |
Instrument(s) | |
Years active | 1960s–1970s |
Labels |
Lee Eugene Michaels (born Michael Olsen, November 24, 1945)
Career
Music
Born in
Michaels' choice of the
That album, titled 5th and released in 1971, produced a surprise US Top 10 hit (No. 6 in late 1971), "Do You Know What I Mean." It was an autobiographical homage to the loss of a girlfriend. Michaels's Top 40 follow-up, a cover version of the Motown standard, "Can I Get a Witness," peaked at No. 39 on Christmas Day 1971, eight years to the week after Marvin Gaye's version peaked at No. 22. Billboard ranked "Do You Know What I Mean" as the No. 19 song for 1971. Michaels recorded two more albums for A&M before signing a recording contract with Columbia Records in 1973. With his Columbia recordings failing to generate much interest, Michaels went into semi-retirement from the music industry by the end of the decade.[1]
In 1991, Michaels obtained full rights to all of his A&M recordings in a settlement of disputes that had arisen from A&M granting licenses to
Restaurateur
Lee opened his family-owned restaurant Killer Shrimp which he founded in 1988 in Marina del Rey, California. He still operates the restaurant today.
Discography
Studio albums + live album
Title | Details | United States
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Australia[5] | |||||||||||
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Carnival of Life | — | — | ||||||||||||
Recital |
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Lee Michaels |
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53 | — | |||||||||||
Barrel |
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51 | — | |||||||||||
5th |
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16 | 38 | |||||||||||
Space and First Takes |
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78 | — | |||||||||||
Lee Michaels Live |
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135 | — | |||||||||||
Nice Day for Something |
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172 | — | |||||||||||
Tailface |
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Absolute Lee |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Record Label | B-side | Album | |||||||||
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US | AUS[5] | |||||||||||||
1968 | "Love" | — | — | A&M Records | "Sounding the Sleeping" | Carnival of Life | ||||||||
"If I Lose You" | — | — | "My Friends" | Recital | ||||||||||
1969 | "Goodbye, Goodbye" | — | — | "The War" | ||||||||||
"Heighty Hi" | 106 | 47 | "Want My Baby" | Lee Michaels | ||||||||||
1970 | "What Now America" | — | — | "Uummmm My Lady" | Barrel | |||||||||
1971 | "Do You Know What I Mean" | 6 | 26 | "Keep the Circle Turning" | 5th | |||||||||
"Can I Get a Witness" | 39 | — | "You Are What You Do" | |||||||||||
1972 | "Hold on to Freedom" | 104* | — | "Own Special Way (As Long As)" | Space and First Takes | |||||||||
1973 | "Same Old Song" | — | — | Columbia Records | "Rock and Roll Community" | Nice Day for Something | ||||||||
"Rock Me Baby" | — | — | A&M Records | "Heighty Hi" | Lee Michaels Live | |||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. US chart is Billboard unless otherwise noted. *Cashbox singles chart.[6] |
Compilation CDs
- The Lee Michaels Collection (Rhino, 1992)
- The Best of Lee Michaels (One Way, 1997)
- Hello: The Very Best of Lee Michaels (Shout Factory, 2004)
- Heighty Hi: The Best of Lee Michaels (Manifesto, 2015)
- The Complete A&M Albums Collection [7-CD set] (Manifesto, 2015)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Richie Unterberger, Liner Notes for Roxy's Roxy; Richieunterberger.com.
- ^ a b "Mr. Piano Power". Sounds. Spotlight Publications. 28 August 1971. p. 3.
- ^ Bartholomew Eugene Smith-Frost is based in Texas, where he continues to perform as Barry Smith or B.E. "Frosty" Smith. Experience Summary Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine; Soulhat.net; Biography of Bartholomew Smith-Frost; Frostysmith.tripod.com.
- ^ ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.