Michael Bolton

A onetime hard rock singer with a distinctively raspy voice and four-octave range, Michael Bolton rose to superstardom by refashioning himself as a blue-eyed soul singer. He did so by reviving such '60s R&B standards as Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" and Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" as well as by introducing soul-pop hits of his own, including 1989's "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. Bolton went on to dominate the adult contemporary airwaves during the early and mid-'90s, racking up a series of ...