Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and multi-platinum selling artist Michael Bolton is set to release his newest CD “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” - A Tribute to Hitsville throughout Europe (ex UK and Ireland) on April 11th, 2014 via earMUSIC.
This special release featuring classic Motown hits also includes an exclusive version of the title track performed as a duet with multi-platinum singer Leona Lewis. As a special bonus track, one finds a version of this song together with German singer Helene Fischer, one of the most famous and popular German artists with record sales exceeding 9 million copies.
The album also features a duet of "Ain’t Nothin Like the Real Thing" with Grammy Award-winner Melanie Fiona and guitar sensation Orianthi featured on "Money". The brand new songs "Gotta Keep Dreamin" and "Somethin Out of Nothin" co-written by Michael Bolton will also be included.
“Ain't No Mountain High Enough” - A Tribute to Hitsville will also be made available as 2CD digipak edition. The very special bonus CD "Greatest Hits – Michael Bolton’s Favourites"features Michael Bolton’s handpicked favourites.
Inspired by the music he grew up listening to, Michael set out to record an album that would pay tribute to the legendary performers, songwriters and producers of the Motown era. The result is a collection of timeless Motown songs dutifully recorded by Michael along with special guests Leona Lewis on the Diana Ross chart-topper, "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough", and Melanie Fiona on the Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell classic "Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing".
Michael will be touring Germany in April 2014 starting with Berlin’s Friedrichstadt-Palast on April 23rd. "An Evening With Michael Bolton" will feature Michael performing his Greatest Hits, along with lead tracks from the new album, and a selection of special surprise guests.
Additional concert dates:
April 23 – Berlin, Friedrichstadt-Palast
April 25 – Rostock, Stadthalle
April 26 – Erlangen, Heinrich Lades Halle
April 28 – München, Circus Krone
April 30 – Stuttgart, KKL Hegel-Saal
May 2 – Essen, Philharmonie
May 4 – Leipzig, Gewandhaus
Michael Bolton has also recently released his first memoir, The Soul of it All: My Music My Life (Little, Brown Book Group) in which he offers a backstage pass into a fascinating life journey from anonymity to a world-renowned music career.
Tracklist:
CD1:
1. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (featuring Leona Lewis)
2. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
3. Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing (featuring Melanie Fiona)
4. Gotta Keep Dreamin’
5. Nowhere to Run
6. The Way You Do the Things You Do
7. You Keep Me Hanging On
8. What’s Going On
9. Tracks of My Tears
10. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)
11. Something Out of Nothin
12. Money (featuring Orianthi)
13. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (featuring Helene Fischer) (Bonus Track)
CD2: Greatest Hits - Michael Bolton's Favourites (Special Edition Digipak) - Selected by Michael Bolton himself
1. Time Love & Tenderness
2. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
3. Said I Loved You... But I Lied (Raggae Version)
4. How Can we be Lovers
5. Fly Me to the Moon
6. New York New York
7. Steel Bars
8. When A Man Loves a Woman
9. Soul Provider
10. To Love Somebody
Michael Bolton has won multiple Grammys for Best Male Vocalist, sold more than 53 million records, released 9 #1 singles, and received countless other honors throughout his career as a singer, songwriter and humanitarian. He continues to tour the world and has sung with legends like Luciano Pavarotti, BB King, Placido Domingo and Ray Charles. Michael has written songs with icons like Bob Dylan and Lady Gaga, and penned hits recorded by superstars such as Barbra Streisand, Cher, KISS, and Kanye West/Jay-Z.
Michael was featured in the Emmy-nominated Saturday Night Live video, “Jack Sparrow”, that went on to become a viral sensation racking up 120 million views to date. He has also been featured in several People Magazine “Sexiest Man Alive” issues. Of all that he has accomplished, perhaps nothing is more important to Bolton than the foundation he founded in 1993, The Michael Bolton Charities, to assist women and children at risk.
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