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Michael Franks
La Jolla, United States • b. 1944-09-18
Michael Franks is credited on 684 releases across 194 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
684
Pressings credited
194
Albums
6
Decades active
102
In collections
Biography
Michael Franks (born September 18, 1944) is an American singer and songwriter. He has recorded with a variety of well-known artists, such as Peggy Lee, Dan Hicks, Patti Austin, Art Garfunkel, Brenda Russell, Claus Ogerman, Joe Sample, and David Sanborn. His songs have been recorded by Gordon Haskell, Shirley Bassey, The Carpenters, Kurt Elling, Diana Krall, Patti LaBelle, Lyle Lovett, The Manhattan Transfer, Leo Sidran, Veronica Nunn, Carmen McRae, Ringo Starr and Natalie Cole.
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Credited work
684 releases · 194 albums · active 1972–2025
- Performance · 958
- Other credits · 38
- Production · 35
Studios: A&R Studios · Capitol Studios · Power Station · The Capitol Theatre
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Passage
1977
The Minstrel Show
2005
The Art Of Tea
1975
Sleeping Gypsy
1977
When I Look In Your Eyes
1999
One Bad Habit
1980
Bad Boy
1978
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
1994
It Happened One Bite
1978
Coming Out
1976
Sonny & Brownie
1973
Passionfruit
1983
Tiger In The Rain
1979
Burchfield Nines
1978
Deep 70s (Underrated Cuts From A Misunderstood Decade)
2022
So Blu
2001
The Complete Singles
2015
That Summer
2004
The Crusaders' Finest Hour
2000
You Are There
1985
Moment By Moment Original Movie Soundtrack
1979
Just Family
1978
Other Peoples Rooms
1978
Stolen Moments
1978
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Manhattan Transfer
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Marek Niedźwiecki
- Tok Tok Tok
- Joe Sample
- Mark Murphy
- Carpenters
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