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Michael Zager

real name Michael James Zager

Passaic, United States

Michael Zager is credited on 1,469 releases across 369 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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American producer, arranger, conductor, keyboardist and songwriter, born June 3, 1943, in Passaic, New Jersey. Best known to have formed The Michael Zager Band, which had disco hits like "Let's All Chant" (1977) and "Life's A Party" (1978). He often wrote songs with Alvin Fields, and discovered Whitney Houston when she was 14. Indeed, Whitney sang with her mother Cissy on the track "Life's A Party" of the Michael Zager Band.
Zager also produced disco songs for porn actresses Marilyn Chambers and Andrea True Connection.
He formed The Michael Zager Band and has produced and composed over the years, albums and songs for a wide range of artists like Andrea True Connection, Marilyn Chambers, Whitney Houston, Moulin Rouge, Cissy Houston, Gladys Knight, Peabo Bryson, Luther Vandross, Deniece Williams, Jennifer Holliday, Herb Alpert, Babatunde Olatunji, Saint & Stephanie (US 1979) (opens in a new tab), Alvin Fields and Spinners.
Zager has composed and/or arranged more than 400 commercials.
Today, he is professor and director of commercial music at the Florida Atlantic University.