
Artist
Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald is a pop artist from St. Louis, Missouri, USA. 25 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop · St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Best pop albums
- 25
- Releases
- 1982–2018
- Active years

Artist
Michael McDonald is a pop artist from St. Louis, Missouri, USA. 25 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop · St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Best pop albums

Most popular
If That's What It Takes
1982 · 10 tracks

Motown
2003

Soul Speak
2008

Take It to Heart
1990

No Lookin' Back
1985

Blink of an Eye
1993

Blue Obsession
1997

In the Spirit: A Christmas Album
2001

Wide Open
2017

Season of Peace - The Christmas Collection
2018

Live on Soundstage
2018
Cuts
2016
This Christmas
2009

The Ultimate Collection
2005

Through The Many Winters
2005
Through the Many Winters: A Christmas Album
2005

Motown and Motown II
2004

Motown II
2004
Motown Two
2004
All We Got
1991
Sweet Freedom
1986
Michael McDonald is an American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan. He became a member of The Doobie Brothers from 1976 to 1982, a period which resulted in several hit songs for the band. He has won five Grammy Awards. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, McDonald played in several local bands while attending McCluer High School in his hometown of Ferguson, Missouri. He was discovered while playing with a group called Blue and consequently moved to Los Angeles in 1970. He also recorded some promo songs in the early 1970s which are now available on an album collectively called That Was Then. Michael McDonald became one of the many in-studio adjunct members of the group Steely Dan, providing back-up vocals on tracks for 1975's Katy Lied. He would return on subsequent Steely Dan recordings including 1976's The Royal Scam and 1977's Aja. He also played keyboards on some Steely Dan tracks. McDonald continued to do background vocals for Steely Dan through their 1980 release, Gaucho. He was part of Steely Dan's last touring band in the 1970s, playing keyboards and singing backup McDonald was rec…