American recording artist; singer and songwriter
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Michael Franks (born 18 September 1944 in La Jolla, California, USA) is a smooth jazz singer and songwriter from the United States. He has recorded with a variety of well-known artists, such as Patti Austin, Brenda Russell, Art Garfunkel, and David Sanborn. His songs have been recorded by The Manhattan Transfer, Patti Labelle, Carmen McRae, Diana Krall, Shirley Bassey and the Carpenters. Franks grew up in southern California with his father Gerald <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Fran
5 total works indexed
· 2014 · cited 85,293x
· 2005 · cited 47,753x
· 1976 · cited 43,862x
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· 1983 · cited 38,972x
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