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Biography
Refimprove|date=December 2010cleanup|date=June 2011 Lee Michaels (born Michael Olsen , November 24, 1945, Los Angeles , California ) plays the Hammond organ , piano , and guitar (plus vocals), and is best known for his 1971 Top 40|Top 10 pop music|pop hit single , "Do You Know What I Mean."
Career
Michaels began his career with The Sentinals (band)|The Sentinals , a San Luis-based surf group that included drummer Johny Barbata , later of The Turtles , Jefferson Airplane , and Jefferson Starship . Michaels joined Barbata in the Strangers, a group led by Joel Scott Hill, before moving to San Francisco . There he joined an early version of The Family Tree (band)|The Family Tree , a band led by Bob Segarini . Richie Unterberger , http://www.richieunterberger.com/roxy.html Liner Notes for Roxy's Roxy ; www.richieunterberger.com. In 1967, he signed a contract with A& M Records , releasing his debut album , Carnival Of Life , later that year. As a session musician , he played with Jimi Hendrix , among others.
Michaels' choice of the Hammond organ as his primary musical instrument|instrument was unusual for the time, as was his bare-bones stage and recording studio|studio accompaniment: usually just a single drummer , most often a musician known as "Frosty" (Bartholomew Eugene Smith-Frost) a member of Sweathog (band)|Sweathog ,Who, based in Texas, continues to perform as Barry Smith or B.E. "Frosty" Smith: http://www.soulhat.net/frosty.htm Experience Summary; www.soulhat.net; http://frostysmith.tripod.com/id17.htm Biography of Barry Smith; www.frostysmith.tripod.com. or with Joel Larson of The Grass Roots . This unorthodox approach attracted a following in San Francisco, and some critical notice, but Michaels did not achieve real commercial success until the release of his fifth album ( Fifth ), which produced a surprise United States|US Top 40|Top 10 hit (#6 in the fall of 1971), "Do You Know What I Mean" and a Top 40 follow-up, a cover version of the Motown standard, "Can I Get A Witness" (#39). Michaels recorded two more albums for A& M before signing a recording contract with Columbia Records in 1973. His Columbia recordings failed to generate much interest, and Michaels went into semi-retirement from the music industry by the end of the decade.
Album discography
Studio albums
Title
Details
United States
Carnival of Life
Release date: 1968
Label: A& M Records|A& M
Formats: LP record|LP
Recital
Release date: 1968
Label: A& M
Formats: LP
Lee Michaels
Release date: 1969
Label: A& M
Formats: LP
Barrel
Release date: 1970
Label: A& M
Formats: LP
Fifth
Release date: 1971
Label: A& M
Formats: LP
Space and First Takes
Release date: 1972
Label: A& M
Formats: LP
Lee Michaels Live
Release date: 1973
Label: A& M
Formats: LP
Nice Day for Something
Release date: 1973
Label: Columbia Records|Columbia
Formats: LP
Tailface
Release date: 1974
Label: Columbia
Formats: LP
Saturn Rings
Release date: 1975
Label: ABC Records|ABC
Formats: LP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
References
Reflist
External links
Lee MICHAELS's Official web site (to be verified)
http://www.leemichaels.com
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p19323|pure_url=yes Lee Michaels Biography on allmusic.com
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewprofile& friendid=117907952 Lee Michaels MySpace tribute page
Persondata |NAME=Michaels, Lee |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=American musician |DATE OF BIRTH=November 24, 1945 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Los Angeles , California , United States |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH=
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