Michael Davidson (singer)

Michael Davidson ( b. 1963 in New Jersey, USA as Michael Jay Davidson) is a former American singer and songwriter who was at the record label Sire Records.

Career

Produced by British producer trio Stock Aitken Waterman song Turn it up from 1987, which can be found on the soundtrack for the film Who's that girl ( with Madonna in the lead role ), was his biggest hit in the global charts. Turn it up was written by Davidson himself and the French artist Frédéric Mercier. Phil Harding, however, was responsible for the mixing.

In 1989, still appeared his second single warehouse, but only scored low sales figures. Warehouse was written by Michael Davidson and Mitch Kaplan. The music producer and DJ Mark Kamins from New York, the Madonna, among others owes her first recording contract with Sire Records, the 12 " maxi-single has produced and mixed. Having the single flopped, Davidson got out of the music business.

Turn it up will be published again and again on various compilations from the 1980s. 2008, the song was released as a remix ( In Full Cry Mix) besides numerous hit films of such stars as Limahl or Tina Turner on the film sampler Movie klub80 ( Warner Music Poland). The video for his one- hit wonder Turn it up, which is likely to be classified as a low-budget production, exists in two different versions (Radio Version and Extended Mix) and enjoys to this day a very large popularity on many video platforms in Internet.

Davidson also worked as a songwriter and wrote, among other things the title It's A Strange Love for the successful album Everybody Tells A Story of Brigitte Nielsen in 1987 with. In the database of Warner Music Publishing is still another song title from him, namely Boys Games, which he is said to have composed with Bruce Roberts.

Since 2001, Davidson works as a photographer in San Francisco.

Discography

. " Turn It Up" - 12 " Maxi-Single Sire, Warner Music: 20671

" Turn It Up ." - 12 "Maxi - Single Sire UK, SIRE W8219T

"Warehouse ", 12 " Maxi-Single Sire, Warner Music. 21288