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Michael Omartian
| Michael Omartian | |||||||||||||||||
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| Birthplace | Evanston | ||||||||||||||||
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| Birth date | 26 Nov 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lived in | Evanston, Los Angeles, Nashville | ||||||||||||||||
| Languages | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethnicities | Arm • Michael OmartianAmerican singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
Musical artist Michael S. Omartian (born November 26, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He produced number-one records in three consecutive decades. He has earned 11 Grammy Awards nominations and won three. He spent five years on the A&R staff of ABC/Dunhill Records as a producer, artist, and arranger; then was hired by Warner Bros. Records as an in-house producer and A&R staff member. Omartian moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 1993, where he served on the Board of Governors of the Recording Academy, and has helped to shape the curriculum for the first master's degree program in the field of Music Business at Belmont University. Artists who Omartian has produced albums for include Clint Black, Michael Bolton, Debby Boone, Steve Camp, Peter Cetera, Christopher Cross, Joe "Bean" Esposito, Amy Grant, Benny Hester, Whitney Houston, • Michael OmartianMichael Omartian is the first producer in recording history to have number one records in three separate decades - the seventies, eighties and nineties. In 1980, Michael was nominated for ten Grammy Awards, three of which he won for his work on Christopher Cross' debut album. He has been nominated for producer of the year twice, once in 1980 and again in 1984. In 1991 he was nominated for album of the year with "Heart In Motion" by Amy Grant. In 1995 he was nominated for country song of the year, "When Love Finds You," with Vince Gill, and for Gospel Album of the Year, "The Light Inside," with Gary Chapman. In 1994 Michael had the honor of producing "One Voice," an album for the Summer Olympic Games. His song entitled "Atlanta Reel" was used as the theme for the swimming events. | ||||||||||||||||