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Michael Masser (born Michael William Masser on March 24, 1941 in Chicago)[1], a former stockbroker, is a composer and producer of popular music. He attended the University of Illinois College of Law, but left to pursue his interest in music.[2] Masser and his wife Ogniana live in Encino, California.[3]
Masser's first major composition hit, co-written with Ron Miller, was "Touch Me in the Morning," recorded by Diana Ross. He co-wrote several other hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, including four made famous by Whitney Houston, "Greatest Love of All," "Didn't We Almost Have It All," "All at Once," and "Saving All My Love for You."
Other hit songs include "Hold Me" (Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston), "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson), "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" (Peabo Bryson), "In Your Eyes" (Jeffrey Osborne, George Benson), "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (George Benson, Glenn Medeiros), "Miss You Like Crazy" (Natalie Cole) and "Someone That I Used To Love" (Natalie Cole), "The Greatest Love of All" (George Benson), "So Sad the Song" (Teddy Pendergrass, Gladys Knight), and "It's My Turn" and "Last Time I Saw Him" (Diana Ross). A country cover of "Last Time I Saw Him" by Dottie West also became a hit, peaking at #8 on the country charts. Masser was nominated for an Academy Award in 1976 for Best Music, Original Song, for "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)," which he wrote with Gerry Goffin. The song had actually been first recorded in 1973 by fellow Motown labelmate Thelma Houston as a planned single but was only released as a single-B-side so that Diana Ross could release it as a theme song (and single) for her film Mahogany.
Among the many recordings that he has produced are Barbra Streisand's "Someone That I Used to Love" (originally a hit for Natalie Cole) and the duet by Judy Collins and T. G. Sheppard, "Home Again."
Masser was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007.[4]
Songs Composed[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
| Artist | Song | Album/Label/Year | Writers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Ross | "Touch Me In The Morning" | To Love Again, Motown 1973 | Michael Masser/Ron Miller |
| Diana Ross | "Last Time I Saw Him" | Last Time I Saw Him, Motown 1974 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Diana Ross | "Do You Know Where You're Going To (Theme From Mahogany)" | Mahogany, Motown 1975 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Diana Ross | "No One's Gonna Be A Fool Forever" | To Love Again, Motown 1975 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Diana Ross | "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" | single 1975 & 'Ross' album 1978, Motown | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Diana Ross | "Together" | single 1975 & 'Ross' album 1978, Motown | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Diana Ross | "I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love)" | To Love Again, Motown 1976 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Diana Ross | "After You" | Diana Ross, Motown 1976 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Diana Ross | "To Love Again" | To Love Again, Motown 1978 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Diana Ross | "It's My Turn" | To Love Again, It's My Turn (soundtrack), Motown 1980 | Michael Masser/Carole Bayer Sager |
| Diana Ross | "Stay With Me" | To Love Again, Motown 1981 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Diana Ross | "One More Chance" | To Love Again, Motown 1981 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Diana Ross | "Crying My Heart Out For You" | To Love Again, Motown 1981 | Michael Masser/Allee Willis |
| Diana Ross | "In Your Arms" | Silk Electric, RCA 1983 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| Dionne Warwick | "Some Changes Are For Good" | Hot! Live and Otherwise, Arista 1981 | Michael Masser/Carole Bayer Sager |
| Dionne Warwick | "This Time Is Ours" | B-side single release (later released on the CD-edition of No Night So Long 2010), Arista 1981 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Dionne Warwick | "There's A Long Road Ahead Of Us" | Hot! Live and Otherwise, Arista 1981 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Dionne Warwick | "Now We're Starting Over Again" | Hot! Live and Otherwise, Arista 1981 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Whitney Houston & Teddy Pendergrass | "Hold Me" | Whitney Houston, Arista 1985 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| Whitney Houston | "Saving All My Love For You" | Whitney Houston, Arista 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Whitney Houston | "The Greatest Love of All" | Whitney Houston, Arista 1986 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| Whitney Houston | "All At Once" | Whitney Houston, Arista 1986 | Michael Masser/Jeffrey Osborne |
| Whitney Houston | "Didn't We Almost Have It All" | Whitney, Arista 1987 | Michael Masser/Will Jennings |
| Whitney Houston | "You're Still My Man" | Whitney, Arista 1987 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Whitney Houston | "After We Make Love" | I'm Your Baby Tonight, Arista 1990 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Neil Diamond | "First You Have To Say You Love Me" | Heartlight, Columbia 1982 | Michael Masser/Neil Diamond |
| Stacy Lattisaw | "Can't Stop Thinking About You" | I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| Stacy Lattisaw | "Coming Alive" | I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Stacy Lattisaw | "Now We're Starting Over Again" | I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Stacy Lattisaw | "He's Just Not You" | Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| Stacy Lattisaw | "I'm Not The Same Girl" | I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| Stacy Lattisaw | "Toughen Up" | I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Rand Goodrum |
| Stacy Lattisaw | "Together" | I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Stacy Lattisaw | "I Thought It Took A Little Time" | I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Glenn Medeiros | "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" | Glenn Medeiros, Amherst 1987 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Glenn Medeiros | "A Long and Lasting Love" | Not Me, Amherst 1988 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| George Benson | "The Greatest Love of All" | The Greatest (soundtrack), Arista 1977 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| George Benson | "I Always Knew I Had It In Me" | The Greatest (soundtrack), Arista 1977 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| George Benson | "In Your Eyes" | In Your Eyes, Warner Brothers 1983 | Michael Masser/Dan Hill |
| George Benson | "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" | 20/20, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| George Benson & Roberta Flack | "You Are the Love of My Life" | 20/20, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| Michael Masser | "Ali's Theme (Instrumental)" | The Greatest (soundtrack), Arista 1977 | Michael Masser |
| Roberta Flack | "After You" | Blue Lights in the Basement, Atlantic 1978 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Roberta Flack | "Stay With Me" | Roberta Flack, Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway, Atlantic 1979 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson | "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" | Born to Love, EMI 1983 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson | "Comin' Alive" | Born to Love, EMI 1983 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Peabo Bryson | "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" | Straight From The Heart, Elektra 1984 | Michael Masser/Tom Snow/Cynthia Weil |
| Peabo Bryson | "Learning The Ways of Love" | Straight From The Heart, Elektra 1984 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Barry Manilow | "You're My Only Girl (Jenny)" | Greatest Hits Vol. 3, Arista 1989 | Michael Masser/Barry Manilow/John Bettis |
| Crystal Gayle | "Nobody Wants To Be Alone" | Nobody Wants To Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Rhonda Fleming |
| Crystal Gayle | "A Long and Lasting Love" | Nobody Wants To Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Crystal Gayle | "You Were There For Me" | Nobody Wants To Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Cynthia Weil |
| Crystal Gayle | "A New Way To Say I Love You" | Nobody Wants To Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Gene Wilder | "Crazy" | Stir Crazy (Soundtrack), Quality Records 1981 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| Randy Goodrum | "Love" | Stir Crazy (Soundtrack), Quality Records, 1981 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| Kiki Dee | "Nothing Can Stop Us Now" | Stir Crazy (Soundtrack), Quality Records 1981 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston | "Hold Me" | Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| Teddy Pendergrass | "In My Time" | Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Cynthia Weil |
| Teddy Pendergrass | "So Sad The Song" | Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Teddy Pendergrass | "Hot Love" | Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/R. Parker, Jr/Linda Creed |
| Teddy Pendergrass | "Stay With Me" | Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Teddy Pendergrass | "Love" | Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| Teddy Pendergrass | "This Time Is Ours" | Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Jeffrey Osborne | "In Your Eyes" | So Emotional, A&M Records 1987 | Michael Masser/Dan Hill |
| Dan Hill | "In Your Eyes" | Love in the Shadows, Polygram Records 1983 | Michael Masser/Dan Hill |
| Thelma Houston | "Piano Man" | A-side single release (later on "Motown Superstar Series" LP 1981), Mowest/Motown 1972 | Michael Masser/K. L. Dunham |
| Thelma Houston | "No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever" | B-side single release (later on "Best Of Thelma Houston" LP 1991), Mowest/Motown 1972 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Thelma Houston | "I'm Just a Part of Yesterday" | A-side single release (later on "Best of Thelma Houston" LP 1991), Mowest/Motown 1973 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Thelma Houston | "Together" | A-side single release, Motown 1973 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Thelma Houston | "Do You Know Where You're Going To" | B-side single release, Motown 1973 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Thelma Houston | "Your Eyes" | The Devil In Me, Motown 1977 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Natalie Cole | "Someone That I Used to Love" | Don't Look Back, Capitol 1980 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Natalie Cole | "Miss You Like Crazy" | Good To Be Back, EMI 1989 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin/Preston Glass |
| Natalie Cole | "Starting Over Again" | Good To Be Back, EMI 1989 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Natalie Cole | "No More Blue Christmas'" | single release, EMI 1990 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Judy Collins & T. G. Sheppard | "Home Again" | Home Again, Elektra 1984 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Jane Olivor | "A Long and Lasting Love" | Best Side of Goodbye, Columbia 1980 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Jane Olivor | "The Greatest Love of All" | Best Side of Goodbye, Columbia 1980 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| Jane Olivor | "To Love Again" | Best Side of Goodbye, Columbia 1980 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Dottie West | "Last Time I Saw Him" | Essential, RCA 1974 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | "So Sad The Song" | Pipe Dreams, Buddah 1976 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" | The One and Only, Buddah 1977 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| Phyllis Hyman | "Someone to Love" | Forever With You, Philadelphia International 1998 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| Mariah Carey | "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" | #1's (European edition), Columbia 1998 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Barbra Streisand | "Someone That I Used To Love" | A Collection: Greatest Hits & More, Columbia 1989 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Barbra Streisand | "Halfway Through the Night" | (unreleased), Columbia 1989 | Michael Masser/Cynthia Weil |
| Jennifer Lopez | "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" | On the 6 (European edition), Work 1999 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| Pieces of a Dream | "Do You Know Where You're Going To? (Theme from Mahogany)" | Acquainted With the Night, Heads Up 2001 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
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- ↑ Michael Masser Overview. IMDb (The Internet Movie Database), abgerufen am 31. Mai 2011.
- ↑ Jae-Ha Kim: Ex-stockbroker finds "Greatest Love" in pop music In: Chicago Sun-Times, November 30, 1988. Abgerufen am 30. Dezember 2008
- ↑ Ruth Ryon: Hot Property: An 'ER' physician calls in New York In: L.A. Times Archives, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2003. Abgerufen am 30. Dezember 2008
- ↑ Inductees to Songwriters Hall Announced In: The Washington Post, March 19, 2007. Abgerufen am 30. Dezember 2008