Hilly Michaels
| Hilly Michaels | |
|---|---|
| Born | New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupations | Producer |
| Instruments | guitar, drums |
| Years active | 1970s-present |
| Labels | Label |
| Associated acts | Sparks |
Hilly Michaels, also known as Hilly Boy Michaels is an American drummer and musician, best known for playing drums with the Sparks in the 70's.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Hilly Michaels, also known as Hilly Boy Michaels (born Michael Hillman in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American drummer and musician, best known for playing drums with Sparks in the 70s and his two solo albums from the early 80s, Calling All Girls (1980) and Lumia (1981). Hilly Michaels was a New York based session drummer that performed on the Sparks “Big Beat” album in 1976, which was produced by Rupert Holmes. Michaels was the only session musician to go on the North American tour with Ron Mael and Russell Mael of the Sparks.[2]
[edit] History
His first music experience came with playing in a band called Joy, featuring a young Michael Bolton. Later Michaels played with artists such as The Cherry Vanilla Band, Sparks, Ellen Foley, The Hunter/Ronson Band, Dan Hartman, John Cougar Mellencamp, Marianne Faithfull and Ronnie Wood.
In 1979, Jake Hooker worked with Hilly Michaels to capture a million dollar deal with Warner Bros. Records and a MTV video to promote Calling All Girls,1980 with Roy Thomas Baker as the producer. [3] He was in a relationship with Marianne Faithfull during the mid-1980's when they lived together in NYC, from where in 1985 Faithfull entered the Hazelden Foundation to end her heroin addiction.[4]
Michaels' songs can be heard in the movies Caddyshack and Die Laughing. In Rollercoaster (movie) he appeared with Sparks performing the songs Big Boy and Fill'er Up.
He has since worked as producer and manager of marketing and development. He currently resides in Connecticut and continues to record.
[edit] Discography
- Calling All Girls 1980
- Lumia 1981
[edit] References
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Sparks". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5494/biography. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ HILLY "BOY" MICHAELS - DRUMMER ON SPARKS "BIG BEAT" LPRetrieved 23 February 2012
- ^ Powerpop Presents Hilly Michaels 1980 Retrieved 26 February 2012
- ^ Faithfull, Marianne (1994). Faithfull: an autobiography. New York: Cooper Square Press. ISBN 0815410468.
