About Me
Born in Chicago, now based in Los Angeles, Michael Jay's songs have been recorded by EMINEM, CELINE DION, MANDY MOORE, GLORIA ESTEFAN, KYLIE MINOGUE, CHAKA KHAN, DEBORAH HARRY, SHEENA EASTON, JON SECADA, STEPHANIE MILLS, EVELYN "CHAMPAGNE" KING, MARTIKA, GLENN JONES, EXPOSE, PETER ALLEN, LARA FABIAN, JENNIFER PAIGE, SEIKO MATSUDA, DONNIE WAHLBERG, FIVE STAR, PATRICE RUSHEN, ASHLEY GEARING, LULU, SMOKIE, MY VITRIOL, BRENDA K. STARR, STEVIE B, RICKY MARTIN, MENUDO, WILLA FORD, GLEN GOLDSMITH, LALAH HATHAWAY, LOUISE, and many others.
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CO-WRITERS: Some of Michael Jay's songwriting partners have been Grammy Award and Oscar-winning writers such as Peter Allen ... David Foster ... Burt Bacharach ... Jeremy Lubbock ... Brett James ... and others. Michael Jay has also collaborated on writing songs with top artists such as Kylie Minogue ... Nik Kershaw ... Fergie ... Chesney Hawkes ... Lee Ryan (of Blue) ... Howie Dorough (of The Backstreet Boys) ... and others.
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PRODUCTIONS: Although Michael Jay produces most of his own recordings, some of his songs have had versions produced by top record producers such as Giorgio Moroder ... Stock Aitken Waterman ... George Duke ... Maurice Starr ... Neil Kernon ... Aaron Zigman ... and others.
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CAREER MILESTONES: ..........1986 - Michael Jay's song "Hot Summer Nights" is recorded by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine for the soundtrack to the hit Tom Cruise movie "TOP GUN" and sells over 10-million copies. ..........1989 - Michael Jay discovers, develops, produces and writes the songs for teen singer MARTIKA's debut album, including the worldwide number 1 hit single "Toy Soldiers" which sells over 3-million copies. ..........1996 - Michael Jay's song "Declaration Of Love" is recorded by CELINE DION for her album "Falling Into You" which wins the Grammy Award for Best Album Of The Year, and sells over 31-million copies. ..........2004 - Rap superstar EMINEM records a new version of Michael Jay's "Toy Soldiers" for his album "Encore," which was also included on EMINEM's Greatest Hits CD "Curtain Call" in 2005, and again in 2007 on EMINEM's "Live From New York City" which, in total, has sold more than 10-million copies.
