Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald is an American singer and songwriter known for his distinctive soft, husky voice and blue-eyed soul style.

He rose to prominence with the Doobie Brothers in the late 1970s and had solo hits including "I Keep Forgettin'." His name has become shorthand for a certain smooth, yacht-rock aesthetic: That song is very Michael McDonald.

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raspy · gravelly · deep voice · vocalist · singer · keyboard · Motown · harmonies · mustache · beard · sunglasses · smooth · smooth vocals · soulful · Kenny Loggins · mellow · seventies · eighties

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Opposites
vocal style and musical aesthetic

Michael McDonaldJohnny Rotten

Iggy Pop · Tom Waits · Sid Vicious · Nick Cave · James Brown

musical genre and era association

Michael McDonaldBlack Flag

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Dead Kennedys · The Ramones · The Stooges · Nine Inch Nails · Nirvana

vocal register and timbre

Michael McDonaldAxl Rose

Guns N' Roses vocalist

Mick Jagger · Robert Plant

Family

Michael, McDonald, Michaels

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G