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This area is for Michael Bolton related web pages. It has links to Mailing List / Discussion Groups and some of the best info sites for Michael on the net. Michael Bolton is continually crossing all barriers - musical and otherwise. Beyond his status as one of the music industry's most successful singer / songwriters, he has utilized his celebrity to emerge as a voice recognized on another level: that of human rights activist. He's authored his first children's book (The Secret Of The Lost Kingdom, published by Hyperion / Disney Press in the fall of 1997) and recorded "Go The Distance" - the theme-song for the Disney animated film, Hercules. Michael is bringing the same passion, devotion, and commitment to his other major projects that have made him -- with sales of more than 40 million albums -- one of the world's most popular singers. In 1993, Michael established the Michael Bolton Foundation which -- through local and national charities and the establishment of "safe house" shelters -- provides assistance to children and women at risk from the scourge of poverty, as well as from emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. He's the honorary chairman of the National Committee To Prevent Child Abuse and National Chairman for This Close For Cancer Research. In 1994, he received the prestigious Lewis Hine Award from the National Child Labor Committee. In 1995, he was named a Hendon Fellow at Yale University. In January of 1996, Michael became the recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. / C.O.R.E. Award. He is currently serving on the board of directors for One-To-One, a youth mentoring program and the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital. From the official Columbia / Sony Records biography