Biography
26 November 1945, Evanston, Illinois, USA. Omartian is a veteran US rock and pop producer with a long list of credits including Rod Stewart, Amy Grant and Christopher Cross. Prior to making his mark as a producer, he had worked as a freelance session player and arranger in the 70s around the Midwest. His most notable contributions were to three of Steely Dan’s most successful albums, Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied and Aja. By 1978 he had joined Warner Brothers Records as an executive producer, where his work with Rod Stewart yielded the hits ‘Some Guys Have All The Luck’, ‘Sailing’ and ‘Infatuation’. He also produced Christopher Cross’ hit, ‘Ride Like The Wind’. He continued to work as a session musician, for clients including Al Jarreau, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson and Rickie Lee Jones. In 1985 he left Warners to work as an independent producer, and immediately collaborated with contemporary Christian artists Gary...
Read the Full Biography of Michael Omartian
|
OLDIES.com on
|
