Michael Bolton (born February 26, 1953, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.) is an American pop singer with a voice covering four octaves and a popular appeal that extended his stay at the top of the music charts.. Michael Bolotin was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to George Bolotin, a local Democratic Party official, and his wife Helen, a homemaker. He demonstrated an interest in music at an early age and learned to play the saxophone at age 7. By age 11 he had learned to play guitar, and a year ...