Michael McDonald’s voice became a defining sound of the 1970s and 1980s, bridging genres like rock, pop, soul, and R&B. In this video, we dive into the prolific career of the man behind countless hits ...

As music critic and writer Steve Huey once explained, “from 1976 to 1984, the radio airwaves were dominated by really smooth music.” Once known as soft rock, since the mid-2000s pretty much everyone ...

Michael McDonald was the Akon of the ’80s. Ubiquitous, inescapable. The consummate guest star, backing vocalist, and duet partner, trading lines with everyone from James Ingram to Patti LaBelle to ...

If we had a Hall of Fame for singular singers who can't be duplicated but often get imitated, Michael McDonald, the Doobie Brothers vocalist who powered classics like "What a Fool Believes" and ...

Even Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Michael McDonald says he feels like an imposter sometimes. "I don't mean to be self-deprecating when I say this, but I never really understood why people ...