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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. American musician, singer, and keyboardist (born 1952) For other people named Michael McDonald, see Michael McDonald (disambiguation). Michael McDonald McDonald performing live in 2019 Background information Born (1952-02-12) February 12, 1952 (age 73) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Genres ...
"What a Fool Believes" is a song written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. The best-known version was recorded by The Doobie Brothers (with McDonald singing lead vocals) for their 1978 album Minute by Minute. Debuting at number 73 on January 20, 1979, the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 14, 1979, for one week. [7]
Greatest Hits is a 2001 compilation album by the Doobie Brothers. Its 20 songs appear in chronological order of original release, except for their debut single "Nobody" being placed at track 7 because it was reissued in 1974 to greater chart success than its original release.
Prodded by a friend — actor and comedian Paul Reiser — McDonald is finally owning his story this spring in the unvarnished and humble memoir “What a Fool Believes,” out May 21.
Their first greatest hits album, released in 1976, "Best of The Doobies," achieved diamond status. Two of the Doobie Brothers' singles hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100: "Black Water" in 1974 and "What A Fool Believes" in 1979. That song was ranked number 19 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979.
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 ...
Minute by Minute is the eighth studio album by American rock band the Doobie Brothers, released on December 1, 1978, by Warner Bros. Records.It was their last album to include members John Hartman (until Cycles) and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter.
Writer Tom Johnston described the inspiration for the song as a call for world peace: "The chord structure of it made me think of something positive, so the lyrics that came out of that were based on this utopian idea that if the leaders of the world got together on some grassy hill somewhere and either smoked enough dope or just sat down and just listened to the music and forgot about all ...