Mike PostMike Post is a Grammy and Emmy award winning composer of music and theme songs for many of the most popular TV dramas first shown in the United States. He was born September 29, 1944 in Los Angeles, California. He won his first Grammy at age 22 for Best Instrumental Arrangement on Mason Williams' "Classical Gas." One of his first TV jobs started when he was 24, as the musical director on The Andy Williams Show. Another early job was writing music, including the theme for the series Toma, but his big break-through came with his theme song for another series by producer Stephen J. Cannell, The Rockford Files; the theme also got cross-over Top 40 radio airplay. He won an Emmy for the theme to Murder One, but had previously been nominated for NYPD Blue, among others. He won BMI Awards for the music for L.A. Law, Hunter, and the various Law & Order series. Other noted TV music work includes The Commish, Newsradio, Blossom, The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, Magnum, P.I., Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, CHiPs, and Baa Baa Black Sheep. This page about Mike Post includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Mike Post News stories about Mike Post External links for Mike Post Videos for Mike Post Wikis about Mike Post Discussion Groups about Mike Post Blogs about Mike Post Images of Mike Post |
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Other noted TV music work includes The Commish, Newsradio, Blossom, The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, Magnum, P.I., Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, CHiPs, and Baa Baa Black Sheep. His nephew Eric West has a debut album being released in 2005 titled Half | Life. Law, Hunter, and the various Law & Order series. This genre is now called "Quiet Storm" after a radio programming format named for Robinson's biggest solo album title track, Quiet Storm.. He won BMI Awards for the music for L.A. By this time, Robinson was a vice-president of Motown and he helped helm the label's shift towards an urban, contemporary soul sound. He won an Emmy for the theme to Murder One, but had previously been nominated for NYPD Blue, among others. They went on for a while, even having another hit. In 2001, the group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Another early job was writing music, including the theme for the series Toma, but his big break-through came with his theme song for another series by producer Stephen J. Cannell, The Rockford Files; the theme also got cross-over Top 40 radio airplay. Robinson left The Miracles in 1972. He won his first Grammy at age 22 for Best Instrumental Arrangement on Mason Williams' "Classical Gas." One of his first TV jobs started when he was 24, as the musical director on The Andy Williams Show. The group faltered somewhat in the early 1970s, though hits such as "The Tears of a Clown" (1970) still did quite well. He was born September 29, 1944 in Los Angeles, California. Albums were released as "Smokey Robinson & the Miracles" after 1967. Mike Post is a Grammy and Emmy award winning composer of music and theme songs for many of the most popular TV dramas first shown in the United States. After marrying Claudette Rogers, a singer with The Miracles, Robinson started towards a solo career. Legendary singer and songwriter Bob Dylan described Robinson as "America's greatest living poet." Robinson's numerous hit ballads also earned him the title "America's poet laureate of love." Over the course of his almost 50-year career in music, Robinson has over 4,000 songs to his credit. Later, Mary Wells and the Temptations had big hits with Robinson originals, "My Guy" (1964) and "My Girl" (also from 1964), respectively. This was followed by "Mickey's Monkey" (1963), "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying", "I Second That Emotion" (1967), "The Love I Saw In You Was Just a Mirage", "Ooo Baby Baby", "Baby, Baby, Don't Cry", "The Tracks of My Tears" (1965) and "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (1962). The Motown song "Shop Around" (1960) was the first big hit for the Miracles. The two men had a synergistic relationship, with Robinson providing a foundation for Motown's hit-making success and Gordy acting as a mentor for the budding singer and songwriter. In the 1950s, Robinson met Berry Gordy, Jr., founder of Detroit's Motown Records, which became his label. The group issued a few somewhat successful singles on End Records and Chess Records. In 1955, Robinson helped found the Miracles and became lead singer. He was born William Robinson in Detroit, Michigan. Smokey Robinson (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter. |