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An Evening With Michael Franks at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Courtesy of Ticketmaster | Posted on June 4, 2017
Where
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
237 West 42 Street
New York, NY
Map
212-997-4144
When
Sat, October 14, 2017
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Michael Franks
vocalsAbout
Michael Franks occupied a uniquely popular niche in the world of soft jazz and pop music in the 1970s; he was one of those crossover artists who defied easy category on the radio (which made him ideal for FM radio of the period), and found an audience mostly among college students. He was born in La Jolla, CA in 1944, the son of Gerald and Betty Franks. His parents weren't musicians, but they were music lovers and he was soon immersed in swing music and vocal jazz and pop. Franks' early idols included such jazz-cum-pop legends as Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee, as well as composers and lyricists such as Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Johnny Mercer...