Download MP3 - Michael Franks

Michael Franks grew up in southern California with his father Gerald, his mother Betty and two younger sisters. He had a teaching assistantship in a Ph.D. program in American literature at the University of Montreal and taught part-time at UCLA.

His best known works include "Popsicle Toes", "Monkey See, Monkey Do", "The Lady Wants to Know", "When the Cookie Jar is Empty", "Tiger in the Rain", "Rainy Night in Tokyo", and "Tell Me All About It". His biggest hit came in 1983 with "When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)", from the album Passionfruit. Radio hits include "Your Secret's Safe With Me" from the 1985 album Skin Dive, and "Island Life" from 1987's The Camera Never Lies.

Download Michael Franks's Albums

* 1973 - Michael Franks (Brut)
* 1975 - Art of Tea (Reprise)
* 1977 - Sleeping Gypsy (Warner Brothers)
* 1978 - Burchfield Nines (Warner Brothers)
* 1979 - Tiger in the Rain (Warner Brothers)
* 1980 - One Bad Habit (Warner Brothers)
* 1980 - With Crossfire Live (Warner Brothers)
* 1982 - Objects of Desire (Warner Brothers)
* 1983 - Passionfruit (Warner Brothers)
* 1983 - Previously Unavailable (DRG) - reissue of 1973's Michael Franks
* 1985 - Skin Dive (Warner Brothers)
* 1987 - The Camera Never Lies (Warner Brothers)
* 1990 - Blue Pacific (Reprise)
* 1993 - Dragonfly Summer (Warner Brothers)
* 1995 - Abandoned Garden (Warner Brothers)
* 1999 - Barefoot on the Beach (Windham Hill)
* 2004 - Watching The Snow (Rhino)
* 2006 - Rendezvous in Rio (KOC)