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Michael Omartian Sheet Music 2

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A one-of-a-kind signed piece of sheet music for the song "Starsky and Hutch Theme" signed by legendary producer Michael Omartian.

Michael Omartian is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He has earned 11 Grammy Awards nominations, and won three.


Omartian has produced albums for many artists, the short list includes Clint Black, Michael Bolton, Debby Boone, Steve Camp, Peter Cetera, Christopher Cross, Joe "Bean" Esposito, Amy Grant, Benny Hester, Whitney Houston, The Imperials, The Jacksons, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, Cliff Richard, Steely Dan, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, Wayne Watson, and Trisha Yearwood and many many more.

In 1973, Omartian arranged and played accordion on Billy Joel's song "Piano Man".

In 1980, thanks to Christopher Cross' eponymous debut album, Omartian was nominated for four Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, and won three, for Record of the Year ("Sailing"), Album of the Year (Christopher Cross) and Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist ("Sailing"). He received a fifth nomination that year for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational, for his own album, The Builder, written and performed with his wife, Stormie.

In 1985, Omartian was Arranger/CoProducer and keyboard player for the No. 1 hit "We Are the World" by a supergroup of popular musicians billed as USA for Africa.

Omartian produced number-one records in three separate decades: the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. He was nominated for Producer of the Year in 1980, 1984, and 1986. In 1991, he was nominated for Album of the Year for Heart in Motion by Amy Grant. In 1995, he was nominated for Country Song of the Year for "When Love Finds You," with Vince Gill, and for Gospel Album of the Year for The Light Inside, with Gary Chapman. In 1994, Omartian produced One Voice, an album for the Summer Olympic Games. His song "Atlanta Reel" was used as the theme for the swimming events.