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Michael Masser - Wikipedia

  • ️Mon Mar 24 1941

Michael William Masser (March 24, 1941 – July 9, 2015) was an American songwriter, composer and producer of popular music.

Masser and his wife, the former Ogniana Drandiyska, lived in Rancho Mirage, California.[7]

Song Artist/Album/Label/Year Writers "Saving All My Love for You" Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston, Arista 1985 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "The Greatest Love of All" (acoustic piano version) Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston, Arista 1986 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "The Greatest Love of All" (electric piano version – single mix) Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston, Arista 1986 (2nd pressings) Michael Masser/Linda Creed "All at Once" Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston, Arista 1986 Michael Masser/Jeffrey Osborne "Didn't We Almost Have It All" Whitney Houston, Whitney, Arista 1987 Michael Masser/Will Jennings "You're Still My Man" Whitney Houston, Whitney, Arista 1987 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "After We Make Love" Whitney Houston, I'm Your Baby Tonight, Arista 1991 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Hold Me" Whitney Houston & Teddy Pendergrass, Whitney Houston, Arista 1984 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "Some Changes Are for Good" Dionne Warwick, Hot! Live and Otherwise, Arista 1981 Michael Masser/Carole Bayer Sager "There's a Long Road Ahead of Us" Dionne Warwick, Hot! Live and Otherwise, Arista 1981 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Now We're Starting Over Again" Dionne Warwick, Hot! Live and Otherwise, Arista 1981 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "This Time Is Ours" Dionne Warwick, "Some Changes are for Good" (B-side) – later released on No Night So Long (CD), Arista 1981 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1973 Michael Masser/Ron Miller "Last Time I Saw Him" Diana Ross, Last Time I Saw Him, Motown 1974 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever" Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1975 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" Diana Ross, single 1975 & Ross album 1978, Motown Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "Together" Diana Ross, single 1975 & Ross album 1978, Motown Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "Do You Know Where You're Going To (Theme From Mahogany)" Diana Ross, Mahogany, Motown 1975 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)" Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1976 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "After You" Diana Ross, Diana Ross, Motown 1976 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "To Love Again" Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1978 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "It's My Turn" Diana Ross, To Love Again, It's My Turn (soundtrack), Motown 1980 Michael Masser/Carole Bayer Sager "Stay with Me" Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1981 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "One More Chance" Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1981 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Crying My Heart Out for You" Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1981 Michael Masser/Allee Willis "In Your Arms" Diana Ross, Silk Electric, RCA 1983 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "First You Have to Say You Love Me" Neil Diamond, Heartlight, Columbia 1982 Michael Masser/Neil Diamond "Can't Stop Thinking About You" Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not the Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "Coming Alive" Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not the Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Now We're Starting Over Again" Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not the Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "He's Just Not You" Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not the Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum "I'm Not the Same Girl" Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not the Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum "Toughen Up" Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not the Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum "Together" Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not the Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "I Thought It Took a Little Time" Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not the Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" Glenn Medeiros, Glenn Medeiros, Amherst 1987 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "A Long and Lasting Love" Glenn Medeiros, Not Me, Amherst 1989 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin (verses)/Dan Hill (chorus) "The Greatest Love of All" George Benson, The Greatest (soundtrack), Arista 1977 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "I Always Knew I Had It in Me" George Benson, The Greatest (soundtrack), Arista 1977 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "In Your Eyes" George Benson, In Your Eyes, Warner Brothers 1983 Michael Masser/Dan Hill "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" George Benson, 20/20, Warner Brothers 1985 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "You Are the Love of My Life" George Benson & Roberta Flack, 20/20, Warner Brothers 1985 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "Ali's Theme (Instrumental)" Michael Masser, The Greatest (soundtrack), Arista 1977 Michael Masser "After You" Roberta Flack, Blue Lights in the Basement, Atlantic 1978 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Independent Man" Roberta Flack, Roberta Flack, Atlantic 1978 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Stay With Me" Roberta Flack, Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway, Atlantic 1979 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack, Born to Love, EMI 1983 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Comin' Alive" Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack, Born to Love, EMI 1983 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" Peabo Bryson, Straight from the Heart, Elektra 1984 Michael Masser/Tom Snow/Cynthia Weil "Learning the Ways of Love" Peabo Bryson, Straight from the Heart, Elektra 1984 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "You're My Only Girl (Jenny)" Barry Manilow, Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Arista 1989 Michael Masser/Barry Manilow/John Bettis "Nobody Wants to Be Alone" Crystal Gayle, Nobody Wants to Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 Michael Masser/Rhonda Fleming "A Long and Lasting Love" Crystal Gayle, Nobody Wants to Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "You Were There for Me" Crystal Gayle, Nobody Wants to Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 Michael Masser/Cynthia Weil "A New Way to Say I Love You" Crystal Gayle, Nobody Wants to Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Crazy" Gene Wilder, Stir Crazy (soundtrack), Posse Records 1981 Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum "Love" Randy Goodrum, Stir Crazy (soundtrack), Posse Records, 1981 Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum "Nothing Can Stop Us Now" Kiki Dee, Stir Crazy (soundtrack), Posse Records 1981 Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum "Hold Me" Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "In My Time" Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 Michael Masser/Cynthia Weil "So Sad the Song" Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Hot Love" Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 Michael Masser/R. Parker, Jr/Linda Creed "Stay With Me" Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Love" Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum "This Time Is Ours" Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "In Your Eyes" Jeffrey Osborne, So Emotional, A&M Records 1987 Michael Masser/Dan Hill "In Your Eyes" Dan Hill, Love in the Shadows, Polygram Records 1983 Michael Masser/Dan Hill "In Your Eyes" Nolans, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Teichiku Records 1991 Michael Masser/Dan Hill "Piano Man" Thelma Houston, A-side single release (later on Motown Superstar Series LP), Mowest/Motown 1973 Michael Masser/K. L. Dunham "I'm Just a Part of Yesterday" Thelma Houston, B-side single release (later on Best of Thelma Houston LP), Mowest/Motown 1973 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever" Thelma Houston, A-side single release (later on Best of Thelma Houston LP), Mowest/Motown 1972 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "Do You Know Where You're Going To" Thelma Houston, A-side single release [Australia only] Motown 1973 (later on Any Way You Want It expanded CD), SouMusic Records 2016 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Together" Thelma Houston, recorded 1973 but originally unreleased (later on Any Way You Want It expanded CD) SoulMusic Records 2016 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Your Eyes" Thelma Houston, The Devil in Me, Motown 1977 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "Little Bit A Heaven And a Little Bit A Hell" Thelma Houston, Reachin' All Around, Motown 1982 Michael Masser/Deirdre Meehan "Someone That I Used to Love" Natalie Cole, Don't Look Back, Capitol 1980 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Miss You Like Crazy" Natalie Cole, Good to Be Back, EMI 1989 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin/Preston Glass "Starting Over Again" Natalie Cole, Good to Be Back, EMI 1989 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "No More Blue Christmas'" Natalie Cole, single release, EMI 1990 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Home Again" Judy Collins & T. G. Sheppard, Home Again, Elektra 1984 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "A Long and Lasting Love" Jane Olivor, Best Side of Goodbye, Columbia 1980 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "The Greatest Love of All" Jane Olivor, Best Side of Goodbye, Columbia 1980 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "To Love Again" Jane Olivor, Best Side of Goodbye, Columbia 1980 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Last Time I Saw Him" Dottie West, Essential, RCA 1974 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "So Sad the Song" Gladys Knight & the Pips, Pipe Dreams, Buddah 1976 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" Gladys Knight & The Pips, The One and Only, Buddah 1977 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "Someone to Love" Phyllis Hyman, Forever with You, Philadelphia International 1998 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" Mariah Carey, Rainbow (French edition – hidden bonus track), Columbia 1999 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Stay with Me" Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr., Marilyn & Billy, Columbia 1980 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Saving All My Love for You" Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr., Marilyn & Billy, Columbia 1980 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)" Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr., Marilyn & Billy, Columbia 1980 Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer "A Long and Lasting Love" Billy Preston & Syreeta, Billy Preston & Syreeta, Motown 1981 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "A New Way to Say I Love You" Billy Preston & Syreeta, Billy Preston & Syreeta, Motown 1981 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Love" Billy Preston & Syreeta, Billy Preston & Syreeta, Motown 1981 Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum "What We Did for Love" Billy Preston & Syreeta, Billy Preston & Syreeta, Motown 1981 Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum "Turn Around to Me" Fifth Dimension, Individually & Collectively, Bell 1972 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Abrazame" (Spanish version of "Hold Me") Jose Feliciano & Lani Hall, Como Tu Quieras, RCA Victor 1984 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "Do You Know Where You're Going To" Jennifer Lopez, On the 6 (International Version), Work 1999 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Do You Know Where You're Going To" Lara Fabian, Every Woman in Me, Polydor 2009 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "The Greatest Love of All" Shirley Bassey, The Magic Is You, United Artists 1979 Michael Masser/Linda Creed "I Always Knew I Had It in Me" Johnny Mathis, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Columbia 1977 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "It's My Turn" Aretha Franklin, Love All the Hurt Away, Arista 1981 Michael Masser/Carole Bayer Sager "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" Engelbert Humperdinck, Remember – I Love You, White Records 1987 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" Westlife, Love Album (Japanese Bonus Edition), Sony/BMG (Japan) 2006 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" Amy Sky, With This Kiss, EMI 2003 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" Gloria Loring, By Request, Silk Purse 2007 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" Perry Como, Today, RCA 1987 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Touch Me in the Morning" Marlena Shaw, Take a Bite, Columbia 1979 Michael Masser/Ron Miller "Touch Me in the Morning" Andy Williams, The Way We Were, Columbia 1974 Michael Masser/Ron Miller "You Are the Love of My Life" Jack Jones, I Am a Singer, USA Music Group 1987 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Someone That I Used to Love" Barbra Streisand, A Collection: Greatest Hits & More, Columbia 1989 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin "Halfway Through the Night" Barbra Streisand, (unreleased), Columbia 1989 Michael Masser/Cynthia Weil "Halfway Through the Night" Whitney Houston, (unreleased), Arista 1990 Michael Masser/Cynthia Weil "Far Enough" Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined), RCA 2022 Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin/Leon Ware