Hilly Michaels, also known as Hilly Boy Michaels (born Michael Hillman in New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...

) is an American drummer and musician, best known for playing drums with Sparks

Sparks (band)

Sparks is an American rock and pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1968 by brothers Ron and Russell Mael , initially under the name Halfnelson...

 in the 70's and his two solo albums from the early 80's, Calling All Girls

Calling All Girls (album)

Calling All Girls is Hilly Michaels' solo debut, and was released on Warner Bros. Records in 1980.-Track listing:Side one# "Calling All Girls" -3:46# "Teenage Days" -2:53# "Shake It And Dance" -3:53# "Gemini" -3:56# "U.S...

(1980) and Lumia

Lumia

Lumia is the term coined by 20th Century Artist Thomas Wilfred to refer to art created from light.Lumia as conceived, was a self contained and silent art, not to be combined with music or dance...

(1981) .

History

His first music experience came with playing in a band called Joy, featuring a young Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack...

. Later Michaels played with artists such as The Cherry Vanilla

Cherry Vanilla

Cherry Vanilla is an American singer-songwriter, publicist, and actress. After working as an actress in Andy Warhol's Pork, she worked as a publicist for David Bowie, before finding fame as a rock singer. She subsequently became a publicist for Vangelis.-Career:Kathleen Dorritie was born in...

 Band, Sparks, Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley is an American singer and actress, who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom Night Court. In music, she has released three solo albums but is best known for her collaborations with the singer Meat Loaf.- Early life and career :Foley was born in St....

, The Hunter

Ian Hunter

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/Ronson

Mick Ronson

Michael "Mick" Ronson was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. He is best known for his work with David Bowie, as one of The Spiders from Mars...

 Band, Dan Hartman

Dan Hartman

Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...

, John Cougar Mellencamp, Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Evelyn Faithfull is an award-winning English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned five decades....

 and Ronnie Wood.

He signed a recording contract in 1980 with Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 and Calling All Girls was produced by Roy Thomas Baker

Roy Thomas Baker

Roy Thomas Baker is a multiple award-winning Anglo-American music producer, songwriter, arranger and Recording Academy Governor, who has produced Platinum and Gold certified pop and rock records from the 1970s to the present.- Career :Baker began his career at Decca Records in England at the age...

. His then manager was Jake Hooker

Jake Hooker

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, formerly of Arrows

Arrows

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. He was in a relationship with Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Evelyn Faithfull is an award-winning English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned five decades....

 during the mid-1980's when they lived together in NYC, from where in 1985 Faithfull entered the Hazelden Foundation to end her heroin addiction.

Michaels' songs can be heard in the movies Caddyshack

Caddyshack

Caddyshack is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis, and Douglas Kenney. It stars Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, and Bill Murray...

 and Die Laughing

Die Laughing

Die Laughing is the fourth stand-up comedy album by Doug Stanhope. Released in 2002 by Stand Up! Records.-Track listing:#"Stillborn Liver"- 2:05#"DUI/MADD"- 6:33#"Drugs Are for Kids"- 3:52#"Second Hand Bullshit"- 1:41#"Hair in My Food"- 3:16...

. In Rollercoaster (movie) he appeared with Sparks performing the songs Big Boy and Fill'er Up.

He has since worked as producer and manager of marketing and development. He currently resides in Connecticut and continues to record.