User:Mrjazzyuk

Mike Russ was born in Lancaster, Lancashire 7th December 1965 and became a well known recording artist in June 1980 he performed on stage with many great artists such as Michael Ball, Linda Nolan, Jane McDonald. His career took him on board the finest cruise liner in the world; Queen Elizabeth 2 and initially his contract was for 1 month and due to his great success and his contract became 3 years. Not only did Mike Russ perform on the QE2 but it was shortly extended to the Palace Theatre in New York City, where he performed 4 times a year with huge sell outs. He also appeared on many television shows in the UK as well as abroad for his great vocal talents of Swing and Jazz, many looked upon him as Frank Sinatra the 2nd.

In 1986 Mike Russ was singed up buy record label EMI, where he produced 4 albums and 12 singles, which became very popular and sold many copies.

In December 1999 Mike Russ was diagnosed a tumour on his brain and in Jan 00 he was admitted to hospital to carry out a serious operation to removed the tumour. Mike Russ spent 6 months in hospital for recuperation and extensive recovery. Mike Russ returned back on stage in August 2001 and although the operation was a great success it became clear that the draw back of the operation was memory problems and his tracks that made him well known such as "My Way" the words had been erased from his memory. Mike Russ had no choice but to retire from the business he loved and adored in entertaining his fans and his audiences.

In August 2001 Mike Russ started up his company; "Mike Russ Entertainments Management" dealing with professional entertainers and dealing with Celebrities and as of today the company is still going strong and he is still in the business that he has loved for over 25years.