Hilly Michaels, also known as Hilly Boy Michaels (born Michael Hillman in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American drummer and musician, best known for playing drums with Sparks in the 70's[1] and his two solo albums from the early 80's, Calling All Girls (1980) and Lumia (1981) .
His first music experience came with playing in a band called Joy, featuring a young Michael Bolton. Later Michaels played with artists such as The Cherry Vanilla Band, Sparks, Ellen Foley, The Hunter/Ronson Band, Dan Hartman, John Cougar Mellencamp, Marianne Faithfull and Ronnie Wood.
He signed a recording contract in 1980 with Warner Bros. Records and Calling All Girls was produced by Roy Thomas Baker. His then manager was Jake Hooker, formerly of Arrows. He was in a relationship with Marianne Faithfull 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[2].
Michaels' songs can be heard in the movies Caddyshack and Die Laughing. 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.