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Barry Manilow – The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties / Manilow Salutes The Greatest Hits Of The 50's. A Spellbinding Collection Of All-New Recordings, Including 13 #1 Hits! Featuring: Unchained Melody / Arista Audio CD 2006 / 82876745092
UPC 828767450926
The Greatest Songs of the Fifties is an album by veteran American singer Barry Manilow, released in the United States on January 31, 2006. A significant album for Barry Manilow, it finds the Brooklyn-born crooner taking on songs that were popular in his youth. The project also marked Manilow's return to his former label, Arista, with the company's founder, Clive Davis, setting the singer up with 1950s pop classics much in the way that the savvy businessman steered Rod Stewart in the direction of jazzy standards in his successful The Great American Songbook project. The album was an amazing hit in the United States. It entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1, giving him the second chart-topping album of his career. His only other No. 1 album was Barry Manilow Live, in 1977. This is also the highest-debuting album of his career, selling over 150,000 copies in its opening week and besting the No. 3 opening of Ultimate Manilow in 2002.
| Label: | Arista – 82876745092 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2006 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Style: | Vocal, Ballad |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
Moments To Remember |
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3:36 |
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| 2 | It's All In The Game |
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2:56 |
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| 3 | Unchained Melody |
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3:47 |
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| 4 | Venus |
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2:28 |
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| 5 | It's Not For Me To Say |
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3:25 |
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| 6 | Love Is A Many Splendored Thing |
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2:44 |
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| 7 | Rags To Riches |
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3:23 |
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| 8 | Sincerely / Teach Me Tonight |
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3:20 |
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| 9 | Are You Lonesome Tonight? |
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2:59 |
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| 10 | Young At Heart |
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3:37 |
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| 11 | All I Have To Do Is Dream |
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2:50 |
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| 12 | What A Diff'rence A Day Made |
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3:05 |
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| 13 | Beyond The Sea |
| 4:06 |
- A&R – Stephen Ferrera
- Arranged By [Song Layouts] – Barry Manilow
- Art Direction, Design – Alexis Yraola
- Backing Vocals – Connie Nassios (tracks: 4), Gary Stockdale, Jon Joyce, Randy Crenshaw
- Bass – Dave Carpenter, Dave Stone (2)
- Bassoon – John Mitchell (4)
- Cello – Christina Soule, David Speltz, John Krovoza, Larry Corbett, Paula Hochhalter, Rowena Hammill, Stephanie Fife, Vanessa F. Smith
- Concertmaster – Assa Drori
- Contractor – Joe Soldo
- Drums – John Robinson (2), Russ McKinnon
- Engineer [Assistant] – Darius Fong, Jeff Burns
- Executive-Producer, Management – Garry C. Kief
- Flute – Dave Shostac, Sheridon Stokes
- French Horn – Brad Warnaar, Danielle Ondarza, Jim Atkinson, Mark Adams (10), Paul Klintworth, Steve Becknell
- Guitar – Ken Berry, Mike Lent
- Harmonica – Tommy Morgan
- Harp – Gayle Levant, Marcia Dickstein
- Mastered By – Robert Hadley
- Mixed By, Recorded By [Additional] – Bill Schnee
- Oboe – Earl Dumler, Joe Stone
- Percussion – Dan Greco
- Photography By – Andrew MacPherson (3)
- Piano – Barry Manilow, Joe Melotti, Ron Pedley, Steve Welch
- Producer – Barry Manilow, Clive Davis, David Benson
- Producer [Associate] – Marc Hulett
- Producer [Associate], Recorded By [Additional], Edited By, Programmed By [Pro-Tools] – Greg Bartheld
- Production Manager – Marsha Burns
- Recorded By – Bruce Botnick
- Recorded By [Additional] – David Benson, Don Murray
- Recorded By [Additional], Edited By, Programmed By [Pro-Tools] – Koji Egawa
- Saxophone, Woodwind – Dan Higgins, Don Shelton (2), Gary Foster, Gene Cipriano, George Shelby, Greg Huckins
- Trombone – Bryant Byers, Charles Loper, Chauncey Welsch, Craig Gosnell, Stephen Baxter
- Trumpet – Charlie Davis, Chris Gray (5), Larry Lunetta, Larry McGuire, Warren Leuning, Wayne Bergeron
- Viola – Caroline Buckman, Carrie Holzman, Harry Shirinian, Kazi Pitelka, Ken Burward-Hoy, Miguel Ferguson, Ray Tischer, Rodney Hurtz, Sam Formicola
- Violin – Alyssa Park, Armen Garabedian, Assa Drori, Barbra Porter, Brian Benning, Charles Bisharat, Synthia Moussas, David Stenske, Dynell Weber, Irina Voloshina, Jennifer Munday (2), Jennifer Walton, Johanna Krejci, Kevin Connolly, Liane Mautner, Margaret Wooten, Mario Deleon, Neel Hammond, Olivia Tsui, Rebecca Bunnell, Ron Clark, Ronald Folsom, Shari Zippert, Tereza Stanislav, Yan To Tsong, Yvette Devereaux
