Monday, December 1, 2014

Barry Manilow

Artist:  Barry Manilow
Birth Name :  Barry Alan Pincus
Born:  June 17, 1943.  Brooklyn, New York, USA
Genre:  Pop, Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock, Easy Listening, Contemporary Pop
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Instruments:  Vocals, Piano

Barry Manilow is an American Singer and Songwriter.  He has many best known Hits:  "Can't Smile Without You", "Copacabana", "Mandy", "Could It Be Magic", "I Write The Songs", "Even Now", and "Somewhere In The Night".  He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide and making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.














Title:  My Dream Duets  (2014)
Genre:  Pop, Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock, Easy Listening, Contemporary Pop
Label:  Verve
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  The Song's Gotta Come From The Heart (with Jimmy Durante) (2:06)
 2.  Goody Goody (with Frankie Lymon)  (2:14)
 3.  Dream A Little Dream Of Me (with Mama Cass)  (3:07)
 4.  I Believe In You And Me  (with Whitney Houston) (3:54)
 5.  Sunshine On My Shoulders (with John Denver) (4:38)
 6.  Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (with Judy Garland) (3:21)
 7.  Moon River (with Andy Williams)  (3:35)
 8.  The Look Of Love (with Dusty Springfield)  (4:12)
 9.  The Candyman  (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) (3:05)
10. I Wanna Be Loved By You (with Marilyn Monroe) (2:15)
11. What A Wonderful World/What A Wonderful Life (4:05)

My Dream Duets is the Duets album by Barry Manilow, was released on October 27, 2014 by Verve.  He demonstrates that he is a fan celebrating his own musical heroes who have inspired him through the years of his idols like Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, to contemporary icon like Whitney Houston, John Denver,  Sammy Davis, Jr., Mama Cass, Dusty Springfield, Andy Williams, Jimmy Durante, Frankie Lymon and Marilyn Monroe.

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