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

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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

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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
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:	2006
Genre:	Pop
Style:	Vocal, Ballad

Tracklist:

Moments To Remember

Arranged By, Conductor – Kevin Bassinson

Written-By – Al Stillman, Robert Allen (3)

3:36
2		It's All In The Game Arranged By, Conductor – Doug Walter Written-By – Carl Sigman, Charles Dawes

2:56
3		Unchained Melody Arranged By – Barry Manilow Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor – Bill Ross Arranged By, Keyboards, Programmed By [Rhythm] – Walter Afanasieff Engineer [Additional] – Adam Olmsted Guitar – Mike Landau Programmed By [Additional Pro Tools] – David Channing Programmed By [Additional], Engineer [Additional] – Mike Schroffel Programmed By, Engineer [Pro Tools], Recorded By – Emanuel Kiriakou Recorded By – Dave Reitzas Written-By – Alex North, Hy Zaret

3:47
4		Venus Arranged By, Conductor – Ken Berry Chorus [Heavenly Choir] – Connie Nassios Written-By – Ed Marshall (2)

2:28
5		It's Not For Me To Say Arranged By, Conductor – Artie Butler Written-By – Al Stillman, Robert Allen (3)

3:25
6		Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Arranged By, Conductor – Kevin Bassinson Conductor [Horns] – J. Barrick Griffiths Written-By – Paul Webster, Sammy Fain

2:44
7		Rags To Riches Arranged By, Conductor – Larry Blank Written-By – Jerry Ross (2), Richard Adler

3:23
8		Sincerely / Teach Me Tonight Arranged By [Vocal] – Ken Welch, Mitzie Welch Arranged By, Conductor – Doug Walter Vocals [Duet With] – Phyllis McGuire Written-By [Sincerely] – Allan Freed, Harvey Fuqua Written-By [Teach Me Tonight] – Gene DePaul, Sammy Cahn

3:20
9		Are You Lonesome Tonight? Arranged By, Conductor – Doug Walter Written-By – Lou Handman, Roy Turk

2:59
10		Young At Heart Arranged By [Based On] – Johnny Mandel Arranged By, Conductor – Kevin Bassinson Written-By – Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards

3:37
11		All I Have To Do Is Dream Arranged By, Conductor – Ken Berry Written-By – Boudleaux Bryant

2:50
12		What A Diff'rence A Day Made Arranged By, Conductor – Ray Ellis Written-By – Maria Grever, Stanley Adams

3:05
13		Beyond The Sea Arranged By, Conductor – Jorge Calandrelli Written-By – Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence (2)

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