New Barry Manilow Album, THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES, Arrives in Stores October 31st on Arista Records

New Barry Manilow Album, THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES, Arrives in Stores October 31st on Arista Records

Follow-Up to RIAA Platinum #1 Album, THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE FIFTIES

13 classics from the '60s - 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling' (Righteous Brothers), 'And I Love Her' (The Beatles), 'This Guy's In Love With You' (Herb Alpert), 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' (Frankie Valli), 'When I Fall In Love' (The Letterman), 'What The World Needs Now Is Love' (Jackie DeShannon), 'Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime' (Dean Martin), 'Blue Velvet' (Bobby Vinton), 'Can't Help Falling In Love' (Elvis Presley), 'Strangers in the Night' (Frank Sinatra), 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' (Burt Bacharach), 'There's A Kind of Hush (All Over The World)' (Herman's Hermits), and 'Cherish'/'Windy' (The Association)

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Arista recording artist Barry Manilow has completed THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES, and it will arrive in stores on October 31st.

With the spectacular success of its predecessor, the RIAA platinum #1 album THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE FIFTIES still resounding across the country and around the world six months after its release, news of its eagerly anticipated follow-up album is sending fireworks through Barry Manilow fansites everywhere.

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES once again marks a reunion between Manilow and Clive Davis, Arista founder and BMG U.S. Chairman & CEO. The two produced THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE FIFTIES together, and that magic has carried over to the new album as well.

Special pre-order campaigns at the http://www.manilow.com/ website and at Amazon will ensure fans of receiving the new album in its very first week of release.

Each song on THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES is a classic in its own right -- from his remake of the Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" (1965) to the Beatles' "And I Love Her" (1964), to Herb Alpert's "This Guy's In Love With You" (1968), the Lettermen's "When I Fall In Love" (1962) and Burt Bacharach's "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (1969). Like the marvelous musical decade of the '60s itself, the album covers many genres, from its recollection of Herman's Hermits' "There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)"(1967), to Bobby Vinton's "Blue Velvet" (1963), to Jackie DeShannon's "What The World Needs Now Is Love" (1965). Manilow also pays tribute to some of America's greatest singers, whose memories are evoked on songs that are forever associated with them, including Dean Martin on "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" (1964) and Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (1967). Two artists whose legacies were recalled on THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE FIFTIES are again paid homage on the new album, namely Elvis Presley with "Can't Help Falling In Love" (1962) and Frank Sinatra with "Strangers In The Night" (1966). One of the highlights of the album is a great duet with The Association of their two #1 hits "Cherish" (1966) and "Windy" (1967).

For Manilow, THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES punctuates one of the most successful years of his entire career, a year that began with the January 31st release of THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE FIFTIES. After his surprise appearance at Clive Davis' annual Pre-Grammy bash in Beverly Hills the following week, the album went on to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart -- the first #1 debut of Manilow's career, and his first #1 album since 1977's triple-platinum double-LP Barry Manilow/Live. And the year continues getting better for Manilow, having received his 5th Emmy nomination for the PBS Special, "Manilow: Music and Passion," for which he celebrated his 100th show. Produced by Stiletto Television, the DVD went triple platinum.

With worldwide sales exceeding 75 million, Barry Manilow is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time, according to R&R (Radio & Records); with no less than 25 consecutive top 40 hits to his credit between 1975 and 1983, on the Billboard Hot 100. Among these are songs that are now part of the standard songbook, including "Mandy," "It's a Miracle," "Could It Be Magic," "I Write the Songs," "Looks Like We Made It," "Can't Smile Without You," "Copacabana (At the Copa)," "Somewhere In the Night," "Ships," and "I Made It Through the Rain.

With THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES Barry Manilow pays a loving and welcome tribute to some of the songs that inspired him to become one of the most beloved performers in pop music of the past three decades.

Barry Manilow: THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES (tentative track listing)

"Cherish" (1966)/"Windy" (1967) (medley duet with The Association)
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (1967)
"Can't Help Falling In Love" (1962)
"There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)" (1967)
"And I Love Her" (1964)
"Blue Velvet" (1963)
"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (1969)
"This Guy's In Love With You" (1968)
"Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" (1964)
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" (1965)
"When I Fall In Love" (1962)
"Strangers In The Night" (1966)
"What The World Needs Now Is Love" (1965)

Source: Arista Records

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