Manilow Sings Sinatra

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Manilow Sings Sinatra
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 10, 1998
Recorded1998
Studio
  • Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
  • Sublime Music (West Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length38:55
Label Arista
Producer
Barry Manilow chronology
Summer of '78
(1996)
Manilow Sings Sinatra
(1998)
Here at the Mayflower
(2001)
Professional ratings
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Entertainment Weekly D [2]
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Sunday Mercury (mixed) [4]
Birmingham Mail (favorable) [5]
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Portland Press-Herald F [8]
Newsday (favorable) [9]
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The Ottawa Citizen Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Toronto Star (mixed) [12]
Richmond Times-Dispatch (favorable) [13]
USA Today (unfavorable) [14]
Dayton Daily News D+ [15]
Tulsa World (unfavorable) [16]
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The Morning Call (unfavorable) [18]
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Manilow Sings Sinatra is an album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1998. It is a compilation of Manilow singing songs originally made notable by Frank Sinatra, who had recently died. The album also featured two new compositions, intended as tributes to Sinatra.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "One Man in a Spotlight" (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman) (arr. by Manilow) - 0:57
  2. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) (originally arr. by Nelson Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 2:13
  3. "The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 3:34
  4. "Come Dance with Me" / "Come Fly with Me" (Cahn, Van Heusen/Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Billy May; arr. by Manilow) - 2:59
  5. "All the Way" (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 3:43
  6. "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) (originally arr. by Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 2:59
  7. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) (originally arr. by Ernie Freeman; arr. by Manilow) - 3:08
  8. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) (originally arr. by Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 3:34
  9. "Summer Wind" (Heinz Meyer, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer) (originally arr. by Riddle; arr. by Manilow) - 2:46
  10. "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (Cahn, Jule Styne) (originally arr. by ; arr. by Manilow) - 2:12
  11. "Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) (originally arr. by ; arr. by Manilow) - 4:09
  12. "My Kind of Town" (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by ; arr. by Manilow) - 3:00
  13. "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)" (Ruth Lowe, Paul Mann, Stephan Weiss) (originally arr. by ; arr. by Manilow) - 1:41
  14. "Here's to the Man" (Manilow, Sussman) (arr. by Manilow) - 2:01

Personnel

Musicians

Orchestra

Brass and Reed section
String section
Percussion

Production

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