The Greatest Songs of the Fifties explained

The Greatest Songs of the Fifties
Type:Cover album
Artist:Barry Manilow
Cover:Barryfifties.jpg
Released:January 31, 2006
Genre:
Length:39:48
Label:Arista
Producer:Barry Manilow, Clive Davis, David Benson
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The Greatest Songs of the Fifties is an album by American singer Barry Manilow, released in the United States on January 31, 2006. A significant album for 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 he steered Rod Stewart in the direction of jazzy standards in his successful The Great American Songbook project.

The album was a 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.

Track listing

US Version

  1. "Moments to Remember" - 3:34
  2. "It's All in the Game" - 2:54
  3. "Unchained Melody" - 3:45
  4. "Venus" - 2:26
  5. "It's Not for Me to Say" - 3:23
  6. "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" - 2:42
  7. "Rags to Riches" - 3:21
  8. "Sincerely/Teach Me Tonight (Medley)" (Duet with Phyllis McGuire) - 3:18
  9. "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" - 2:57
  10. "Young at Heart" - 3:35
  11. "All I Have to Do Is Dream" - 2:48
  12. "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" - 3:03
  13. "Beyond the Sea" - 4:05

UK Version

  1. "Moments to Remember" - 3:34
  2. "It's All in the Game" - 2:54
  3. "Unchained Melody" - 3:45
  4. "Venus" - 2:26
  5. "It's Not for Me to Say" - 3:23
  6. "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" - 2:42
  7. "Rags to Riches" - 3:21
  8. "Sincerely/Teach Me Tonight (Medley)" (Duet with Phyllis McGuire) - 3:18
  9. "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" - 2:57
  10. "Young at Heart" - 3:35
  11. "All I Have to Do Is Dream" - 2:48
  12. "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" - 3:03
  13. "Beyond the Sea" - 4:05
  14. "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" - 3:49
  15. "As Time Goes By" - 3:45

Japanese Version

  1. "Moments to Remember" - 3:34
  2. "It's All in the Game" - 2:54
  3. "Unchained Melody" - 3:45
  4. "Venus" - 2:26
  5. "It's Not for Me to Say" - 3:23
  6. "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" - 2:42
  7. "Rags to Riches" - 3:21
  8. "Sincerely/Teach Me Tonight (Medley)" (Duet with Hiromi Iwasaki) - 3:18
  9. "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" - 2:57
  10. "Young at Heart" - 3:35
  11. "All I Have to Do Is Dream" - 2:48
  12. "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" - 3:03
  13. "Beyond the Sea" - 4:05
  14. "Have I Told You Lately" - 4:17

Musicians

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006. Billboard. August 15, 2021.

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