Track Listing 1. Moments to Remember 2. It's All in the Game 3. Unchained Melody 4. Venus 5. It's Not For Me to Say 6. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing 7. Rags to Riches 8. Teach Me Tonight / Sincerely 9. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 10. Young at Heart 11. All I Have to Do Is Dream 12. What a Difference a Day Makes 13. Beyond the Sea
| Details | | Producer: | Barry Manilow | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Mike Landau (guitar); Walter Afanasieff (keyboards, programming). A significant album for Barry Manilow, THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE FIFTIES finds the Brooklyn-born crooner taking on tunes that were popular in his youth. This 2006 outing also marks 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. The result is a light, breezy affair that showcases Manilow's easy-going charm, as revealed on his gentle versions of the Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" and the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is Dream." Wisely avoiding over-the-top arrangements, this record presents a lush, restrained sound that allows Manilow's velvety voice to shine, making it one of the performer's finest studio albums in decades.
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