BEVERLY HILLS, CA. (Concord Records/ www.manilow.com) - Celebrating his 43rd album, singing-songwriting sensation
Barry Manilow will release "SCORES-Songs From Copacabana and Harmony" this fall on Concord Records. The much-anticipated album features Manilow's personal renditions of the songs he has written for two of his major musical properties, Copacabana and Harmony.
Long involved as a songwriter for musical theater, Manilow will now get the chance to perform the songs he wrote as a labor of love. "Getting to record these songs I love so dearly is truly an honor for me," says Manilow. "The joy of the songs from Copacabana will surely entertain listeners and put smiles on faces, and the songs from Harmony are some of my proudest achievements."
Copacabana, which Manilow wrote along with Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman, started as a worldwide number one hit song in 1978 before morphing into an original musical movie made for CBS television and then, ultimately, a musical for the stage. Copacabana enjoyed a successful 14-month run on London's West End before an 18-month tour of the UK.
Since then, there have been more than 100 productions of Copacabana on stage throughout the United States, the Netherlands, Canada, Europe and India.
Harmony is based on the true story of Germany's "Comedian Harmonists." Recognized as the world's first superstar boy band, The Comedian Harmonists enjoyed international album and movie success, performed concert tours throughout Europe, the United States, and Australia, and recorded and performed with legendary stars Marlene Dietrich and Josephine Baker, before being forced to disband by the Nazi regime. The book for Harmony was written by Bruce Sussman.
Manilow and Sussman co-wrote all of the songs for the musical. Harmony is currently in development for an anticipated Broadway opening in 2005.
Currently set to include seven songs from each of the two productions, including a new dance mix version of the GRAMMY(R) winning song "Copacabana (At The Copa)," "SCORES-Songs From Copacabana and Harmony" is being co-produced by Manilow and legendary, multi-GRAMMY Award-winner Phil Ramone. The current track listing for "SCORES-Songs From Copacabana and Harmony" includes:
Copacabana
Just Arrived
Dancin'Fool
Who Needs To Dream?
Sweet Heaven (I'm In Love Again)
Bolero De Amor
This Can' Be Real
Copacabana (At The Copa) 2005 Dance Mix
Harmony
Harmony
And What Do You See?
Every Single Day
This Is Our Time!
Where You Go
In This World
Stars In The Night
"SCORES-Songs From Copacabana and Harmony" is scheduled to hit stores on September 28, two days before Manilow opens his "ONE NIGHT LIVE! ONE LAST TIME!" world tour. The tour is launched from Manilow's sold-out 2004 summer concerts at the 11,000 seat Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas and the 10,000 seat Blenheim Palace Music Festival outside of London, England.
"ONE NIGHT LIVE! ONE LAST TIME!" will include material from "SCORES-Songs From Copacabana and Harmony," as well as material from Manilow's recent double disc "2 NIGHTS LIVE!" CD, released this year by BMG in association with Concord Records.
Current stops on the "ONE NIGHT LIVE! ONE LAST TIME!" tour include: Madison Square Garden, Continental Airlines Arena (East Rutherford, NJ) FleetCenter (Boston) Dunkin Donuts Center (Providence) First Union Arena (Wilkes-Barre) Nassau Veterans Coliseum (Uniondale, NY) Melon Arena (Pittsburgh) Wachovia Center (Philadelphia) MCI Center (Washington, DC) Gund Arena (Cleveland) Nationwide Arena (Columbus) Allstate Arena (Chicago) Palace of Auburn Hills (Detroit) Office Depot Center (Fort Lauderdale) Jacksonville Arena (Jacksonville) St. Pete Times Forum (Tampa) Toyota Center (Houston) American Airlines Arena (Dallas) Pepsi Center Arena (Denver) America West Arena (Phoenix) Arrowhead Pond (Anaheim)
BARRY MANILOW is an internationally renowned superstar whose career spans recording and songwriting, television, film and stage. Based on industry charts, he is the undisputed Number One Adult Contemporary Artist of all time, and his record sales exceed 60 million worldwide.
He has written hundreds of songs and performed around the world, thrilling millions of fans, picking up a Grammy, an Emmy, Tony Awards, and an Oscar nomination along the way. In 2002 Manilow was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Tickets for Manilow's tour are currently on-sale at https://www.manilow.com.
