Barry Manilow
This Is My Town: Songs of New York
Album · Pop · 2017 · Verve Decca Crossover
“All that I dreamed I’d be, everything I call ‘me,’ really is N-Y-C,” croons Barry Manilow on the title track of his love letter to the city that launched his megastardom. This collection shows off his eternally supple voice, with the doo-wop-tinged Manilow composition “Coney Island” and the Mel Tormé duet “The Brooklyn Bridge” shouting out the singer’s home borough. The joyous “NYC Medley” brings piano man Billy Joel, hip-hop titan JAŸ-Z, master composer Leonard Bernstein, and “New York, New York” into the fold.
This Is My Town: Songs of New York
Barry Manilow
“All that I dreamed I’d be, everything I call ‘me,’ really is N-Y-C,” croons Barry Manilow on the title track of his love letter to the city that launched his megastardom. This collection shows off his eternally supple voice, with the doo-wop-tinged Manilow composition “Coney Island” and the Mel Tormé duet “The Brooklyn Bridge” shouting out the singer’s home borough. The joyous “NYC Medley” brings piano man Billy Joel, hip-hop titan JAŸ-Z, master composer Leonard Bernstein, and “New York, New York” into the fold.
