Barry Manilow Reups With Artista For Two New Releases
10/08/2009
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(PR) Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning recording artist Barry Manilow, has just announced that he has re-signed his recording deal with Arista Records and will be releasing two new albums, one of seasonal favorites [PC term for Christmas], ringing in the holidays with contemporary and traditional yuletide repertoire on In The Swing Of Christmas and The Greatest Love Songs Of All Time scheduled for release in January, just in time for Valentine's Day (track listing and details for The Greatest Love Songs Of All Time to be announced soon).
On the heels of the extraordinarily successful "decades" series (Greatest Songs of the Fifties, Sixties, Seventies and Eighties), In The Swing Of Christmas� produced and arranged by Manilow, will arrive in stores on October 13th. A special pre-order campaign at the www.manilow.com website and at Amazon will ensure that fans will receive IN THE SWING OF CHRISTMAS in its very first week of release.
IN THE SWING OF CHRISTMAS presents a dozen holiday gems. Contemporary standards include: "Silver Bells" (first recorded by Bing Crosby & Carol Richards in 1950); "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis); "Christmas Time Is Here" (one of the instrumental themes composed by Vince Guaraldi for 1965's A Charlie Brown Christmas); and "The Christmas Song" (aka "Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire," the Mel Torm� standard that became an evergreen after Nat King Cole's 1953 recording).
More: "Violets For Your Furs" (a Frank Sinatra rarity from his album Songs for Young Lovers, 1954); "Toyland" (a perennial favorite from Victor Herbert's 1903 operetta, Babes in Toyland); "Count Your Blessings" (by Irving Berlin, from 1954's timeless film, White Christmas); Johnny Marks' classic "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" (popularized by Gene Autry in 1949); and "Christmas Is Just Around The Corner," composed by Manilow for Cranberry Christmas, the ABC Family animated TV special first broadcast in December 2008, based on the 1976 children's book of the same title.
IN THE SWING OF CHRISTMAS is actually the third album of holiday songs recorded by Barry Manilow during his career. In 1990, he released the 10-song Because It's Christmas on Arista; and in 2002, Columbia issued A Christmas Gift of Love.Barry Manilow: IN THE SWING OF CHRISTMAS (final track listing)
"Silver Bells"
"Carol Of The Bells/Jingle Bells"
"Joy To The World/It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
"Violets For Your Furs"
"O Tannenbaum/Winter Wonderland"
"Christmas Time Is Here"
"The Christmas Song" (aka "Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire")
"Toyland"
"Count Your Blessings"
"Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer"
"Christmas Is Just Around The Corner"
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