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| The Greatest Songs of the Fifties | ||||
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| Studio album by Barry Manilow | ||||
| Released | January 31, 2006 | |||
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| Length | 39:48 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Barry Manilow, Clive Davis, David Benson | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
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.
- ^ Allmusic review