The Definitive Pop Collection

~ Release by The Manhattan Transfer (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Boy From New York City
recording engineer:
Joseph Bogan (Recording- and mixing engineer)
assistant engineer:
Bob Bullock and Deborah Thompson (engineer)
producer and mixer:
Jay Graydon
bass guitar:
Abraham Laboriel
drums (drum set):
Mike Baird (drummer)
electric guitar:
Jay Graydon
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
piano:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Don Roberts (woodwind player)
trumpet:
Jerry Hey
vocals:
Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul (Member of Manhattan Transfer) and Janis Siegel
brass [horns] arranger and percussion [rhythm] arranger:
Jay Graydon
vocals arranger:
Alan Paul (Member of Manhattan Transfer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1981)
additionally recorded at:
Garden Rake Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
Dawnbreaker Studios in San Fernando, California, United States
mixed at:
Garden Rake Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
The Boy From New York City
writer:
George Davis (US songwriter - singer, doo-wop era) and John Taylor (songwriter & saxophone player John Isaac Taylor)
publisher:
Trio Music Company and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
53:44
2Smile Again
recording engineer:
Joseph Bogan (Recording- and mixing engineer)
assistant engineer:
Bob Bullock and Deborah Thompson (engineer)
producer and mixer:
Jay Graydon
bass guitar:
Abraham Laboriel
drums (drum set):
Steve Gadd (drummer)
guitar:
Steve Lukather (guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger)
piano [acoustic piano], Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes] and synthesizer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
vocals:
Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul (Member of Manhattan Transfer) and Janis Siegel
strings arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
arranger:
Jay Graydon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1981)
additionally recorded at:
Garden Rake Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
Dawnbreaker Studios in San Fernando, California, United States
mixed at:
Garden Rake Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Smile Again
lyricist:
Alan Paul (Member of Manhattan Transfer)
composer:
Bill Champlin, David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Jay Graydon
publisher:
Ariem Music, Foster Frees Music Inc., Garden Rake Music, Inc., Irving Music (BMI), Music Sales Corp (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
4:37
3Spice of Life
recording of:
Spice of Life
writer:
Derek Bramble and Rod Temperton
publisher:
Derek Bramble Publishing Designee, Rodsongs (publisher), SaMusic Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:44
4Route 66
2:59
5Mystery
recording of:
Mystery
writer:
Leon Carr, Earl S. Shuman (composer / lyricist) and Rod Temperton
publisher:
Rodsongs (publisher), Sony/ATV Harmony, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
5:04
6Why Not! (Manhattan Carnival)
recording of:
Why Not?
lyricist:
Julie Eigenberg and Hilary Koski
composer and arranger:
Michel Camilo
publisher:
Redondo Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
2:36
7Baby Come Back to Me (The Morse Code of Love)
2:57
8Sing Joy Spring
recording of:
Sing Joy Spring
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Clifford Brown (trumpet)
7:13
9Another Night in Tunisia
recording of:
Another Night in Tunisia
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label) and シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.)
version of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental)
4:15
10Soul Food to Go (Sina)
recording of:
Soul Food to Go (Sina)
lyricist:
Doug Fieger (in The Knack)
composer:
Djavan (Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist)
version of:
Sina
5:16
11So You Say (Esquinas)
5:01
12Stomp of King Porter
recording of:
King Porter Stomp (arr. Henderson)
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
arranger:
Fletcher Henderson
arrangement of:
King Porter Stomp
3:15
13Clouds (adapted from “Nuages”)
recording of:
Clouds
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
translator:
Jon Hendricks
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music
arrangement of:
Nuages (instrumental)
7:15
14Nothing Could Be Hotter Than That
5:49
15The Offbeat of Avenues
4:22