The Definitive Pop Collection

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

Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Tuxedo Junction
3:06
2Java Jive
cover recording of:
Java Jive
lyricist:
Milton Drake (in 1940)
composer:
Ben Oakland (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
2:48
3Candy
3:29
4Gloria
3:01
5Operator
3:14
6Chanson d’amour
2:57
7The Speak Up Mambo (Cuentame)
3:02
8Four Brothers
3:50
9Popsicle Toes
4:18
10On a Little Street in Singapore
3:19
11A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
recording engineer:
Joseph Bogan
assistant engineer:
Bob Bullock and Deborah Thompson (engineer)
producer and mixer:
Jay Graydon
vocals:
Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul (Member of Manhattan Transfer) and Janis Siegel
arranger:
Gene Puerling
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:
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
lyricist:
Eric Maschwitz
composer:
Manning Sherwin (in 1939)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:50
12Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)
recording engineer:
Joseph Bogan
assistant engineer:
Bob Bullock and Deborah Thompson (engineer)
producer and mixer:
Jay Graydon
bass guitar:
Abraham Laboriel
drums (drum set):
Steve Gadd (drummer)
guitar:
Al Viola
piano:
Yaron Gershovsky
vocals:
Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul (Member of Manhattan Transfer) and Janis Siegel
percussion [rhythm] arranger:
Jay Graydon
vocals arranger:
Jay Graydon and Janis Siegel
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:
Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)
lyricist:
Don Wolf (songwriter / composer)
composer:
Don Wolf (songwriter / composer) and Freddie Green
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
5:23
13Trickle Trickle
2:23
14Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone
6:08
15Birdland
recording engineer:
Joe Bogan, Jay Graydon and Bill Thomas (engineer)
producer and mixer:
Jay Graydon
alto saxophone:
Richie Cole
drums (drum set):
Ralph Humphrey (American drummer and teacher) and Jeff Porcaro
piano:
Michael Omartian
synthesizer:
Michael Boddicker
percussion [rhythm] arranger:
Michael Omartian
vocals arranger:
Janis Siegel
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1979)
additionally recorded at:
Garden Rake Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
Downbreaker Studio in San Fernando, California, United States
mixed at:
Garden Rake Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Birdland (vocal)
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
publisher:
Hendricks Music Inc., Mulatto Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and 大洋音楽
version of:
Birdland (instrumental)
6:02
CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Boy From New York City
recording engineer:
Joseph Bogan
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
53:44
2Smile Again
recording engineer:
Joseph Bogan
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
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 (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージック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 and 大洋音楽
4:37
3Spice of Life
3:44
4Route 66
2:59
5Mystery
5:04
6Why Not! (Manhattan Carnival)
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 Tunisia4:15
10Soul Food to Go (Sina)
recording of:
Soul Food to Go (Sina)
lyricist:
Doug Fieger
composer:
Djavan
version of:
Sina
5:16
11So You Say (Esquinas)
5:01
12Stomp of King Porter
3:15
13Clouds (adapted from “Nuages”)
7:15
14Nothing Could Be Hotter Than That
5:49
15The Offbeat of Avenues
4:22