Singin' with the Big Bands

Singin' with the Big Bands is an album by Barry Manilow, released in 1994. The album was Manilow's first to reach gold since Because It's Christmas (1990).

Track listing

1. "Singin' With The Big Bands" (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman) - 2:28
2. "Sentimental Journey" — Featuring Les Brown and his Band of Renown (Bud Green, Les Brown, Ben Homer) - 3:19
3. "And the Angels Sing" (Johnny Mercer, Ziggy Elman) - 3:04
4. "Green Eyes" — Featuring The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney (Eddie Rivera, Eddie Woods, Nilo Menendez) - 3:19 (with Rosemary Clooney)
5. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 3:02
6. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" — Featuring The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 2:58
7. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 4:29
8. "Chattanooga Choo Choo" — Featuring The Glenn Miller Orchestra (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 3:24
9. "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) - 4:50
10. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" — Featuring The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:26
11. "All or Nothing at All" — Featuring The Harry James Orchestra (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) - 3:02
12. "I'll Never Smile Again" — Featuring The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (Ruth Lowe) - 3:08
13. "I'm Getting Sentimental over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 3:27
14. "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)" — Featuring The Glenn Miller Orchestra with Debra Byrd (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) - 2:52
15. "(I'll Be with You in) Apple Blossom Time" (Neville Fleeson, Albert Von Tilzer) - 2:31
16. "Where Does the Time Go?" (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman) - 3:10

Personnel

• Barry Manilow – vocals
• Les Brown and his Band of Renown – instruments (2)
• The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – instruments (4)
• The Duke Ellington Orchestra – instruments (6)
• The Glenn Miller Orchestra – instruments (8, 14)
• The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – instruments (10, 12)
• The Harry James Orchestra – instruments (11)
• Warren Luening – trumpet solo (3, 7)
• Charlie Young – alto sax solo (6)
• Bill Watrous – trombone solo (13)
• Artie Butler – arrangements and conductor (1, 9, 11-13, 15, 16)
• Jay Hill – arrangements (2)
• Les Brown – original arrangements (2)
• Dick Hyman – arrangements and conductor (3, 7)
• Benny Goodman – original arrangements (3)
• Mike Melvoin – arrangements and conductor (4-6)
• Jimmy Dorsey – original arrangements (4)
• Duke Ellington – original arrangements (6)
• Bunny Berigan – original arrangements (7)
• Glenn Miller – original arrangements (9)
• Sy Oliver – arrangements (10)
• Harry James – original arrangements (11)
• Tommy Dorsey – original arrangements (12)
• Jim Miller – orchestra leader (4)
• Mercer Ellington – orchestra leader (6)
• Larry O'Brien – orchestra leader (8, 14)
• Buddy Morrow – orchestra leader (10, 12), trombone solo (12)
• Art Depew – orchestra leader (11)
• Rosemary Clooney – vocals (4)
• Debra Byrd – backing vocals (8, 14), vocal arrangements (8, 14), vocals (14)
• Kevin DiSimone – backing vocals (8, 14)
• Margaret Dorn – backing vocals (8, 14)
• James Jolis – backing vocals (8, 14)
• Susan Boyd – backing vocals (10, 15)
• Donna Davidson – backing vocals (10, 15)
• Jon Joyce – backing vocals (10, 15), vocal arrangements (15)
• Don Shelton – backing vocals (10, 15)

Production

• Barry Manilow – producer
• Phil Ramone – producer
• Don Murray – mixing
• Allen Abrahamson – engineer
• Gary Chester – engineer
• Don Haun – engineer
• Bill Molina – engineer
• John Richards – engineer
• Bryan Carrigan – assistant engineer
• Peter Doell – assistant engineer
• Noel Hazen – assistant engineer
• Mike Kloster – assistant engineer, mix assistant
• Charlie Paakkari – assistant engineer
• Mike Piersante – assistant engineer
• Al Sanderson – assistant engineer
• Brian Soucy – assistant engineer
• Yvonne Yedibalian – assistant engineer
• Larry Walsh – digital editing
• Wally Traugott – mastering
• Roland Baker – project coordinator
• Jill Dell'Abate – project coordinator
• Susanne Marie Edgren – project coordinator
• Marc Hulett – project coordinator, personal assistant
• Chie Masumoto – project coordinator
• Susan Mendola – art direction
• Timothy White – photography
• William Rohlfing – set design
• Amy Finkle – art coordinator
• Wayne Scott Lukas – stylist
• Joe Simon – grooming
• Stiletto Entertainment – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

• [ Billboard]