When Will I See You Again Lyrics Barry Manilow
| "Weekend in New England" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single past Barry Manilow | ||||
| from the album This 1's for You | ||||
| B-side | "Say the Words" | |||
| Released | Nov 1976 | |||
| Genre | Orchestral popular, soft stone | |||
| Length | iii:43 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Randy Edelman | |||
| Producer(s) | Barry Manilow, Ron Dante | |||
| Barry Manilow singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Weekend in New England" is a song recorded by Barry Manilow for his fourth studio album, This Ane's for Y'all (1976). Written past Randy Edelman, it was released every bit the second single from the album, and became Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, while topping its Adult Contemporary nautical chart.[ane]
Content [edit]
The song's title does not occur in its lyrics but is approximated in the first line of the 2d poesy: "Time in New England took me abroad", the evident basis of "Weekend in New England" being the leisure habits on New Yorkers for whom "the romantic short escape of choice has long been a drive upwardly the declension towards Massachusetts and the other [New England] states",[2] [3] lyrical references to "long rocky beaches and you past the bay" indicating a seaside getaway. The song'due south narrator, on his first solar day "back in the city where goose egg is clear", fondly remembers the romance of the weekend simply by, and yearns to be reunited with the person he met in New England (or vacationed there with).[four]
Background [edit]
Composer Randy Edelman fabricated the first recording of his song for his 1975 anthology Adieu Fairbanks, the track - entitled "A Weekend in New England" - serving equally B-side for the single "Concrete and Dirt". Prior to "Weekend in New England" existence recorded by Barry Manilow (and subsequently by other artists), Edelman modified the song'due south tune at the behest of Arista Records president Clive Davis, to whose attention Roger Birnbaum, then a West Coast A&R human being for Arista, had brought Edelman's original version.(Clive Davis quote:) "The choruses were beautiful, but the verses needed to be [more] accessible melodically. So I asked Edelman to rewrite the melody of the verses, and if it came out strong, I would ask Manilow to record it."[5] Edelman would recall doing UK promotion for "Physical and Dirt" when he received a long distance telephone telephone call from Davis soliciting "Weekend in New England" for Barry Manilow:(Randy Edelman quote:) "He [went] off on a detailed discussion of why the harmonics in the poetry didn't work [merely] in [such] a fashion that I didn't feel that my creativity was being challenged."[6] Although, in Edelman's recollection, Davis indicated that Manilow would tape "Weekend in New England" with or without Davis' suggested modifications - (Randy Edelman quote:) "Information technology was just that he thought some simplification could really make it a hitting. And he was right" -[6] Edelman provided Davis with a customized poetry melody for "Weekend in New England" a week later.[vii]
Personnel [edit]
- Barry Manilow - vocals, piano
- Richard Resnicoff - guitar
- Steven Donaghey - bass guitar
- Alan Axelrod - keyboards
- Lee Gurst - drums
- Gerald Atlers - orchestration
Reception [edit]
At the time of the August 1976 release of its parent album: This One's for You lot, "Weekend in New England" was passed over as lead single but was earmarked for future single release.[viii] [9] Subsequent to the surprising underperformance of the album's title cut equally a single - "This One's For You lot" rising no college than #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 - "Weekend in New England" had its single release in November 1976 and did afford Manilow a considerable Top 40 comeback, entering the Superlative 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 29 Jan 1977 although "Weekend in New England" would not become 1 of Manilow'south very biggest hits, its ultimate Hot 100 meridian being #10. It would be the third single release from This One's For Y'all: "Looks Like We Made It", which would return Manilow to the acme of the Hot 100 for the third time. "Weekend in New England" would maintain Manilow's virtual "lock" on the #1 position of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
Cash Box said "a pianoforte plays in the foreground, the vocal is potent and correct to the point" and "the production is overflowing with horns and strings."[10]
Chart operation [edit]
Weekly charts [edit]
| Yr-end charts [edit]
|
Subsequent versions [edit]
"Weekend in New England" has since been recorded by:
Pop civilization [edit]
- Barry Manilow'south version was heard in the 2009 one-act Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
References [edit]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Gimmicky: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 155.
- ^ Daily Mail 5 March 2013 "From Weather Girl to Leaf Peeper: Lucy Verasamy explores autumnal New England" By Lucy Versamy
- ^ Daily Postal service 17 Jan 2016 "Be a Real New Yorker and Escape to New England: join the stars in Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard" by Frank Barrett
- ^ "Superlative Unmarried Picks" (PDF). Billboard. November 13, 1976. p. 75. Retrieved 2020-07-xiii .
- ^ Newsday 10 Apr 1977 "Arista's Superstar: the rise fall & resurrection of Clive Davis have combined to make him a myth in the tape business" by Wayne Robins pages 71-72
- ^ a b 24 April 1977 "Clive's Comeback" by Geoffrey Stokes
- ^ Billboard vol 88 #32 (7 Baronial 1976) "Clive Davis Dialog" pages 14, 67
- ^ Cash Box Vol 38 #14 (21 Baronial 1976) "For the Tape" by Stephen Fuchs p.nineteen
- ^ Record World Vol 33 #1521 (21 Baronial 1976) "Who in the Globe: Manilow'south Got the Feeling"p.47
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November xiii, 1976. Retrieved 2021-12-11 .
- ^ "Barry Manilow – {{{song}}}". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
- ^ "Barry Manilow Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Barry Manilow Chart History (Adult Gimmicky)". Billboard.
- ^ "Greenbacks Box Top 100 2/19/77". cashboxmagazine.com. 1977-02-xix. Retrieved 2016-05-14 .
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Result 5162a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "Detail Brandish - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-05-14 .
- ^ "Item Brandish - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-05-14 .
- ^ "Peak 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved 2016-05-xiv .
- ^ "Billboard". Books.google.com. 1977-12-24. Retrieved 2016-05-14 .
- ^ [i] [ dead link ]
External links [edit]
- Barry Manilow - Weekend In New England on YouTube
townsendslesintsend.blogspot.com
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_in_New_England
0 Response to "When Will I See You Again Lyrics Barry Manilow"
Post a Comment