Barry Manilow

In celebration of musical icon Barry Manilow's 2024 residency at the London Palladium, his #1 UK album 'Barry Live in Britain' is being reissued on CD. Recorded at the capital's famed Royal Albert Hall in 1982, the album was certified Platinum in the UK, and includes a number of Manilow's most loved hit singles, including 'Mandy', 'Copacabana (At the Copa)', and 'Could It Be Magic'.

In celebration of musical icon Barry Manilow's 2024 residency at the London Palladium, his #1 UK album 'Barry Live in Britain' is being reissued on CD. Recorded at the capital's famed Royal Albert Hall in 1982, the album was certified Platinum in the UK, and includes a number of Manilow's most loved hit singles, including 'Mandy', 'Copacabana (At the Copa)', and 'Could It Be Magic'.

Unlike some other MOR pop stars, Barry Manilow never enjoyed the sort of swinging-hipster revival that made him a hot name to drop, ironically or otherwise. Incredibly enough, until the release of Ultimate Manilow in early 2002, there was no comprehensive single-disc hits package on the market – a shockingly long wait for one of the most popular hitmakers of the '70s, hip or not (and clearly the demand was there; Ultimate Manilow entered the charts at number three). The 20 selections on Ultimate Manilow are arranged in the chronological order in which they became hits, and the emphasis here is on hits – i.e., chart singles.