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Track Listing: 1. The Way We Were (1974) 2. My Eyes Adored You (1975) 3. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) 4. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? (1971) 5. It Never Rains In Southern California (1972) 6. You've Got A Friend (duet with Melissa Manchester) (1971) 7. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (1970) 8. Sailing (1979) The Long And Winding Road (1970) 9. (They Long To Be) Close To You (1970) 10. If (1971) 11.Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (1976) 12.Mandy (1974) (Acoustic) 13.Weekend In New England (1977) (Acoustic) 14.Copacabana (At The Copa) (1978) (Acoustic) 15.Even Now (1978) (Acoustic) 16.Looks Like We Made It (1977) (Acoustic) 17.I Write The Songs (1975) (Acoustic) Disc 2:* 1. Somewhere In The Night (1978-1979) (Acoustic) 2. Can't Smile Without You (1978) (Acoustic) 3. This One's For You (1976) (Acoustic) 4. Could It Be Magic (1975) (Trevor Horn Dance Mix)

DISC 1 – THE FIRST BARRY MANILOW SPECIAL (1977) 1. It’s A Miracle 2. This One’s For You 3. Could It Be Magic? 4. Mandy 5. Jump, Shout Boogie Medley 6. Bandstand Boogie (with Penny Marshall) 7. A Very Strange Medley 8. New York City Rhythm 9. Sandra 10. Early Morning Strangers 11. I Write The Songs DISC 2 - THE SECOND BARRY MANILOW SPECIAL (1978) 1. Beautiful Music 2. Daybreak 3. I Was A Fool (To Let You Go) 4. Copacabana (At The Copa) 5. One Of These Days (Ray Charles) 6. It’s A Miracle (with Ray Charles) 7. Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again 8. All The Time 9. Can’t Smile Without You 10. Looks Like We Made It DISC 3 - THE THIRD BARRY MANILOW SPECIAL (1979) 1. Ready To Take A Chance Again 2. Weekend In New England 3. (Why Don’t We Try) A Slow Dance 4. I Write The Songs 5. What’s On Your Mind (John Denver) 6. Everly Brothers Medley (with John Denver) 7. Copacabana (At The Copa) 8. Even Now 9. Somewhere In The Night DISC 4 - ONE VOICE (1980) 1. You Could Show Me 2. Who’s Been Sleeping In My Bed 3. Rain 4. When I Wanted You 5. I Don’t Wanna Walk Without You 6. We’ll Meet Again 7. After You (Dionne Warwick) 8. Déjà vu (with Dionne Warwick) 9. I’ll Never Love This Way Again (with Dionne Warwick) 10. Sunday Father 11. Ships 12. One Voice DISC 5 – BARRY MANILOW: BIG FUN ON SWING STREET (1988) 1. Swing Street 2. Big Fun 3. Right This Way 4. Hey Mambo (with Kid Creole and The Coconuts) 5. Stardust 6. Not Another Night Of This (Phyllis Hyman) 7. It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (with Diane Schuur) 8. When October Goes 9. Black & Blue (with Phyllis Hyman) 10. Paradise Café 11. Evie 12. Blue (with Carmen McRae) 13. Dancin’ Fool 14. Stompin’ At The Savoy 15. One More Time NTSC format and region 1, for US and Canada only, with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound & PCM Stereo

BMG Record Executives from around the globe recently met at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for their annual Global Conference.  Barry was honored during the event with a plaque to commemorate 75 million career album sales! (Clive Davis is pictured below presenting the plaque to Barry.)

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Home at Last With his popular show in Las Vegas and other performances around the world, Barry Manilow still finds his way back to Palm Springs almost every night - usally in time to catch Leno on TV. Story by Ellen Kanner Photography by Gregg Segal Barry Manilow never wanted to be a performer. He never wanted to tour. And he certainly didn't want a computer crash. "Aaggh - I turned it on at eight in the morning and it wouldn't work," he wails from his home near the Indian Canyons in Palm Springs. He is not, however, unhappy. After all, he has sold 60 million records and Manilow: Music and Passion, his show at the Las Vegas Hilton, has been selling out every night. That pleases Manilow the musican, but, even more, it pleases Manilow the homebody. "My life is so filled with noise and music and screaming - which I'm grateful for - but I need quiet, and that's what Palm Springs offers. It's big, it's private, it's beautiful. I'm not here because of the golf, the tennis, any of that - I'm here because of the peace and quiet."

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Manilow fell in love with Palm Springs 13 years ago and kept coming back. The city has been his permanent home for the last eight years. Though his Vegas show was extended into 2007. Manilow, who created the Manilow Fund for Health and Hope, always finds time for fundraisers, especially when they benefit life at home. On Dec. 1, he'll perform Home for the Holidays, songs from his two Christmas albums, at McCallum Theater to raise money for the Palm Desert theater's arts education programs. On May 6, 2006, he'll appear at Evening Under the Stars, an outdoor concert in Palm Springs benefiting the AIDS Assistance Program. "I'm so gratful to live in such a beautiful place," he says. "If they need me, I'm always available. "I've had 30 years of packing and living out of hotels rooms with those little bars of soap," he says. "I did the last tour, 'One Last Time!' about a year ago, and that was going to be it. I couldn't bear being away from home. I'd given away my life to my audiences. Then they called me from Vegas and said, 'Are you interested in a job?" Well, yes, he was. "I get to play with my band, still do the music and interact with the audience," he says. But for the first time, Manilow does it on his own terms. He flies from Palm Springs on his private plane and lands in Las Vegas within an hour. Sound check, performance, then back home. "I'm back watching the end of Jay Leno every night," he says, laughing. "It's a dream gig, the best job I've ever had." Coming from the No. 1 contemporary artist of all time, that's saying something. "The audiences are interesting," he says." They are not the same fans I have been playing for. They kind of know who I am; they kind of know 'I Write the Songs' and 'Copacabana.' "I'd say a good 70 perent of these 3,000 a night are new. My job is to introduce myself to these people who don't know why I'm still alive." If they don't know when they walk in, Manilow makes such they do by the time they walk out. He performs with all the energy of a kid and still looks boyish at 59, which comes from working out every day, "and thank God I've still got my hair." Born Barry Alan Pincus, Manilow took the maiden name of his mother, Edna Manilow, who brought music into his life. "My mother was a great singer," he says. "She could have become very popular." Instead, she became a mother at 19; two years later, Manilow's father left. Manilow grew up in Brooklyn, raised by his maternal grandparants while his mother worked. "We were so poor," he recalls. But the family managed to buy a piano, and even as a boy. Manilow could hardly keep away from it. At 18, while working in the CBS mailroom, he attended Juilliard, where he played piano. "People listened to me and hired me as their accompanist," he says. "I was accompanying everyone in New York" - including a fledling singer in flashy clothes: Bette Midler. Manilow crafted Midler's early classics from "Do You Want To Dance?" to "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and would have stayed Midler's behind-the-scenes genius except for one thing: Her fans loved him.

"I was geeky, unexperienced, but the audiences seemed to take to me," Manilow says. "I still don't understand why." Maybe it was the contrast between the daring diva and her gawky pianist and musical director. Or maybe it was his music. Arista President Clive Davis approached Manilow about making his own album. "I didn't want to do it, didn't want to leave home, and didn't know anything about performance," he says. "But they did a big selling job and I thought, well, one album and a couple months on the road. I was wrong. Thank goodness. I was wrong." Manilow was the 1970s, starting with "Mandy" in 1974, which sold 4 million singles. He followed with a chain of 25 hits, including "Looks Like We Made It," "Could It Be Magic," and the campy but irresistible "Coapcabana." He grabbed an Emmy, a Tony, and Grammies galore. He insists his success has a lot to do with luck. It also has to do with timing. Back then, "They gave us more of a chance," he says. "These younger people get one shot, maybe two if they're lucky." They may have the right look, but for Manilow they don't have the right music. "It really is about the material these one-hit wonders are saddled with. I hear wonderful performances, wonderful-sounding records, but the craft of song-writing has taken a nosedive," says Manilow, who is thankful for his iPod. "You write, 'Baby, oh baby, come back to me.' You have to find a billion ways for saying that." The thing is, Manilow did. He laughs. "I wasn't interested in pop music and found myself the king of pop music." It was not a comfortable crown to wear. Manilow was the star critics loved to hate. But his fans more than made up for it. "I have a spectacular fan base," he says. "They have been very, very supportive over the years, and they have never let me down - ever." After two decades of playing his dues, Manilow ventured beyond pop's confines. "I finally said to Clive Davis, my mentor, 'I need to do a jazz album.' " The success of 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (1996???), which paired the singer with jazz greats including Mel Torme and Sarah Vaughan, encouraged Manilow to return to an early love: the stage. "I like writing for situation and character much more than I like writing pop," he says. "I like writing for musicals, for any kind of story." And, boy, did he have a story. Harmony is based on Germany's Comedian Harmonics, the boy band of the early 1940s. But half the band was Jewish, and the Nazis destroyed everything they had done. Manilow produced the show with lyricist Bruce Sussman and calls his store for "Harmony" my proudest achievement. It is, for me, the one I want to go down being remembered for." Writing fabulous music is a breeze - for Manilow, anyway. Mounting a Broadway show has been another matter. "It's the most difficult thing I've ever done," Manilow says of Harmony, which opens this fall. He's stayed with it out of love for the music - and for musicals. "I get caught up in them," he says. "I forget where I am. I lose myself in the story; and if it's great music, I find myself going for the Kleenex." Manilow is no fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber, but hearing greats like Rodgers and Hammerstein rekindles all he loves about Broadway. "You can't have a better moment than 'I Have Dreamend' from The King and I - That's where it all begins and ends for me." In other words, "It's all about the music. It touches your heart. "Yes, his Vegas act has leggy chourus girls," and we dance and jump around," but the music comes first. " 'Mandy' becomes a deeper experience for me. It's real. The audiences really get it," he says. In addition to his Vegas show and his upcoming performances for charity. Manilow looks forward to the release of a CD of Peggy Lee songs that he arranged for Bette Midler. In the meantime, there's a computer to wrestle with; a Vegas show to do; and the short, happy flight home. "I'd been looking for a home," Manilow says. "Home is Palm Springs."

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'The Showman of Our Generation' Makes His Home at the Hilton The Las Vegas Hilton has signed Barry Manilow to a long-term engagement through 2005 and beyond. The superstar begins the first part of his engagement on Februry 23, 2005, with tickets already on sale. "This agreement with Barry Manilow, a superstar with worldwide appeal, helps extend and solidify the Las Vegas Hilton brand and the Resorts international brand overall," said Ruby Prieto, CEO and general manager of the Las Vegas Hilton. "The Las Vegas Hilton, in singing this long-therm agreement, is recapturing its entertainment glory with one of the most popular singers of our time." The formal announcement of the agreement was made today at a news conference at the property featuring Manilow. Barry Manilow will debut his show Manilow: Music and Passion to the public on Frebruary 23, 2005, exclusively at the Las Vegas Hilton. After more than three decades of performing and a career that has produced more than 50 albums, Manilow has signed on to perform for crowds with five shows a week for 24 weeks throughout 2005 and into 2006. Manilow just completed his final road tour One Night Live! One Last Time!, selling out venues in 22 cities in which he performed for 250,000 fans and promoted his latest album SCORES-Songs from Copacabana and Harmony. Said Manilow, "I've spent the last three months telling audiences that since I wouldn't be touring again, the only way to see me is if you come to my home! Well, I've got a new home ... The Las Vegas Hilton! Las Vegas is now the home to a large number of talented performers and I feel lucky to be joining the group." The Las Vegas Hilton ranks among the world's most famous and popular resort destinations, located blocks from the Las Vegas Strip and adjacent to the Las Vegas Conventions Center, offering 3,000 luxurious rooms and suites situated on 59 acres. The property is one of the largest hotels in the world and features top-name entertainment, 15 distinctive restaurants, a full-service health club and spa, Star Trek: The Experience and much more. Manilow will perform Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 9 p.m. and 7:30 and 10:00 p.m. on Saturday in the legendary Hilton Theater beginning February 23, 2005. Tickets are $ 145 (plus tax and service charge); $ 115 (plus tax and service charge) and $ 85 (plus tax and service charge) and can purchased at the Las Vegas Hilton box office. Visit www.lvhilton.com or phone (702)732-5755 or 1 (800) 222-5361.

DAS HILTON IN LAS VEGAS NIMMT BARRY MANILOW LANGFRISTIG UNTER VERTRAG
14-12-2004 20:02

LAS VEGAS,, December 14 /PRNewswire/ --
- Superstar macht das Las Vegas Hilton über das Jahr 2005 hinaus zu seinem Heim
Das Las Vegas Hilton hat Barry Manilow für das Jahr 2005 für mehrere Jahre langfristig unter Vertrag genommen, so wurde es heute von der Leitung des Las Vegas Hilton bekannt gegeben. Sein Startdebüt gibt der Superstar am 23. Februar 2005. Der Verkauf der Eintrittskarten beginnt am 18. Dezember 2004 um 10 Uhr.
"Dieses Übereinkommen mit Superstar Barry Manilow, der weltweite Anziehungskraft ausübt, hebt und stabilisiert den Bekanntheitsgrad des Las Vegas Hilton und natürlich auch aller Hilton Hotels der gesamten Welt," so Rudy Prieto, Vorstandsvorsitzender und Hauptgeschäftsführer des Las Vegas Hilton. "Das Las Vegas Hilton, erobert seinen Ruhm in der künstlerischen Darbietung durch diesen Langzeitvertrag mit einem der beliebtesten Sänger unserer Zeit zurück." Die formelle Ankündigung dieser Einigung fand heute anlässlich einer Pressekonferenz im Hause mit Manilow in der Hauptrolle statt.
Barry Manilow wird mit seiner Show "Manilow: Music and Passion" exklusiv im Las Vegas Hilton debütieren. In seiner seit mehr als drei Jahrzehnten andauernden Karriere künstlerischer Darstellung hat Manilow über 50 Alben aufgenommen. Manilow hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, im Jahr 2005 und bis 2006 hinein, 24 Wochen mit fünf Shows pro Woche das Publikum zu begeistern.
Manilow hat gerade seine letzte Tournee "One Night Live! One Last Time!" beendet. Er gab seine Konzerte in 22 Städten vor insgesamt 250.000 Fans in ausverkauften Häusern und promotete dabei sein neuestes Album "SCORES - Songs from Copacabana and Harmony." Manilow sagte: "Ich habe die letzten drei Monate damit verbracht, meinem Publikum zu erzählen, dass ich zukünftig nicht mehr touren werde und die einzige Möglichkeit, mich zu sehen die ist, dass sie mich in meinem Zuhause besuchen! Nun, ich habe ein neues Zuhause... Das Las Vegas Hilton! Las Vegas ist die Heimat für unzählige talentierte Darsteller und ich bin überglücklich, zu ihnen zu gehören."
Das Las Vegas Hilton ist eines der weltweit beliebtesten Ausflugsziele, nur einige Blocks vom Las Vegas Strip entfernt, liegt es neben dem Las Vegas Kongresszentrum. Auf einer Fläche von insgesamt rund 59 Acre (240.000 msquared) stehen 3.000 luxuriöse Räume und Suiten zur Verfügung. Das Anwesen ist eines der grössten Hotels der Welt und steht für Entertainment der Topp-Klasse. Es bietet unter anderem 15 unverwechselbare Restaurants, einen Fitness Club mit allen erdenklichen Angeboten, Kurbad, Star Trek: "The Experience"(R) und vieles mehr.
Manilows Shows werden ab 23. Februar 2005 jeweils mittwochs, donnerstags und freitags um 21:00 Uhr beginnen. Samstags gibt es sogar zwei Shows, sie beginnen um 19:30 und um 22:00 Uhr. Die Preise für die Eintrittskarten betragen: 145 US$ (zzgl. MwSt. und Bedienungsaufschlag), 115 US$ (zzgl. MwSt. und Bedienungsaufschlag), 85 $ (zzgl. MwSt. Und Bedienungsaufschlag), und können an der Las Vegas Hilton Theaterkasse erworben werden. Besuchen Sie www.lvhilton.com oder rufen Sie an: +1-702-732-5755 oder +1-800-222-5361. Der Verkauf beginnt am Samstag, den 18. Dezember um 10:00 Uhr.
Webseite: http://www.lvhilton.com
Ira David Sternberg vom Las Vegas Hilton, +1-702-732-5683; oder Carol Marshall, +1-310-289-6200, für Barry Manilow.