Boy from New York City and Other Hits is a budget compilation album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 1997 on the Flashback Records label. This album was released as part of a series of compilations of original artist recordings at a reduced price.
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| Released | July 1997 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Flashback | |||
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"The Boy from New York City" was sung by The Ad Libs in 1964 and also by Darts in 1978 before becoming a hit for the Manhattan Transfer in 1981.
Track listing
edit- "The Boy from New York City" (George Davis, John Taylor) (3:40)
- "Java Jive" (Ben Oakland, Milton Drake) (2:46)
- "Gloria" (Leon René) (2:58)
- "Helpless" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland) (3:07)
- "Tuxedo Junction" (Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson, Buddy Feyne, Julian Dash) (3:04)
- "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" (Bernard Herrmann, Jay Graydon, Alan Paul) (6:06)
- "Ray's Rockhouse" (Ray Charles, Jon Hendricks) (5:08)
- "Mystery" (Rod Temperton) (5:00)
- "Smile Again" (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Alan Paul) (4:33)
- "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul, Jon Hendricks) (6:01)
References
edit- Boy from New York City and Other Hits at AllMusic. Retrieved 17:28, 18 August 2016 (UTC).
External links
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