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The Manhattans are an American R&B vocal group.Their songs "Kiss and Say Goodbye", recorded in 1976, and 1980's "Shining Star", both sold millions of copies. [1]The Manhattans have recorded 45 hits on the Billboard R&B Chart, including twelve top-10 R&B hits in the United States, starting in 1965. [2]
The album peaked at No. 6 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 16 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Kiss and Say Goodbye", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and the Billboard Hot 100, and "Hurt", which reached No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The full length of "Kiss and Say Goodbye" on the album The Manhattans is 4:28. [4] The length of 3:29 on the 7" single is an edited version of the song. [ 1 ] The Edited version fades out earlier, because it was considered too long and monotonous for airplay, while the full length version ends on a climatic cadenza on the song's title.
The song was recorded in 1980 by popular American R&B vocal group The Manhattans and released the same year on the album After Midnight. [2] "Shining Star" was released as a single in 1980 and peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard R&B chart, [3] and number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [4]
In 1976, The Manhattans covered the song on their album The Manhattans. Their version reached No. 10 on Billboard ' s R&B chart, and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. [16] In 1981, Carly Simon covered the song on her Torch album; it was the record's only single. Record World praised "Carly's striking vocal" and "Michael Brecker's fiery sax solo." [17]
After leaving the Manhattans, Alston released his debut solo album entitled, "Gerald Alston" in 1988 which spent 33 weeks on the Soul/R&B Billboard albums chart and peaking at No. 18 [10] on March 4, 1989. The first single, "Take Me Where You Want To" became a top 10 R&B hit spending 18 weeks on the chart and peaking at No. 6.
Forever by Your Side is the 13th studio album of American popular R&B vocal group the Manhattans, originally released in 1983 by Columbia Records.The album was recorded at Celestial Sound Studios (New York, NY), Studio Sound Recorders (North Hollywood), Universal Recording Studio (Chicago, III) and produced by George Tobin Productions Inc, Leo Graham Enterprises, Mighty M. Productions Ltd.
A greatest hits album is a compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band. Albums entitled Greatest Hits, or similar titles, listed alphabetically by band name or artist's last name, include: