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"Ready to Take a Chance Again" was nominated for Best Song at the 1978 Academy Awards. It lost, however, to Donna Summer's "Last Dance" from the movie, Thank God It's Friday. In Germany, "Ready to Take a Chance Again" was backed with the re-release of "Mandy," which had been only a minor hit on its prior release.
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by singer/songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1978. The album was certified 3× Platinum in the US, [1] and would be Manilow's last of that certification, as of 2021. [2] It also features the new single, "Ready to Take a Chance Again", which reached #11 in the US the same year. [3]
Barry Manilow is an American singer–songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, and conductor.His discography consists of 31 studio albums, 6 live albums, 17 compilation albums, and 57 singles (13 #1's).
The Very Best of Barry Manilow is a compilation album released by singer and songwriter Barry ... "Ready to Take a Chance Again (Theme from "Foul Play") (3:01 ...
Manilow's "Ready to Take a Chance Again" originated in the film Foul Play, which also featured "Copacabana", from his fourth studio album Even Now. "Ready to Take a Chance Again" and its songwriters Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel were nominated that year for the "Best Original Song" Oscar at the 51st Academy Awards. [47]
"Ready to Take a Chance Again", the film's theme song, was composed by Charles Fox, with lyrics by Fox's writing partner Norman Gimbel and performed by Barry Manilow, who conceived and supervised the song's recording in partnership with Ron Dante.
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"Ready to Take a Chance Again" (from the movie Foul Play) 1978 (Charles Fox/Norman Gimbel) "Somewhere in the Night" (from Even Now) 1978 (Kerr/Will Jennings) "The Old Songs" (Alternate take, 1981) 1981(Pomeranz/Buddy Kaye) "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (from One Voice) 1979 (Frank Loesser/Jule Styne)