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The song describes, in several choruses, the simple delights of Manhattan for a young couple in love. The joke is that these "delights" are really some of the worst, or cheapest, sights that New York has to offer; for example, the stifling, humid stench of the subway in summertime is described as "balmy breezes", while the noisy, grating pushcarts on Mott Street are "gently gliding by".
"First We Take Manhattan" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. It was originally recorded by American singer Jennifer Warnes on her 1986 Cohen tribute album Famous Blue Raincoat , which consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by Cohen.
I'll Take Manhattan is a four-part 1987 American television miniseries, adapted from Judith Krantz's 1986 novel of the same name. Screened by CBS, it tells the story of the wealthy Amberville family, who run their own publishing company in New York. After the death of the patriarch of the family, the company is taken over by his unscrupulous ...
The series featured music by Robert Stringer, and scripts by Peter Lyon. John Dietz directed for producer Lester Gottlieb [3] (eventually succeeding him as producer). Bern Bennett was the original announcer. When the series was broadcast from Hollywood, producer Elliott Lewis directed a new cast in scripts by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin.
All of these songs, plus a live medley of "The Lady is a Tramp/Let's Get Away from It All" recorded at the Copacabana in May 1967, were included in the collection The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart: The Complete Recordings in 2002. The versions of "You Took Advantage of Me" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" included on the 2002 collection ...
Allen Richard Toussaint (/ ˈ t uː s ɑː n t /; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer.He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as "one of popular music's great backroom figures."
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There's a 1925 Rogers and Hart song commonly called "I'll Take Manhattan". Could that be the source ? StuRat 13:27, 20 March 2009 (UTC) According to that link, that wasn't the original title (it doesn't say when it become the commonly used title) and the lyrics don't include the phrase "take Manhattan", so I'm not convinced.