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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".
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 ...
I'll Take Manhattan is a 1986 novel by American author Judith Krantz, [1] originally published on April 20, 1986, by Crown Publishers. [2] It has been described as Krantz's best novel because it is the one most closely rooted in her own experience as a writer and socialite.
Many songs are set in New York City or named after a location or feature of the city, beyond simply "name-checking" New York along with other cities. This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The YouTube puppet web comedy series Glove and Boots recorded a parody of the song, "New York, New York ft Johnny T", in 2015. [37] Sung by the character Johnny T (a New Yorker frog), the parody is a more cynical take about the modern New York City, with lyrics about gentrification and rising cost of living forcing residents to move out.
David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. [1] Among his best known works are the motion picture soundtracks to The Big Bus, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Conversation, All the President's Men, and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as "Manhattan Skyline".
I'll Follow My Secret Heart: 1962: Noël Coward: I'll Make Up for Everything: 1947: Ross Parker: I'll Never Be The Same: 1955: Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli: I'll Never Let a Day Pass By: 1941: Frank Loesser, Victor Schertzinger: I'll Never Smile Again: 1940, 1959, 1965: Ruth Lowe: I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her: 1965: Sammy ...
Manhattan is the original motion picture soundtrack to Woody Allen's 1979 film Manhattan with music by George Gershwin. It was performed by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas. It was nominated for Best Soundtrack in the 33rd British Academy Film Awards.