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With over 30 groups performing it, "Gloria" is one of the most covered songs in doo-wop music history. A version of the song was recorded in 1975 by jazz fusion group The Manhattan Transfer for their self-titled debut album , which led a revival of the doo-wop and jazz styles in popular music.
The Manhattan Transfer was an American vocal group founded in 1969 in New York City, performing music genres like a cappella, Brazilian jazz, swing, vocalese, rhythm and blues, pop, and standards. They have won eleven Grammy Awards .
Shaun Considine reviewed the album in May 1975 for The New York Times: "Vocally, The Manhattan Transfer is one of the slickest group's on today's market. Their intro number, "Tuxedo Junction", is a precise recreation of the 1940 Glenn Miller oldie, with the group's four part vocal harmonies and jazz riffs supplanting the Miller instrumentals.
Introducing the Manhattan Transfer’s final show at Walt Disney Concert Hall, writer Bruce Vilanch emphasized the multi-genre status the vocal ensemble built up and maintained over a 50-year-plus ...
The Manhattan Transfer sang their way to 18 Grammy nominations and 10 wins. Over the decades, Siegel has also maintained a robust solo recording career, releasing more than a dozen albums under ...
The Best Of The Manhattan Transfer was released in 1981 on the Atlantic Records label by The Manhattan Transfer for the Holiday Season. [1] It contained the "best of" their hits from their early Atlantic years (1975–1981).
The Manhattan Transfer members have said Friday night’s tour capper was their last show, after a run that extended more than 50 years. Although the quartet have sounded pretty determined about ...
The Very Best Of The Manhattan Transfer is a compilation album of The Manhattan Transfer released in 1994 on the Atlantic Records label. This album is a selection of the core songs of the group, spanning more than twenty years.