SALES of Manilow's retrospective tributes to the greatest love songs of recent decades indicate that fans in their millions like the simple concept.
The third in the series focuses on the era perhaps most associated with the current King of Vegas, the 1970s.
The richest of all eras, the 1970s delivered maturity and gravitas to the love song, so it comes as a surprise that Manilow's final list proves so safe. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, Bridge Over Troubled Water and The Way We Were are undoubtedly classics, but perhaps more numbers in the vein of Frankie Valli's My Eyes Adored You would have proved more exciting. The set is bolstered with seven refreshing acoustic makeovers of Manilow's evocative solo hits such as Mandy and Weekend In New England and a stupendous Trevor Horn reconstruction of Could It Be Magic.
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The Press has five Barry Manilow albums to be won, courtesy of Arista.
Question: Who had the original hit with My Eyes Adored You?
Send your answer with your name and address, on a postcard, to Charles Hutchinson, Manilow Competition, The Press, 76-86 Walmgate, York, YO1 9YN, by next Friday. Usual rules apply.
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