The Manhattans
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The Manhattans are an R&B vocal group best known for their 1976 Number 1 single âKiss and Say Goodbyeâ, their 1980 Top 5 hit âShining Starâ, and many more hits that landed somewhere between the Top 50 and Top 100 on the Billboard charts. The Manhattans recorded legacy includes 20 studio albums, numerous compilations, and 45 chart-placing singles. They formed in Jersey City in 1962. Their line-up changed frequently over the years but their most notable members include Gerald Alston, Winfred âBlueâ Lovett, and Edward âSonnyâ Bivens. Signed to Carnival Records in 1964, The Manhattans issued a handful of singles before releasing their debut album, Dedicated to You, in 1966, which reached Number 19 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. They continued to release albums in the late â60s and early â70s but didnât achieve a hint of commercial success until their 1973 Columbia Records album Thereâs No Me Without You. This release matched their debut albumâs Number 19 placing on the Top R&B Albums chart. By 1976, they scored their first Number One single with âKiss and Say Goodbyeâ, taken from their self-titled album. The Manhattans reached Number 16 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, eventually going Gold. The follow-up album, It Feels So Good, also achieved Gold status. It took another three years before achieving massive chart success again with the Top 5 single, âShining Starâ and the hit album After Midnight (Number 4 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart). The Manhattans continued to record albums for Columbia Records throughout the 1980s but failed to match the success of previous albums and singles. The bandâs line-up continued to fluctuate over the next two decades, eventually splitting into two different camps â one set of Manhattans led by Bivins and one set led by Lovett and Alston. Over the years, original band members passed away, leaving Alston the last remaining performing member of the groupâs hitmaking â70s and early â80s line-up.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Kiss And Say Goodbye
- Shining Star
- If My Heart Could Speak/One Life To Live
- Wish That You Were Mine
- Don't Take Your Love
- There's No Me Without You
- Shining Star by Gerald Alston
- She's Comin' Home by Gerald Alston
- Everyday People
- One Life to Live
- Even Now
- Nites Like This
- Turn Out The Stars
- Love Me Right
- A Change Is Gonna Come
- The Way We Were / Memories
- Honey, Honey
- There's No Good in Goodbye
- Tomorrow
- When We Are Made as One
- If You're Ever Gonna Love Me
- Everybody Has a Dream
- Goodbye Is the Saddest Word
- Tired Of The Single Life
