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| January 1998 | This Morning
(U.K. broadcast) | On location with Barry at Washington D.C. ("This Morning" presented Barry with some Christmas pudding?) [ Manilow TV Episode #98 aired February 2018 ] |
| January 9, 1998 | On BBC1
The Parkinson Show | 
Barry received a "rapturous reception" and complimented his U.K. audiences, "When they like you here, they stay with you." Barry talked about the early days with references to his book, "Sweet Life" ("Success is like a hurricane ... I became a brat"); getting a recording contract (upon telling songwriting collaborator Bruce Sussman, Bruce's initial reaction was, "doing what?"); performing with Bette Midler at a New Jersey matinee; meeting his father (who showed up backstage once and before his father introduced himself, Barry "knew it was him" - it was the last time Barry saw him). Barry noted the defining moment in his career was when "I stopped trying to please everybody" (Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, CO); he decided to try "Could It Be Magic" during his segment of the show. "I did it for me ... It was my first standing ovation ... Maybe I'm on to something?". Barry talked about his fans ("They're just great people"). On touring, Barry mentioned that "every show is different", and made reference to his 29 albums and the clicker format. Barry then performed "Could It Be Magic" (the prelude version). "Take That!"[ Manilow TV Episode #98 aired February 2018 ] |
| January 10, 1998 | On BBC1
National Lottery Draw |
Hosted by Dame Edna; Barry promoted his U.K. Tour and performed "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" (dance remix version) ("...what do you say we stay home and watch The Lottery!").[ Manilow TV Episode #98 aired February 2018 ] |
| January 12, 1998 | Live on
This Morning
(U.K. broadcast) | Barry Manilow walked on with a book called "The Early Years", promoted his U.K. tour, talked about checking out self-awareness books ("I'm happier than I've ever been"). Regarding his talents, "I think it's a gift I have to give people". Phonecall responses: "If I ever got bored with the music, I wouldn't sing it." Barry mentioned Harmony was "going to Broadway at the end of the year". Overwhelming show memory? "Blenheim is the one that keeps coming back." Who would Barry like most to do a duet with? "They're all dead, maybe Sophie Tucker." Barry talked about writing for animated films (like Thumbelina), and great pop songwriters of our time (like Diane Warren). Which of his songs mean most to him? "'One Voice' still gets me. I wrote that one in a dream." Then Barry made reference to lyrics from his Summer of '78 hit ("I'm not talking about moving in") and proceeded to perform "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" (dance remix version). Clips during the show included "Copacabana", "Moonlight Serenade") [ Manilow TV Episode #98 aired February 2018 ] |
| January 12, 1998 | Jack Docherty Show
(U.K. broadcast) | Barry reflected on playing in Boston early in his career (Instead of a piano "they gave me an organ!") and New York in the 70's with Bette Midler (the "toast of the Baths"). "Jingles don't work" (in the U.K.) (e.g., "You Deserve A Break Today"?), so the host asked Barry to make up a new jingle, "You're better than a smoke or a cup of tea, his name is Jack Docherty!". Barry reflected on making $500 for the State Farm Insurance jingle, while 25 years later the singer is "on her third Rolls Royce". Barry noted that Billy Joel went through a similar bankruptcy period as he did (After selling millions, "I was down to $11,000" so "I took responsibility for my own life"). Barry said he loves collaborating, though noted that "One Voice" was one song he wrote alone "in a dream". Barry's favorite note? B-flat. Favorite chord? Minor ninth. Barry enjoys listening to jazz and classical ("Someone asked me about the Spice Girls and I had no answer"). "I liked the Take That version of 'Could It Be Magic'". What's the strangest cover version? Richard Clayderman. "I think he did 'Mandy' and I didn't recognize it" at which point Barry went into a grandiose version on the piano). Has Barry ever had a moustache? "I did, I looked so bad!" Barry promoted his "interactive tour" where the audience chooses the albums. In response to questions from the audience: "I can't imagine retiring, but if I stopped I'd probably create some more music ... on my death bed" (jokingly, "Goodbye! Goodbye!"). Has Barry ever considered being with a fine looking sexy black woman? "I have, I have been!" What would be Barry's last meal? "I forget to eat. My favorite food is Chinese, Japanese. Barry closed by singing a bit of "Who Needs To Dream". [ Manilow TV Episode #98 aired February 2018 ] |
| January 1998 | Show Biz Sky News | [ Manilow TV Episode #98 aired February 2018 ] |
| April 17-19, 1998 | E! Entertainment Television
Gossip Show | Mention of "Harmony" opening in the Spring of 1999. |
| May 20, 1998 | ABC TV | SPIN CITY's SEASON FINALE!
Not an appearance and not even Barry's version, but Barry Manilow's song "Copacabana" is spotlighted! |
| May 22, 1998 (also May 24 and May 29) | Grease Day USA
('78 Premiere)
on VH1 |  | "...program was originally produced in 1978 from GREASE s first premiere party" |  | "...celebrities on hand included Barry Manilow, Penny Marshall, Lily Tomlin and Jodie Foster." |
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| May 31, 1998 (also June 4) | "Intimate Portrait: Suzanne Somers"
on Lifetime TV |  | "...contains interviews with family and friends -- including television producer and host Dick Clark; singer Barry Manilow..." | | | | | | "A profile of Suzanne Somers ... interviewed are Somers' friends Barry Manilow and Dick Clark. Narrator: Ed Begley Jr." |
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| 1998 | Twentieth Century Fox film HOPE FLOATS | Not really an appearance, in fact, not even a walk-on, but Barry is there on the receptionist's radio (..."Daybreak"!)
Thanks for the 'FYI', Carrie! (6/3/98) |
| November 2, 1998 | The Roseanne Show | It was the early 70s all over again as Barry Manilow and former Harlettes Melissa Manchester, Gail Kantor, Jennifer Lewis, Linda Hart and Charlotte Crosley-Fortier joined Bette Midler in a surprise reunion. The group performed a cheerful version of "Friends". |
| November 4, 1998 | GMTV | HTV in the UK! |
| November 6, 1998 | This Morning |
| November 6, 1998 | Entertainment Tonight | "Frank Sinatra is another guy who's music is being brought back again for us to enjoy and...it's Barry Manilow who is summoning the courage to do it" - ET's segment on Manilow Sings Sinatra. Included snippets of "My Kind Of Town", "Strangers In The Night", "You Make Me Feel So Young", and of course, Barry and a 50-piece orchestra!
["Manilow Sings Sinatra" also mentioned
on Entertainment Weekend (Nov 8)] |
| November 9, 1998 | The Morning Show
(San Diego) | (KUSI) |
| November 9, 1998 | 4 PM News, NBC
(Los Angeles) | "I wanted to say 'thank you and goodbye' to this guy who has given us so much and stood for such great songs, songwriting, arranging, style of interpretation, and opened the door to all of us ... It would be sacrilegious to tackle something like 'In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning' or 'Come Fly With Me' and so I did my own arrangement of it that kind of feels like his, but it's still mine...I think it's a real nice combination ... I didn't think it would be right to tackle songs like 'My Way' or 'New York, New York', I mean they are so identified with him. He did the definitive versions ... There was a moment early in my career where there was a project that I had invented where he would play my father. That nearly happened and the thing fell apart, and I was very very disappointed and I think he was too." - Barry Manilow
Included clips of "Saturday Night", "Strangers In The Night", "All The Way", "Come Fly With Me" |
| November 10, 1998 | Good Day L.A.
(Los Angeles) | Barry on MANILOW SINGS SINATRA: "It was a daunting and a very risky thing for me to do. And I wasn't exactly sure if I should. I was just dealing from my emotions and not from my head. It wasn't a sensible thing to do."
On trying to do it SINATRA's WAY: "I wouldn't know how to do that. I think it would be foolish to try. There was only one Sinatra. There'll never be another. But you know, I just know how to sing this material. I don't know why."
On STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT: "Walking behind the microphone, beginning to sing to this gorgeous arrangement...That was the moment where I said, 'Who do you think you are?' That was the moment that really stopped me in my tracks. But I had to push that voice away and do the best I could with it."
On FRANK: "Whenever I met him, he was just a guy. He told you the truth. That's what makes legends. Actors, singers, writers, painters. When they tell you the truth and they don't camouflage it. That's what Frank Sinatra represented to me. When he sang, when he gave an interview, when he talked, when he was performing. He was telling you the truth."
Included clips of "Saturday Night", "Strangers In The Night", "Come Fly With Me"(FOX-11) |
| November 10, 1998 | WPLJ Radio
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| November 1998 |  | MUSIC CHOICE SPOTLIGHT!
"Manilow Sings Sinatra"
MUSIC CHOICE Showcase 1 channel 530/29. |
| November 11, 1998 | Supper Club
(New York) | Official "Manilow Sings Sinatra"
Album Premiere Cocktail Party!!Highlights: Come Dance With Me/Come Fly With Me / One Man In A Spotlight / I've Got The World On A String / The Second Time Around / You Make Me Feel So Young / All The Way / Strangers In The Night / In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning / Summer Wind / That's Life / Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week) / Angel Eyes / My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is) / Put Your Dreams Away / Here To The Man / You Make Me Feel So Young (Reprise) [ Manilow.TV Episode #17 aired February 2011 ] |
| November 12, 1998 | Access Hollywood | Spotlighted Barry's album premiere
at The Supper Club (Nov 11) - "I've Got The World On A String" |
| November 13, 1998 | The
Rosie O'Donnell
Show | Laryngitis and bronchitis couldn't keep Barry from telling Rosie all about his latest album "Manilow Sings Sinatra". "Strangers In The Night" was performed as a duet with Rosie O'Donnell...on the high notes! |
| November 16, 1998 | Late Late Show
with
Tom Snyder | Tom asked Barry about "Manilow Sings Sinatra", Frank's arrangements and style, Sinatra's influence on Barry over the years, the Broadway-bound musical "Harmony" (and why Barry's not in this one), and taking risks ("...if you don't take risks, you may as well be dead").
Barry talked about his most embarrassing moment on stage, driving himself instead of by limo ("...because I'm a person!"), the "magic" of performing on stage, wrist bands for motion sickness, songs Barry performs that convey hurt or emotion, the myth of "I Write The Songs" (the song that Bruce Johnston wrote), songs that Barry DID write, and Manilow songs that don't fade out ("...I like those endings!!"). |
| November 20, 1998 | Chick Watkins'
Friday SpotlightWestwood One
Radio Network | Barry talked about the making of Manilow Sings Sinatra. Featured were the following songs:
"You Make Me Feel So Young" (It's euphoric ... joyful ... a wonderful song ... a wonderful chart ... just a privilege to be able to sing this song)
"In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" (Whenever I think of Frank Sinatra, that's the song that I associate with him ... [it] had a major impact on my life ... I asked Johnny Mandel to do it [and] this particular arrangement is so beautiful it will make your knees weak)
"Saturday Night" (We did that in one take, and I was so sorry, because I just wanted to do it again. As a matter of fact, I asked them [to] just do it, I found something wrong with it!)
"Second Time Around" (Artie Butler found a wonderful angle for this arrangement that kind of pays tribute to Sinatra's original arrangement but goes a little off of it and it still works beautifully.)
"Summer Wind" (Sinatra did a finger-snapping version of it ... I had this idea - I wonder if [it] would work as a bossanova? ... We got to the studio and there were these wonderful bossanova guitars, strings and flutes. It does work! These songs are so solid they can take different angles [and] arrangements)
"How About You" (from Rosemary Clooney's album "At Long Last") (There is this love affair I have for this kind of music, the 40s and the 50s, maybe even the 30s ... I never got a chance to sing it, but now that I've taken up this challenge, it was so easy. It was so natural.)
"My Kind of Town" (Sinatra's version is so indelible ... How could I possibly render this song and not get in his way, and yet do it in a way that paid tribute to what he did and still keep it my own? I think Don Sebesky and I figured out a way of doing it because it's a winner. I just love this arrangement!)
"Put Your Dreams Away" (I decided I had to do [this song] when I heard [it] at the funeral ... At the very very end they played his version of "Put Your Dreams Away" over the loud speakers and it brought everybody to tears ... It was his theme song for so many years. It is a very moving song.) |
| November 23, 1998 | Today Show | Live in New York!
"Showman AND 'Snowman' of our Generation"
(outdoors on a cool November morning)
Barry Manilow, performed "Come Dance With Me/Come Fly With Me" and "Strangers In The Night"! |
| November 24, 1998 | The View | Barry wow'ed the audience with "Come Dance With Me/Come Fly With Me", then talked about his 30th album ("Manilow Sings Sinatra"), his supportive fans, the not-so supportive critics, and his next project (Harmony - expected to be on Broadway next fall). Lounging with the hosts and taking requests from the audience, Barry performed bits of "Mandy", "I Write The Songs", "Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again", "Copacabana", "When October Goes", "Can't Smile Without You", "All The Time", "I Am Your Child", "I Am Stuck on Band-Aids", "State Farm" and "Mindy"? (yes "Mindy"...for the show's producer!). Barry closed the show with "Strangers In The Night". |
| November 25, 1998 | Donny & Marie Show | Barry and Donny & Marie were joined by Jenny McCarthy, producer Dick Clark, several "Manilow maniacs" ... and Mom? (Jenny's mother made a special surprise guest appearance).
Barry performed "Come Dance With Me/Come Fly With Me" and a showstopping version of "Strangers In The Night" dedicated to his Only Girl, Jenny!
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| December 1, 1998 | The Roseanne Show | Barry Manilow and Suzanne Somers were Roseanne's special guests. Barry performed "Strangers In The Night" and "My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is)"! |
| December 2, 1998 | Access Hollywood | Barry at the All Kids Foundation White Rose Awards Gala (December 1st) |
| December 5, 1998 | Noel Edmonds House Party | "Live" on TV in the UK! |
| December 5-6, 1998 | Access Hollywood | Spotlight on Barry Manilow's "Manilow Sings Sinatra" featuring clips from the Supper Club (November 11th) |
| December 17, 1998 | QVC | Barry Manilow performed "Come Dance With Me/Come Fly With Me" (twice) and "Strangers In The Night" during the QVC Sampler hour (hosted by Mary Beth Roe). Thousands of "Manilow Sings Sinatra" copies were sold on CD (16.00) and cassette (11.00) through their 1-800-345-1515 line (For trivia buffs, it was item "E-22291"). |
| December 20, 1998 | Royal Variety Show
(BBC One) | Highlights: Here's To The Man / Come Dance With Me/Come Fly With Me / My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is) / Here's To The Man (Reprise) [ Manilow Archives Episode #47 aired September 2013 ] |
| December 22, 1998 | KLAC/570 AM
(Los Angeles, CA) | Barry was on Live with Charlie Tuna & Fran Tunno for an interview about "Manilow Sings Sinatra". They discussed the legacy of Frank Sinatra's music; Barry's appreciation of other music genres (Showstoppers, Singin' With The Big Bands); BARRY'S FANS; some of his recent TV appearances; TOURING and the "Tonight Show"; and aging, i.e., NOT aging ("you've got those Dick Clark pills!").
Barry's first record bought? Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers' "Why Do Fools Fall In Love". Barry's latest record bought? Diana Krall or the new Burt Bacharach/Elvis Costello album. Most Treasured Possession? A plaque that says, "I Quit Smoking". Favorite Movies? Uplifting ones. Favorite TV Show? Ever since Laverne & Shirley went off the air...? CNN.
Songs featured during the hour included "Summer Wind", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "Come Dance With Me/Come Fly With Me", "Saturday Night". |
| December 23, 1998 | Des O'Connor Show | Barry "shares his thoughts at Christmas with Des...". |
| December 28, 1998 | THE
Tonight
SHOW WITH
| Barry performed "Here's To The Man/Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week)" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno [ previous appearance | next appearance ] |
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