New Barry Manilow Album, THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES, Arrives in Stores September 18th on Arista Records

AVAILABLE AS SINGLE CD AND AS SPECIAL DELUXE DUALDISC +CD TWO-DISC VERSION

FOLLOW-UP TO CHART-TOPPING THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE FIFTIES (RIAA PLATINUM) AND THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES(RIAA GOLD)

Classics from the '70s - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (duet with Rosie O'Donnell), "You've Got A Friend" (duet with Melissa Manchester), "The Long And Winding Road," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," "The Way We Were," "(They Long To Be) Close To You," "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart," "Sailing," AND MORE!

Bonus tracks of acoustic Manilow classics: "Mandy," "I Write The Songs," "This One's For You," "Weekend In New England," "Can't Smile Without You," "Copacabana," and more!

Arista recording artist Barry Manilow revisits the songs of the decade that launched his career - the Seventies. THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES is the next release in a best-selling series of tribute albums of popular music which includes The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties and The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties, whose cumulative sales with Ultimate Manilow have surpassed 5 million units.

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES will arrive in stores on September 18th in two distinctly unique packages, one an 18-song CD; and the other a two-disc set containing a 14-song Dual Disc (audio and video layers) plus a 9-song bonus CD.

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES continues the productive and successful reunion between Manilow and Clive Davis, Arista founder and BMG U.S. Chairman & CEO. Davis has been Manilow's hit-making collaborator on virtually all his recordings, since they first worked together on "Mandy," his debut #1 single as the first artist signed to Arista by Davis in 1974, the first year of the label's existence. The two produced The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties and The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties together, and that magic has carried over to the new album as well.

Comments Clive Davis: "No one can reinvent the great classics better than Barry Manilow. He breathes new life and vitality into these truly wonderful songs and they sound fresh and timeless. We continue on the mission to bring to a new generation the great songs of a different era."

Special pre-order campaigns for THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES at the www.manilow.com website and at Amazon will ensure fans of receiving the new album in its very first week of release.

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES is a fan's dream wish-list of favorites covering both sides of the Atlantic, from The Beatles' "The Long And Winding Road," to Elton John's "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word," as well as duets with Melissa Manchester on Carole King's "You've Got A Friend" and with Rosie O'Donnell on Elton John's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart." Other selections include Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," the Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," Albert Hammond's "It Never Rains In Southern California," and The Carpenters' "(They Long To Be) Close To You."

Manilow's tributes are flawlessly performed and arranged, starting with an homage to the Barbra Streisand's

"The Way We Were," Frankie Valli's "My Eyes Adored You," the Bee Gees' "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart," and the Christopher Cross masterpiece "Sailing," produced by Walter Afanasieff.

The 18-song single CD package of THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES presents Barry Manilow's new versions of 10 classic songs by other artists from the '70s, plus first time ever, stripped-down acoustic versions of eight of his own titles. These range from "Mandy," "I Write The Songs," and "Could It Be Magic?," to 1976's "This One's For You" and "Weekend In New England"; from 1978's "Can't Smile Without You" and "Copacabana," up to "Even Now" and "Somewhere In The Night."

The two-disc package of THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES contains a Dual Disc (CD + DVD) with new versions of 14 classic songs by other artists from the '70s on the audio layer, and "The Making of the Album" with Barry reflecting on the music and the decade on the video layer. The bonus CD will contain stripped-down acoustic versions of nine Barry Manilow titles.

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES follows two hit albums released last year: The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties (released January 31) and The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties (released October 31), making 2006 the first year since 1981 that Manilow had two albums of new material top the charts and certified platinum and gold, respectively, in the same calendar year.

Source: Arista Records
NEW YORK, July 10, 2007 /PRNewswire/ --