# Singin' with the Big Bands

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Singin' with the Big Bands is a 1994 album by Barry Manilow.
The album was Manilow's first to reach gold since Because It's Christmas (1990).

## Track listing

* "Singin' With The Big Bands" (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman) - 2:28
* "Sentimental Journey" — Featuring Les Brown and his Band of Renown (Bud Green, Les Brown, Ben Homer) - 3:19
* "And the Angels Sing" (Johnny Mercer, Ziggy Elman) - 3:04
* "Green Eyes" — Featuring The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney (Eddie Rivera, Eddie Woods, Nilo Menendez) - 3:19 (with Rosemary Clooney)
* "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 3:02
* "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" — Featuring The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 2:58
* "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 4:29
* "Chattanooga Choo Choo" — Featuring The Glenn Miller Orchestra (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 3:24
* "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) - 4:50
* "On the Sunny Side of the Street" —Featuring The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:26
* "All or Nothing at All" — Featuring The Harry James Orchestra (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) - 3:02
* "I'll Never Smile Again" — Featuring The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (Ruth Lowe) - 3:08
* "I'm Getting Sentimental over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 3:27
* "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)" — Featuring The Glenn Miller Orchestra with Debra Byrd (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) - 2:52
* "(I'll Be with You in) Apple Blossom Time" (Neville Fleeson, Albert Von Tilzer) - 2:31
* "Where Does the Time Go?" (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman) - 3:10

## Personnel

* Barry Manilow – vocals
* Les Brown and his Band of Renown – instruments (2)
* The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – instruments (4)
* The Duke Ellington Orchestra – instruments (6)
* The Glenn Miller Orchestra – instruments (8, 14)
* The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – instruments (10, 12)
* The Harry James Orchestra – instruments (11)
* Warren Luening – trumpet solo (3, 7)
* Charlie Young – alto sax solo (6)
* Bill Watrous – trombone solo (13)
* Artie Butler – arrangements and conductor (1, 9, 11-13, 15, 16)
* Jay Hill – arrangements (2)
* Les Brown – original arrangements (2)
* Dick Hyman – arrangements and conductor (3, 7)
* Benny Goodman – original arrangements (3)
* Mike Melvoin – arrangements and conductor (4-6)
* Jimmy Dorsey – original arrangements (4)
* Duke Ellington – original arrangements (6)
* Bunny Berigan – original arrangements (7)
* Glenn Miller – original arrangements (9)
* Sy Oliver – arrangements (10)
* Harry James – original arrangements (11)
* Tommy Dorsey – original arrangements (12)
* Jim Miller – orchestra leader (4)
* Mercer Ellington – orchestra leader (6)
* Larry O'Brien – orchestra leader (8, 14)
* Buddy Morrow – orchestra leader (10, 12), trombone solo (12)
* Art Depew – orchestra leader (11)
* Rosemary Clooney – vocals (4)
* Debra Byrd – backing vocals (8, 14), vocal arrangements (8, 14), vocals (14)
* Kevin DiSimone – backing vocals (8, 14)
* Margaret Dorn – backing vocals (8, 14)
* James Jolis – backing vocals (8, 14)
* Susan Boyd – backing vocals (10, 15)
* Donna Davidson – backing vocals (10, 15)
* Jon Joyce – backing vocals (10, 15), vocal arrangements (15)
* Don Shelton – backing vocals (10, 15)

## Production

* Barry Manilow – producer
* Phil Ramone – producer
* Don Murray – mixing
* Allen Abrahamson – engineer
* Gary Chester – engineer
* Don Haun – engineer
* Bill Molina – engineer
* John Richards – engineer
* Bryan Carrigan – assistant engineer
* Peter Doell – assistant engineer
* Noel Hazen – assistant engineer
* Mike Kloster – assistant engineer, mix assistant
* Charlie Paakkari – assistant engineer
* Mike Piersante – assistant engineer
* Al Sanderson – assistant engineer
* Brian Soucy – assistant engineer
* Yvonne Yedibalian – assistant engineer
* Larry Walsh – digital editing
* Wally Traugott – mastering
* Roland Baker – project coordinator
* Jill Dell'Abate – project coordinator
* Susanne Marie Edgren – project coordinator
* Marc Hulett – project coordinator, personal assistant
* Chie Masumoto – project coordinator
* Susan Mendola – art direction
* Timothy White – photography
* William Rohlfing – set design
* Amy Finkle – art coordinator
* Wayne Scott Lukas – stylist
* Joe Simon – grooming
* Stiletto Entertainment – management