The first rendition was in the 1960s, consisting of a mostly a cappella-tinged style; it featured Tim Hauser, Erin Dickins, Marty Nelson, Pat Rosalia, and Gene Pistilli. The second version of the group, formed in 1972, incorporating a more vocal jazz approach, consisted of Hauser, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel, and Laurel Massé.
The third, and most commercially perceived, formation of the group happened in 1979, because Massé had to leave the group after being badly injured in a car crash and was replaced by Cheryl Bentyne. This edition of the Manhattan Transfer performed electronic-styled pop, soul, funk, and rhythmic music, having success in the 1980s.”
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Chanson D’Amour. The Manhattan Transfer
Great harmonies!
ReplyDeleteBack in the early seventies, we'd tape, (reel to reel), the 'Pick of the pops' programme. There was a resurgence of the song, 'When I'm cleaning windows'. by George Formby, and it had even got into the charts!
Because editing such a tape was almost impossible, when George's ukulele faded, 'Chanson d'amour' immediately began, and from thereon, whenever we were cleaning windows, or anything else for that matter, we'd sing out, '...when I'm cleaning windows - 'do wah wah, do wah wah'...
That tape is still in the roof...