Manilow also did a fun synth-dance cover of the 4 Seasons "Lets Hang On"
around
the same time as "Oh Julie". And he later cut a Billy Joel-like rocker called
"Some Kind of Friend" that made the Top 30.

The worst thing Manilow did was in the late 90's on a CD called "Summer of
'78"
when he covered a entire album of 70's schlock like "I'd Really Love To See
You
Tonight" and Dan Hill's "Sometimes When We Touch". I bet Clive Davis came up
with the concept.

BTW Someone did a grungy cover of "Cant Smile Without You" a few years ago
- It
was on a all-covers SOTT CD and that person didnt send any liner card or
on-line notes.  Anyone know who did this??

Billy


>In a message dated 6/3/2004 7:45:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Judy B"
<HeyJude@socal.rr.com> writes:
>
>>Interesting, Will.  Someone just sent me an early Barry Manilow rocker.
>>It's called Oh Julie and I love it.  I never liked much Barry Manilow.  The
>>only song I really liked by him was Mandy and that was his first hit, I
>>think.

Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio