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Barbara Cook, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, et al. to Be Featured on Barry Manilow Duets CD

Barry Manilow
(© Denise Truscello)
Barry Manilow
(© Denise Truscello)

Barbra Streisand, Barbara Cook, Bette Midler, Melissa Manchester, Lily Tomlin, and Reba McEntire are among the artists who will be featured alongside Barry Manilow on the new CD Duets, to be released by Arista/Legacy on May 3.

The 15-track disc will feature one previously unreleased track, “You’ve Got a Friend,” which Manilow and Manchester perform. Also on the disc are renditions of “Look to the Rainbow,” sung with Cook; “I Won’t Be the Last One to Let Go,” which Manilow and Streisand perform; and “The Last Duet,” delivered by Manilow and Tomlin.

Among the other artists featured on the recording will be Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughan, Dionne Warwick, Sheena Easton, Kid Creole, and The Association, among others. Other tracks will feature such songs as “Hey Mambo,” “Big City Blues,” “Run to Me,” “Summertime,” and “Blue.”