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MANHATTAN TRANSFER
New York, USA
* 1969

Line-Up (2014):

Cheryl Bentyne - voc
Alan Paul - voc
Janis Siegel - voc

Former Members:

Tim Hauser (voc, 1969-10/14); Gene Pistilli (voc, 1969-?); Erin Dickins (voc, 1969-?); Marty Nelson (voc, 1969-?); Pat Rosalia (voc, 1969-?)
Laurel Masse (voc, 1972-79)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Jukin'	08.04.1969	Capitol
2.	Touch Of Class	1972
3.	Manhattan Transfer produced by: Tim Hauser/Ahmet Ertegun	23.05.1975	Atlantic		49
4.	Coming Out produced by: Richard Perry	28.07.1976	Atlantic		12
5.	Pastiche produced by: Tim Hauser	10.02.1978	Atlantic		10
6.	The Manhattan Transfer Live	5/1978			4	187
7.	Extensions	19.10.1979	Atlantic
8.	Mecca For Moderns	1981
9.	The Best Of Manhattan Transfer	1981
10.	Man-Tora! Live In Tokyo	1983
11.	Bodies And Souls	2/1984	Atlantic		53	52
12.	Bop Doo Wopp	4/1985				127
13.	Vocalese	8/1985	Atlantic			74
14.	Brasil produced by: Tim Hauser	1/1988	Atlantic			96
15.	The Off Beat Of Avenues	9/1991	Sony Music			179
16.	Christmas Album	12/1992				120
17.	The Anthology: Down In Birdland	19.10.1992
18.	Tubby The Tuba	1994
19.	Tonin'	2/1995				123
20.	The Very Best Of The Manhattan Transfer	8/1995				157
21.	Boy From New York City And Other Hits	29.07.1997
22.	Swing	8/1997	Atlantic
23.	Spirit Of St. Louis	10.10.2000
24.	The Christmas Album	19.12.2000	Columbia
25.	Manhattan Transfer Meets Tubby the Tuba	30.10.2001	D'Note Classics
26.	Couldn't Be Hotter	23.09.2003
27.	Vibrate	28.09.2004	Telarc
28.	Man-Tora!: Live in Tokyo	17.05.2005	Collectables
29.	Boy from New York City & Other Hits	27.06.2006	Collectables
30.	Acapella Christmas	03.10.2006	Rhino
31.	Symphony Sessions	03.10.2006	Rhino
32.	Definitive Pop Collection	07.11.2006	Rhino
33.	Only the Best of the Manhattan Transfer	30.09.2008	Collectables
34.	Chick Corea Songbook	29.09.2009	Four Quarters
35.	Original Album Series	09.03.2010	Warner Bros
36.	The Best of the Manhattan Transfer	26.03.2013	Flashback

Janis Siegel:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Experiment In White	1982
2.	At Home	1987
3.	Short Stories	1989
4.	Tender Trap	22.06.1999
5.	I Wish You Love	26.02.2002	Telarc
6.	A Thousand Beautiful Things	28.03.2006	Telarc
7.	Night Songs: Late Night Interlude	03.09.2013	JVC
8.	Some Other Time & Nils Landgren	05.02.2016	Act

Cheryl Bentyne:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Talk Of The Town	07.01.2003
2.	Let Me Off Uptown	26.04.2005	Telarc
3.	Book of Love	21.11.2006	Telarc
4.	Let's Misbehave: The Cole Porter Songbook	14.08.2012	Summit
5.	West Coast Cool & Mark Winkler	24.09.2013	Summit
6.	Lost Love Songs	04.03.2016	Summit

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Operator	26.09.1975	Atlantic		22
2.	Tuxedo Junction produced by: Ertegun/Hauser	1/1976	Atlantic	21
3.	Blue Champagne	07.05.1976	Atlantic
4.	Helpless	17.09.1976	Atlantic
5.	Chanson d'Amour produced by: Richard Perry	1/1977	Atlantic	1
6.	Don't Let Go produced by: Richard Perry	5/1977	Atlantic	29
7.	Cuentame	8/1977
8.	Je Voulaise Te Dire	23.12.1977	Atlantic
9.	Walk In Love produced by: Tim Hauser	10.02.1978	Atlantic	11
10.	On A Little Street In Singapore	5/1978		20
11.	Where Did Our Love Go / Je Voulaise Te Dire	11.08.1978	Atlantic	40
12.	Who What When Where Why	12/1978		49
13.	Birdland	12.10.1979	Atlantic
14.	Foreign Affair	30.11.1979	Atlantic
15.	Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone	4/1980	Atlantic	25	30
16.	Trickle Trickle	11/1980	Atlantic		73
17.	Boy From New York City	5/1981	Atlantic		7
18.	A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square	04.12.1981	Warner Bros
19.	Spies In The Night	1/1982	Atlantic		103
20.	Route 66	4/1982	Atlantic		78
21.	Mystery	1983
22.	Love For Sale	6/1983		78
23.	Spice Of Life	9/1983	Atlantic		40
24.	This Independence (v GB 4.5.84)	10/1983	WEA
25.	The Spice Of Life	13.01.1984	Atlantic	16
26.	Baby Come Back To Me (Morse Code Of Love)	1/1985			83
27.	Another Night In Tunisia	1985	Atlantic
28.	That's Killer Joe / Airegin II	1985
29.	Ray's Rockhouse	1985
30.	Let's Hang On	07.03.1995

Videos:

1. Manhattan Transfer - 28.3.1984, Videoform, live, 45 min

Awards:

1980 Grammy Awards

- Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental (SP "Birdland")
- Best Arrangement For Voices (SP "Birdland")

1981 Grammy Awards

- Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (SP "Boy From New York City")
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group (track "Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)")
- Best Vocal Arrangement For Two Or More Voices (track "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square")

1982 Grammy Awards - Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group (SP "Route 66")
1983 Grammy Awards - Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group (track "Why Not!")
1985 Grammy Awards

- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male (track "Another Night In Tunisia", voc Jon Hendricks & Bobby McFerrin)
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group (LP "Vocalese")
- Best Vocal Arrangement For Two Or More Voices (SP "Another Night In Tunisia")

1987 Downbeat - vokální skupina
1988 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (LP "Brasil")
1991 Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (track "Sassy")

Various:

backedná kapela The Man Tran Band (cca 1978): Wayne Johnson (g), Michael Schnoebelen (bg), Dave Wallace (kb), Peter Johnson (ds), Don Roberts (sax,fl)

appeared on the LP:

Dave Mason: Split Coconut (10.10.75, CBS)
Cyrus Chestnut: A Charlie Brown Christmas (19.9.00, Atlantic)

Compilation Appearances:

"Operator" on compilation "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: The Album" (1.8.00, Buena Vista)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1981	5		141		profile
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	6	08.02.1975	28	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	20	17.05.1975	47	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	40	04.10.1975	18	Singles	single review
1976	18	01.05.1976	27	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	19	08.05.1976	45		interview
1976	48	27.11.1976	26	New Albums	album review
1977	10	05.03.1977	20	Caught In The Act	gig review
1978	6	11.02.1978	29	Singles	single review
1978	10	11.03.1978	44		interview
1978	32	12.08.1978	18	Singles	single review
1978	44	18.11.1978	58	Any Questions?
1979	39	13.10.1979	30	Singles	single review
1979	43	17.11.1979	38	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	45	01.12.1979	28	Singles	single review
1981	11	14.03.1981	4	News
1984	1	07.01.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	18	05.05.1984	22	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	0	28.06.1975	18	Platters	album review
1975	0	30.08.1975	30	On The Town	gig review
1976	0	08.05.1976	15	Platters	album review, single review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	8	17.08.1990	26	LP,MC,CD,demo	album review, demo review
1997	9		113	Recenze - Atd	album review