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PROVIDENCE. R.I.--Taking a break from its usual fare of Bach and Handel, the Brown University Chorus last Friday provided harmony for pop singer Barry Manilow, balladeer and superstar for many of the over...
...Manilow, in town to play before a sold-out Civic Center audience comprised largely of young girls and middle-aged women, brought the chorus on for an encore version of his hit single. "One Voice." The 35 chorus members, attired in red choir robes, danced around the perimeter of the circular, tiered stage while Manilow sang from the elevated middle...
Chorus members were candid in their appraisal of Manilow and his music. Junior Evan C. Stults, chorus personal manager, called the event "an interesting sociological experience...
Television's Johnny Carson has one. So does Actor Richard Burton. Pop Singers Barry Manilow and Engelbert Humperdinck have two apiece. The Queen Mother got one as an 80th-birthday gift. Charles and Diana, the Prince and Princess of Wales, received a pair when they were married. What do these luminaries have in common? Along with thousands of lesser mortals, each has had his or her name appended to at least one star-of the heavenly kind-in what seems to be the most far-out fad since astrology...
...feels more polished, more heavily produced than traditional Rasta music. A guitar, a bongo, and smooth, taffy-flavored voices don't appear to be enough anymore. One introduction sounds remarkably similar to several measures on Elvis Costello's recent album. And a tuxedoed concert performer carries himself like Barry Manilow onstage. These isolated moments don't detract, however, from the music's mirthful, sensuous beauty...