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On this day, 20th January 1998, showbiz legend Barry Manilow played Cardiff International Arena as part of his ‘Manilow Tour of the Word’ Tour.
He has recorded and released 51 Top 40 singles on the Adult Contemporary Chart, including 13 that hit number one, 28 appeared within the top ten, and 36 in the top twenty. Manilow has released 13 platinum and six multi-platinum albums. Although not a favorite artist of music critics,
Manilow has been praised by entertainers including Frank Sinatra, who was quoted in the 1970s as saying, "He's next."
In 1998, Manilow released the record album Manilow Sings Sinatra which earned him a Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammy Award nomination in 1999.
Setlist
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight
(England Dan & John Ford Coley cover)
Reminiscing
(Little River Band cover)
I Want to Do It With You
(The Pointer Sisters cover)
Once in Love With Amy
(Frank Loesser cover)
I'm Your Man
Sweet Heaven (I'm in Love Again)
Could It Be Magic
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover)
I'll Never Smile Again
(Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra cover)
Chattanooga Choo Choo
(Harry Warren cover)
Bermuda Triangle
Life Will Go On
It's a Miracle
Mandy
(Scott English cover)
Can't Smile Without You
Sometimes When We Touch
Copacabana (at the Copa)
As Time Goes By
(Herman Hupfeld cover)
A Weekend in New England
(Randy Edelman cover)
I Don't Want to Walk Without You
I Write the Songs
(Bruce Johnston cover)
It's a Miracle
(Reprise)
You're There
We Live on Borrowed Time