1979 Barry Manilow – One Voice

Barry Manilow, David Hungate, Dennis Belfield, Ed Greene, Jai Winding, Jim Gordon, Jim Horn, Jimmie Haskell, Michael Boddicker, Mitch Holder, Will Lee

One Voice is the sixth studio album by singer/songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1979. It was recorded at United Western Studios and Allen Zentz Recording in Hollywood. The album was a signature of a minor decline in Manilow’s success. It reached 2x platinum, not 3x platinum, as his past six albums did. The album only contained one top ten hit, “Ships”, which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The title track was featured in a lengthy segment in the British comedy show Only Fools and Horses, where the show’s central character Del Boy starts singing the song outside a block of flats late at night after he’s been drinking, starting a riot.

Tracks

1 One Voice (Barry Manilow) 3:04
2 (Why Don’t We Try) A Slow Dance (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman) 4:18
3 Rain (Adrienne Anderson, Barry Manilow) 4:50
4 Ships (Ian Hunter) 4:08
5 You Could Show Me (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman) 1:46
6 I Don’t Want to Walk Without You (Frank Loesser, Jule Styne) 3:55
7 Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed (Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer) 4:38
8 Where Are They Now (Richard Kerr, John Bettis) 4:04
9 Bobbie Lee (What’s The Difference, I Gotta Live (Barry Manilow, Enoch Anderson) 3:33
10 When I Wanted You (Gino Cunico) 3:36
11 Sunday Father (Barry Manilow, Enoch Anderson) 2:54

Biography

Barry Manilow

Musicians

Bass	Will Lee
Drums	Ed Greene
Guitar	Mitch Holder
Keyboards	Bill Mays
Piano	Barry Manilow
Synthesizer	Michael Boddicker
Percussion	Alan Estes
Vocals	Barry Manilow

Other Musicians

2 (Why Don’t We Try) A Slow Dance

Bass	David Hungate
Drums	Jim Gordon
Keyboards	Jai Winding
Background Vocals	Ron Dante

3 Rain

Background Vocals	Monica Burruss
Background Vocals	Muffy Hendricks
Background Vocals	Mary Aiese
Background Vocals	Ron Dante
Background Vocals	Jackie Ward

4 Ships

Bass	Dennis Belfield
Synthesizer	Ian Underwood
Background Vocals	Ron Dante

6 I Don’t Want to Walk Without

Background Vocals

Ron Dante

7 Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed

Background Vocals	Monica Burruss
Background Vocals	Muffy Hendricks
Background Vocals	Mary Aiese
Background Vocals	Ron Dante

8 Where Are They Now

Bass	Dennis Belfield
Background Vocals	Ron Dante

10 When I Wanted You