{"id":2232859,"date":"2026-06-09T12:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/?p=2232859"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:22:16","slug":"barry-manilow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/2026\/06\/barry-manilow\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry Manilow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning icon&nbsp;<strong>Barry Manilow<\/strong>&nbsp;has released&nbsp;<em>What A Time<\/em>, his first album of nearly all-original material in almost 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Produced by Manilow and longtime collaborator&nbsp;<strong>Michael Lloyd<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>What A Time<\/em>&nbsp;is Manilow&#8217;s 33rd studio album and his first nearly all-original LP since 2011&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>15 Minutes<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The album brings together an eclectic, cross-generational group of collaborators, including&nbsp;<strong>Kenneth &#8220;Babyface&#8221; Edmonds<\/strong>, nine-time Grammy winner&nbsp;<strong>Dave Cobb<\/strong>, and prolific songwriter&nbsp;<strong>Gary Barlow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result is a collection that pairs Manilow&#8217;s signature songwriting with influences ranging from orchestral pop and ballads to R&amp;B, heartland rock, and gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>What A Time<\/em>\u2026 it&#8217;s a collection of songs that feel really alive to me right now. They reflect where I&#8217;ve been, where I am\u2026 and a lot of what I still want to say,&#8221; says Manilow. &#8220;Each one&#8217;s got its own story, its own emotion\u2026 but when you put them all together, they really reflect a lifetime of songwriting, and all the different styles I&#8217;ve loved working in&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What A Time<\/em>&nbsp;Tracklist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once Before I Go<br>What A Time<br>Sun Shine<br>Another Life (2026)<br>Touched By An Angel<br>The Chosen One<br>One More Chance<br>Nobody Knows My Song<br>When Somebody Says Goodbye (Duet with Sharon &#8220;Muffy&#8221; Hendrix)                                                                                         Don&#8217;t Trouble The Water<br>Look At Me Now (Featuring Dave Koz)<br>Nobody Told Me<br>Coming of Age<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning icon&nbsp;Barry Manilow&nbsp;has released&nbsp;What A Time, his first album of nearly all-original material in almost 15 years. Produced by Manilow and longtime collaborator&nbsp;Michael Lloyd,&nbsp;What A Time&nbsp;is Manilow&#8217;s 33rd studio album and his first nearly all-original LP since 2011&#8217;s&nbsp;15 Minutes. The album brings together an eclectic, cross-generational group of collaborators, including&nbsp;Kenneth &#8220;Babyface&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2232859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2232859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2232860,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232859\/revisions\/2232860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2232859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2232859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2232859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}