Tonin'

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Tonin'
Tonin' cover
Studio album by The Manhattan Transfer
Released 1995
Genre Jazz
Label Atlantic Records
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
The Manhattan Transfer Meets Tubby the Tuba
1994
Tonin'
1995
Swing
1997

Tonin' is a studio album released by The Manhattan Transfer on the Atlantic Records label in 1995. The term "tonin'" is associated with the vocal groups of the 1950s and 1960's. The songs on this album are favorites of the The Manhattan Transfer's from that era. Of special note: Celebrated singer-songwriter Laura Nyro makes one of her last appearances on this recording.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Let's Hang On (with Frankie Valli)
  2. Groovin' (with Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals)
  3. It's Gonna Take A Miracle (with Bette Midler)
  4. I Second That Emotion (with Smokey Robinson)
  5. La-La (Means I Love You) (with Laura Nyro)
  6. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (with Phil Collins)
  7. The Thrill Is Gone (with Ruth Brown & B.B. King)#
  8. Hot Fun in the Summertime (with Chaka Khan)
  9. Along Comes Mary
  10. Dream Lover (with James Taylor)
  11. Save The Last Dance For Me (with Ben E. King)
  12. God Only Knows

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