Barry Manilow

In the past three years, while the New York disco scene has become a launching pad for
R&B singles, the city's gaydeco boîtes such as Reno Sweeney, the Continental Baths, Trude
Heller's, Brothers and Sisters, etc., have spawned such album acts as Bette Midler, Melissa
Manchester, Ellen Greene and Manhattan Transfer. Both phenomena are indicative of N.Y.'s
melting-pot pop culture in time of depression, a culture that's disintegrated to a... More >