Eddie Howell – The Man From Manhattan

“The Man from Manhattan” is a single released Eddie Howell in 1976, and was included on the album “Gettin’ Smile,” released in 1982.

The song was produced by Freddie Mercury and features Mercury on piano and backing vocals with Queen‘s Brian May on the guitar.

Despite becoming a hit was banned by the Musicians’ Union in 1976. The Musicians Union (MU) discovered that one of the players during the session didn’t have a work permit. They were able to place a ban on all media exposure, effectively killing the song. Howell was skeptical of this reason and allegedly said that the song was about the mafia and was inspired by Mario Puzo’s novel “The Godfather Papers.” Believing that it was an unfair situation he said “’The Man from Manhattan’ got taken down by a hit man.” Warner Bros and the MU met to try to resolve things but it was never released in America, until now in 2024. The multi-track tape has been digitally transferred, remixed, and remastered at Abbey Road Studios and includes ten additional tracks from the era.

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