Manhattan Transfer – Chanson D`Amour

“Chanson D’Amour” – Single by The Manhattan Transfer from the album Coming Out.
Released: 1977

The Manhattan Transfer remade “Chanson D’Amour” for their 1976 Richard Perry – produced Coming Out album. The song came to the group’s producer Richard Perry’s attention as a demo on cassette. The group and Richard listened, and immediately decided to record the song.  They recorded their number 1 version in one take, featuring Siegel on lead. Backing the group were John Barnes on piano (not that John Barnes), Steve Paietta on accordion, Ira Newborn and Ben Benay on guitar, Andy Muson on bass and Jim Gordon on drums.

Overlooked in the United States in its single release, the Manhattan Transfer’s version of “Chanson D’Amour” became a European hit, breaking out on the charts in France at the start of 1977 to peak there at #8: the track subsequently became a hit in Germany (#20), the Netherlands (#6), Norway (#1 for two weeks) and Switzerland (#6). In the English-speaking world, “Chanson D’Amour” afforded the Manhattan Transfer a chart-topping hit, reaching #1 in March 1977 in both the UK – for three weeks[1] – and Ireland. It was also a hit in Australia (#9), New Zealand (#14) and South Africa (#14). “Chanson D’Amour” proved to be the Manhattan Transfer’s most widespread international success, despite being only moderately successful in the group’s native United States, where the track registered on Easy Listening chart in Billboard at #16.

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