I had purchased tickets to the Barry Manilow show for my sister as a gift for Christmas (in case anyone was wondering). While on line to enter the Coliseum I heard a gal in front of us tell a friend she had seen Shaun Cassidy there in 1980. This kind of freaked me out because I was at that show. Shaun Cassidy was a huge teenybopper star and I brought my sister to that show. It was memorable in that the show opened with the silhouette of a gyrating Shaun Cassidy behind a round white screen singing his hit “Da Do Run Run” while the high pitched squeal of prepubescent teens made a deafening noise only heard on airport landing strips.

It would have been impossible not to know, or escape, the many Barry Manilow hit songs through the years as he was a staple of the radio airwaves for seemingly decades. Mr. Manilow is not my cup of tea but you have to admire his hit making ability, longevity and Vegas style production that appeals to his many fans around the world.

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I recently took my sister to see Tony Orlando and Dawn at the NYCB Theatre in Westbury. Anyone of a certain age will recall that the group was a hit making machine in the 1970’s and their catchy radio friendly tunes brought back good memories.

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GQ