BARNES SIDNEY Outstanding

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There are not many artists around who can boast of releasing a brand-new album at the age of 84. Sidney Barnes, however, is one of them, and OUTSTANDING is the apt title of his latest collaboration with legendary UK producer and Northern Soul pioneer, Ian Levine. A whopping collection of 18 brand new recordings, plus three previously released bonus tracks for good measure. A testimony to a career spanning an incredible 65 years in the ever-tumultuous world of show business. The album includes Sidney's monster single Standing on Solid Ground and for the sake of completion Sidney Barnes Man in a Million and Dancing on the Weekend. Heart Trouble is one of the cover versions included here, originally a song Sidney wrote with George Clinton for The Parliaments in 1966, recorded by the man himself for the first time. The second cover version is a new interpretation of the wonderful song, Anthony Newley's Pure Imagination, from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, with Sidney capturing every bit of the tenderness of the original. Four of the tracks included here are duets with London-based Tahira Jumah, who sings backing vocals on all but two recordings, but steps to the forefront to share the mic with Sidney on the up-tempo track Back to Back and the infectious Diversion. The two other duets are with The Flirtations. Sidney Barnes has been actively involved in the music business since the early 1960s as a writer with Motown and credits on albums with George Clinton, The Jackson 5, The Supremes and B.B.King. Barnes has appeared on more than 150 albums and CD compilations. This album, released to coincide with Sidney’s UK Tour, will keep you dancing and smiling every time you listen to it. We surely think it is - like the man himself, Mr.Sidney Barnes - ... Outstanding!

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Track Listing:

1: Outstanding
2: Lazy Days of Summer
3: Climbing to the Top of a Rainbow
4: Make Me Happy Again
5: Back to Back (Duet With Tahira Jumah)
6: Heading Uptown
7: Heart Trouble
8: Was There Ever a Doubt
9: Strong and Sturdy (Duet With the Flirtations)
10: Destination Ahead
11: I Always Will
12: Love On the Map
13: Thank God I'm Alive
14: Castles in the Sky
15: Written in the Stars
16: Diversion (Duet With Tahira Jumah)
17: Pure Imagination
18: Stepping On a Time Bomb (Duet With the Flirtations)
19: Standing On Solid Ground
20: Man in a Million
21: Dancing On the Weekend