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As Is is the third British studio album by Manfred Mann, released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 1966 through Fontana Records. It was their fourth overall (including a "greatest hits" package) but their first to feature new members Mike d'Abo and Klaus Voormann.
The quartet (as Manfred Mann) released their first single, Dylan's "Please, Mrs. Henry", in 1971. Their second single, Randy Newman's "Living Without You", was also released by under the Manfred Mann name in Europe, but by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in the US, where the track became a minor chart hit. From 1972 onward, Manfred Mann's Earth Band ...
B: The Five Faces of Manfred Mann: A: Non-album track B: The Manfred Mann Album "Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)" b/w "I'm Your Kingpin" 11 — — — — — — — — — A: Non-album track B: The Five Faces of Manfred Mann: The Five Faces of Manfred Mann "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" b/w "What You Gonna Do?" 1 2 1 4 2 6 1 2 1 1 A: Non-album track ...
Manfred Sepse Lubowitz [7] (born 21 October 1940), known professionally as Manfred Mann, is a South African-born musician, residing in the UK since 1961. He is best known as a founding member of the bands Manfred Mann , Manfred Mann Chapter Three and Manfred Mann's Earth Band .
Paul Jones (born Paul Adrian Pond, 24 February 1942) [1] is an English singer, actor, harmonicist, radio personality and television presenter. He first came to prominence as the original lead singer and harmonicist of the rock band Manfred Mann (1962–66) with whom he had several hit records including "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (UK #1, US #1) and "Pretty Flamingo" (UK #1).
Michael David d'Abo (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of Manfred Mann from 1966 to their dissolution in 1969, and as the composer of the songs "Handbags and Gladrags" and "Build Me Up Buttercup", the latter of which was a hit for The Foundations.
The Earth Band combines the stylistic approach of progressive rock with Mann's jazz-influenced Moog synthesizer playing and emphasis on melody.Beside producing their own material, a staple of the band's music and live performances from the beginning has been also relying on covers of songs by other modern pop/rock artists, notably Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, in their progressive rock style.
After several years with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Thompson left in 1979 and formed the Los Angeles–based outfit Night, [5] which enjoyed two hits during its lifetime. One of them, " If You Remember Me ," the unused theme song for Franco Zeffirelli 's remake of The Champ , [ 6 ] was initially credited solely to Thompson; later pressings of ...