"The Boy from New York City" is a song originally recorded by the American soul group

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, released in 1964 as their first single. Produced by

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, the song peaked at No. 8 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the chart week of February 27, 1965. Though the group continued to record other singles, they never repeated the chart success of "The Boy from New York City". According to Artie Butler, the track was recorded at A&R Studios in New York, in three separate sessions. The first session was to lay down the rhythm section, then the next session was for the lead and backup vocals, with the last session was just for the horns.

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Manhattan Transfer and Darts covers

The song was later

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and

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, both becoming chart hits in the UK and US respectively. Darts peaked at No. 2 in the

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in May 1978, while The Manhattan Transfer's version, featuring

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on lead, peaked at No. 7 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in August 1981. The song also inspired a response song by

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, "

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", from their 1965 album ''

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''. The Manhattan Transfer version was used by pro wrestler Boogie Woogie Man

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as his theme music during his tenure with

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in the 1980s.

The Manhattan Transfer

* Cheryl Bentyne – vocals *

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– vocals *

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– vocals, vocal arrangement *

– vocals

Additional Musicians

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- acoustic piano *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

Jay Graydon Jay Joseph Graydon (born October 8, 1949, Burbank, California) is an American songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, keyboardist, producer, arranger, and recording engineer. He is the winner of two Grammy Awards (in the R&B category) wi ...

- guitar *

Abe Laboriel Abraham Laboriel López Sr. (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the f ...

- bass guitar *

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- drums * Don Roberts – saxophone *

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- trumpet

Chart history (Darts)

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Chart history (Manhattan Transfer)

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Track listing

*"The Boy from New York City" - 2:50 *"Kicked Around" - 1:47

References

24. ^ https://artiebutler.com/boy-from-new-york-city/.

External links

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Lyrics of this song

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