Pierwszymi członkami zespołu byli: wokalista prowadzący George Smith, śpiewający basem Winfred "Blue" Lovett (ur. 16.11.1943 r.), tenor Edward Bivins (ur. 15.01.1942 r.), tenor Kenneth Kelley (ur. 9.01.1943 r.) oraz baryton Richard Taylor.
Specjalizując się w nastrojowych balladach, grupa nagrywała początkowo dla wytwórni Carnival w Newark. Począwszy od pochodzącego z 1965 r. utworu "I Wanna Be (Your Everything)" osiem zarejestrowanych dla niej singli trafiło na amerykańską listę przebojów rhythm 'n 'bluesowych.
W 1969 r. Manhattans przenieśli się do wytwórni Deluxe Records, dla której w 1972 r. nagrali swój pierwszy przebój z Top 10 zestawień rhythm'n'bluesowych, "One Life To Live". W 1971 r. zmarł Smith, a zastąpił go Gerald Alston (ur. 8.11.1942 r.). W 1973 r. Manhattans przeszli pod skrzydła wytwórni Columbia, gdzie ich bardzo słodki soulowy styl zaowocował całą serią przebojów z Top 10 zestawień rhythm'n'bluesowych.
Znalazły się wśród nich m.in. "Kiss And Say Goodbye" (w 1976 r. także numer l na liście muzyki pop) i "Shining Star" (w 1980 r. numer 4 na liście rhythm'n'bluesowej i numer 5 w kategorii pop). W 1983 r. na 4. miejsce zestawień trafiła kompozycja "Crazy", lecz od tego momentu popularność Manhattans zaczęła słabnąć mimo dalszych nagrań rejestrowanych dla Columbii.
W 1977 r. zespół opuścił Taylor (rok później zmarł). Jego koledzy nie zaangażowali nikogo na jego miejsce.
Single | ||||||
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| I wanna be [Your everything]/What's it gonna be | Manhattans | 01.1965 | - | 68[8] | Carnival 507 | [written by Winfred "Blue" Lovett][produced by Joe Evans, Bob McGhee][12[10].R&B Chart] |
| Searchin' for my baby/I'm the one that love forgot | Manhattans | 06.1965 | - | 135[1] side B:135[1] | Carnival 509 | [written by Winfred "Blue" Lovett][produced by Joe Evans][20[5].R&B Chart] |
| Follow your heart/The Boston monkey | Manhattans | 01.1966 | - | 92[2] | Carnival 512 | [written by Edward "Sonny" Bivins][produced by Joe Evans][20[5].R&B Chart] |
| Baby i need you/Teach me [The "Philly" dog] | Manhattans | 03.1966 | - | 96[2] | Carnival 514 | [written by E. Binis, J. Evans][produced by Joe Evans][22[7].R&B Chart] |
| Can I | Manhattans | 08.1966 | - | - | Carnival 517 | [written by G. Smith, J. Evans][produced by Joe Evans][23[7].R&B Chart] |
| I bet' cha [Couldn' t love me]/Sweet little girl | Manhattans | 11.1966 | - | 128[4] | Carnival 522 | [written by W. Lovett, G. Gaskins][produced by Joe Evans][23[8].R&B; Chart] |
| When we' re made as one/Baby I'm Sorry | Manhattans | 07.1967 | - | - | Carnival 529 | [written by G. Smith, J. Evans][produced by Joe Evans][31[6].R&B; Chart] |
| I call it love/Manhattan stomp | Manhattans | 12.1967 | - | 96[3] | Carnival 533 | [written by Edward "Sonny" Bivins][produced by Joe Evans][24[9].R&B; Chart] |
| It' s gonna take a lot to bring me back/ Give Him Up | Manhattans | 01.1970 | - | - | DeLuxe 115 | [written by R. Poindexter, D. Holland][produced by George Kerr][36[5].R&B; Chart] |
| If my heart could speak/Loneliness | Manhattans | 06.1970 | - | 98[1] | Deluxe 122 | [written by Kenneth Kelley][produced by Buddy Scott][30[6].R&B; Chart] |
| From Atlanta to goodbye/Fantastic journey | Manhattans | 10.1970 | - | 113[1] | DeLuxe 129 | [written by Richard Ehlert, Leon Carr][produced by Buddy Scott][48[2].R&B; Chart] |
| A million to one/Cry if you wanna cry | Manhattans | 01.1972 | - | 114[3] | DeLuxe 137 | [A:written by T. Randazzo, V. Pike][B:written by Bert Keyes, Myrna March][produced by M. March, B. Keyes][A:47[6].R&B; Chart][B:48[3].R&B; Chart] |
| One life to live/It's the only way | Manhattans | 09.1972 | - | 102[6] | DeLuxe 139 | [written by W. Lovett][produced by H. Neely, B. Riley, B. Smith][3[18].R&B; Chart] |
| Back up/Fever | Manhattans | 01.1973 | - | 107[3] | Deluxe 144 | [written by Kenneth Kelly][produced by H. Neely, B. Riley, B. Smith][19[8].R&B; Chart] |
| There' s no me without you/I'm not a run around | Manhattans | 06.1973 | - | 43[11] | Columbia 45838 | [written by E. Bivins][produced by Bobby Martin, The Manhattans][3[14].R&B; Chart] |
| Do you ever/If My Heart Could Speak | Manhattans | 08.1973 | - | - | Deluxe 152 | [written by Myrna March][produced by Burt Keys, Myrna March][40[11].R&B; Chart] |
| You' d better believe it/Soul train | Manhattans | 09.1973 | - | 77[8] | Columbia 45927 | [written by J. Fowlkes, R. Genger][produced by Manhattans Productions Inc., Bobby Martin][18[11].R&B; Chart] |
| Wish that you were mine/It's So Hard Loving You | Manhattans | 12.1973 | - | - | Columbia 45971 | [written by W. Lovett][produced by Manhattans Productions Inc., Bobby Martin][19[16].R&B; Chart] |
| Summertime in the city/The Other Side Of Me | Manhattans | 07.1974 | - | - | Columbia 46081 | [written by W. Blue Lovett][produced by Manhattans Productions Inc., Bobby Martin][45[10].R&B; Chart] |
| Don' t take your love from me/The day The Robin sang to me | Manhattans | 01.1975 | - | 37[10] | Columbia 10045 | [written by A. Felder, B. Sigler, R. Kersey][produced by Manhattans Productions Inc., Bobby Martin][7[19].R&B; Chart] |
| Hurt/Nursery cryme | Manhattans | 05.1975 | 4[11][10.76] | 97[2] | Columbia 10140 | [written by Al Jacobs/Jimmy Crane][produced by Manhattans Productions Inc., Bobby Martin][10[13].R&B; Chart][#8 r&b; hit for Roy Hamilton in 1955] |
| Kiss and say goodbye/Wonderful world of love | Manhattans | 04.1976 | 4[10] | 1[2][26] | Columbia 10310 | [platinium-US][written by Winifred Lovett][produced by Manhattans Productions Inc., Bobby Martin][1[1][26].R&B; Chart] |
| I kinda miss you/Gypsy man | Manhattans | 10.1976 | - | 46[8] | Columbia 10430 | [written by Winifred Lovett][produced by Bobby Martin][7[18].R&B; Chart] |
| It feels so good to be loved so bad/Up on the street [Where I live] | Manhattans | 03.1977 | - | 66[18] | Columbia 10495 | [written by T. Randazzo, V. Pike, R. Joyce][produced by The Manhattans Co, Bobby Martin][6[19].R&B; Chart] |
| It's you/Mind Your Business | Manhattans | 04.1977 | 43[3] | - | CBS 5093 [UK] | [written by W. Lovett][produced by The Manhattans Co, Bobby Martin] |
| We never danced to a love song/Let's start it all over again | Manhattans | 10.1977 | - | 93[2] | Columbia 10586 | [written by G. Alston, E. Bivins][produced by The Manhattans Co, Bobby Martin][10[18].R&B; Chart] |
| Am i losing you/Movin' | Manhattans | 01.1978 | - | 101[9] | Columbia 10674 | [written by A. Fields, B. Morr, D. Stender][produced by The Manhattans Co, Bobby Martin][6[17].R&B; Chart] |
| Everybody has a dream/Happiness | Manhattans | 07.1978 | - | - | Columbia 10766 | [written by B. Joel][produced by The Manhattans Co, Bobby Martin][65[9].R&B; Chart] |
| Here comes the hurt again/Don't Say Goodbye | Manhattans | 03.1979 | - | - | Columbia 10921 | [written by F. Johnson][produced by Jack Faith][29[13].R&B; Chart] |
| The way we were / Memories-New York City | Manhattans | 07.1979 | - | - | Columbia 11024 | [written by M. Hamlisch, A. Bergman, M. Bergman, J. Bowen][produced by Scorpicorn Music Inc.][33[12].R&B; Chart] |
| Shining star/I'll never run away from love again | Manhattans | 04.1980 | 45[4] | 5[25] | Columbia 11222 | [platinium-US][written by L. Graham, P. Richmond][produced by Leo Graham][4[24].R&B; Chart] |
| Girl of my dream/The Closer You Are | Manhattans | 07.1980 | - | - | Columbia 11321 | [written by L. Graham, J. Mack][produced by Leo Graham][30[12].R&B; Chart] |
| I' ll never find [Find another like you]/Randez-vous | Manhattans | 11.1980 | - | 109[1] | Columbia 11398 | [written by L. Graham, P. Richmond][produced by Leo Graham, James Mack][12[18].R&B; Chart] |
| Just one moment away/When I Leave Tomorrow | Manhattans | 07.1981 | - | - | Columbia 02191 | [written by L. Graham, P. Richmond][produced by Leo Graham][19[13].R&B; Chart] |
| Let your love come down/ I Wanta Thank You | Manhattans | 11.1981 | - | - | Columbia 02548 | [written by L. Graham, P. Richmond][produced by Leo Graham][77[4].R&B; Chart] |
| Honey, honey/I Wanta Thank You | Manhattans | 01.1982 | - | - | Columbia 02666 | [written by E. K. King Jr.][produced by Leo Graham][25[15].R&B; Chart] |
| Crazy/Love is gonna find you | Manhattans | 07.1983 | 63[2] | 72[6] | Columbia 03939 | [written by J. V. Anderson, S. Williams, S. Horton][produced by John Anderson, Steve Williams][4[16].R&B; Chart] |
| Forever by your side/Locked Up In Your Love | Manhattans | 10.1983 | - | - | Columbia 04110 | [written by Marc Blatte, Larry Gottlieb][produced by Marc Blatte, Larry Gottlieb][30[11].R&B; Chart] |
| You send me/You're gonna love being loved by me | Manhattans | 03.1985 | - | 81[5] | Columbia 04754 | [written by S. Cooke][produced by Morrie Brown][20[14].R&B; Chart] |
| Don' t say no/Dreamin' | Manhattans | 06.1985 | - | 60.R&B; Billboard Chart | Columbia 04930 | [written by R. Scher, L. Golden][produced by Morrie Brown, Richard Scher, Lottie Golden][60[8].R&B; Chart] |
| Where did we go wrong/Maybe Tomorrow | Manhattans with Regine Belle | 11.1986 | - | - | Columbia 06376 | [written by K. Bloxson A/k/a Sasha][produced by Bobby Womack][42[13].R&B; Chart] |
| All i need/Mr. D.J. | Manhattans | 03.1987 | - | - | Columbia 07010 | [written by G. Alston, B. Morr][produced by Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell)][41[9].R&B; Chart] |
| Sweet talk | Manhattans | 05.1989 | - | - | Valley Vue 75 723 | [67[7].R&B; Chart] |
| Why you wanna love me like that | Manhattans | 10.1989 | - | - | Valley Vue 75749 | [62[9].R&B; Chart] |
| I won' t stop | Manhattans | 03.1990 | - | - | Valley Vue 75 330 | [79[5].R&B; Chart] |
Albumy | ||||||
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| There' s no me without you | Manhattans | 08.1973 | - | 150[8] | Columbia 32 444 | [produced by The Manhattans Productions, Inc., Bobby Martin] |
| That' s how much i love you | Manhattans | 03.1975 | - | 160[4] | Columbia 33 064 | [produced by The Manhattans Productions, Inc., Bobby Martin] |
| The Manhattans | Manhattans | 05.1976 | 37[3] | 16[27] | Columbia 33 820 | [gold-US][produced by Manhattans Productions, Inc., Bobby Martin, Bert deCoteaux] |
| It feels so good | Manhattans | 02.1977 | - | 68[20] | Columbia 34 450 | [gold-US][produced by Bobby Martin ] |
| There' s no good in goodbye | Manhattans | 03.1978 | - | 78[12] | Columbia 35 252 | [produced by Bobby Martin, The Manhattans] |
| Love talk | Manhattans | 04.1979 | - | 141[7] | Columbia 35 693 | [produced by Bert deCoteaux, The Manhattans, Scorpicorn Music, Inc., Jack Faith] |
| After midnight | Manhattans | 04.1980 | - | 24[26] | Columbia 36 411 | [gold-US][produced by Leo Graham, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Bert deCoteaux, Norman Harris, Manhattan Productions, Inc., Scorpicorn Music, Inc.] |
| Manhattans Greatest Hits | Manhattans | 12.1980 | - | 87[10] | Columbia 36 861 | |
| Black tie | Manhattans | 08.1981 | - | 86[10] | Columbia 37 156 | [produced by Leo Graham] |
| Forever be your side | Manhattans | 08.1983 | - | 104[8] | Columbia 38 600 | [produced by George Tobin Productions Inc, Leo Graham Enterprises, Mighty M. Productions Ltd.] |
| Too hot to stop it | Manhattans | 04.1985 | - | 171[6] | Columbia 39 277 | |
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