The Manhattan Transfer

The Manhattan Transfer was an American vocal group founded in 1969 in New York City, performing music genres like jazz, swing, rhythm and blues, pop, and standards. They won eleven Grammy Awards. There were several incarnations and formations of the Manhattan Transfer, with each rendition having different styles. The first rendition was in the 1960s, consisting of a mostly an acappella-tinged style; it featured Tim Hauser, Erin Dickins, Marty Nelson, Pat Rosalia, and Gene Pistilli. The second version of the group, formed in 1972, incorporating a more vocal jazz approach, consisted of Hauser, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel, and Laurel Massé. The third, and most commercially perceived, formation of the group happened in 1979, because Massé had to leave the group after being badly injured in a car crash and was replaced by Cheryl Bentyne.

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