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Book The Manhattans for your next corporate event, function, or private party.
Hits include: ""One Life to Live,"" ""There's No Me Without You,"" ""Don't Take Your Love,"" ""Hurt,"" ""Kiss and Say Goodbye,"" ""I Kinda Miss You,"" ""It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad,"" ""We Never Danced to a Love Song,"" ""Am I Losing You,"" ""Shining Star"" and ""Crazy"". Legend has it that George ""Smitty"" Smith, Edward ""Sonny"" Bivins, Winfred ""Blue"" Lovett, Kenneth Kelly and Richard Taylor came to call themselves the Manhattans because, as teenage singers in Jersey City, New Jersey, they'd dream about the big time while gazing across the Hudson River at the Manhattan skyline. It's a nice story, but unfortunately it is not true. In fact, the quintet took its name from a cocktail known as the Manhattan that's made from whiskey, vermouth, and bitters. Still, the name suggested class, something the Manhattans have epitomized throughout their long career. First tenor Bivins, who characterizes the group's elegant style as ""progressive doo wop,"" first got together with baritone singer Taylor while they were serving with the Air.

How to hire The Manhattans for an event

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Frequently Asked Questions about booking The Manhattans to perform.

Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like The Manhattans in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking The Manhattans or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
The Manhattans's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking The Manhattans for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book The Manhattans, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing The Manhattans. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate The Manhattans booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book The Manhattans for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final The Manhattans booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will The Manhattans charge for an event. An example fee to book The Manhattans is in the starting range of $40,000-$74,999. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the The Manhattans agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The The Manhattans manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book The Manhattans for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the The Manhattans agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book The Manhattans, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the The Manhattans booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for The Manhattans, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
Type
Performer
Style
R&B
Range
Pop, R&B, Pop-60's Music, Male, Age Group-60's+, African American
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