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September
2006
Barry
Manilow Recovering
Following Hip
Operation
Singer
Barry
Manilow
is recovering in a
wheelchair after having
surgery to repair torn
cartilage in both
hips.
Doctors
expect the 63-year-old
star to be back on his
feet by the end of the
week, Barry Manilow's
publicist
said.
Manilow
had the operation in
California on Monday,
just hours after winning
an Emmy award for best
individual variety
performance the previous
day.
"He's
doing great," publicist
Carol Marshall said.
"He's still on a high
from winning an
Emmy."
The
singer picked up a
trophy for his show
Barry Manilow: Music and
Passion at the award
ceremony on Sunday
night.
He
had postponed his
surgery in order to take
part in the show, during
which he sang the theme
tune to classic US pop
programme American
Bandstand.
Barry
Manilow went under the
surgeon's knife hours
after the ceremony, and
took his award into the
operating theatre with
him.
According
to Ms Marshall, the
singer faces "a good six
weeks or so of physical
therapy" before
returning to the
stage.
He
is scheduled to perform
his award-winning show
in Chicago in October,
before a series of
Las
Vegas
dates in
November.
The
veteran performer had to
cancel 19 dates in the
city this summer,
telling fans he was in
too much pain to
continue.
Earlier
this year, Manilow
topped the US album
charts for the first
time in nearly 29
years.
His
latest album, The
Greatest Songs of the
Sixties, is released in
mid-October.
It
features cover versions
of the Righteous
Brothers' You've Lost
That Lovin' Feeling and
the Beatles' And I Love
Her.
Best
known for hits like
Mandy, Copacabana and
Looks Like We Made It,
Manilow has sold more
than 70 million records
worldwide.
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