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🌴 From Ballads to the Copa: Barry Manilow’s Unlikely Disco Moment

The Twelve Inch 178 : Copacabana (At The Copa) (Barry Manilow)

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Aug 15, 2025
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It was the summer of 1978, and Barry Manilow was riding high in the Benelux charts with Copacabana (At The Copa). Disco was at its absolute peak, Saturday Night Fever dominated the box office, its soundtrack was flying off the shelves, and every self-respecting discotheque boasted a glowing, illuminated dancefloor. The world was hungry for disco, and th…

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