Why Barry Manilow?
BRIAN BOITANO: Every year I have a different musical guest. I had met him before, and I thought Well, I’ll just ask him. So my people talked to his people and they said, ”He’s coming out with a new album, The Greatest Songs of the Seventies, and he would be willing to do four of the covers from his new album, and then four of his classics that he’s rerecording acoustically for the album.” So the hard part was picking four of the acoustic classic hits they’re all my favorites. I chose ”Even Now.” Dorothy Hamill wanted really badly to skate to ”Weekend in New England.” Then as a tribute to my father, I skated to ”I Write the Songs.” Then Barry rerecorded a special dance mix of ”Could It Be Magic” for the end of the show. A dance mix of ”Could it Be Magic” it’s incredible. How has the market for skating specials changed over the years? I feel like there was a time when you’d see one a week. Now, not so much. It’s true. The boom started in 1988, went through the Tonya-Nancy thi
