The Way We Were / Memories - The Manhattans - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Smooth soul marvels The Manhattans began life as a doo wop-dipped R&B group in the '60s before refining their signature buttery soul sound across a string of successful albums in the '70s, including their gold-certified self-titled LP of 1976. "The Way We Were / Memories" arrived at the tail end of the decade on their 1979 album Love Talk, and took the form of a medley, fusing their re-interpretation of Barbra Streisand's 1973 single "The Way We Were" – immortalised in the 1973 film of the same name, which was directed by Sydney Pollack and starred Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford – with early 20th-century pop standard "Memories". As smooth and lustrous as silk, "The Way We Were / Memories", took The Manhattans to number 33 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and was one of the two singles on their tenth studio album Love Talk, alongside "Here Comes the Hurt Again", which went to number 29 on the same chart.