Paris Hilton, right, celebrates at her Pure birthday bash.
Who knew the golden years could be so sweet?
Forty-eight years after the McGuire Sisters topped the charts with "Sugartime," Phyllis McGuire is part of another No. 1 hit.
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She's the only other voice on Barry Manilow's "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties," which opened at No. 1 on the pop chart this month.
McGuire and Manilow team up on "Sincerely," the McGuire Sisters' first of three No. 1s in the 1950s.
"I'm so happy for Barry. It's been 29 years," said McGuire, who celebrated the 36th anniversary of her 39th birthday on Valentine's Day.
Manilow, who's headlining at the Las Vegas Hilton, is back on top of the charts for the first time since "Looks Like We Made It" in 1977.
And McGuire couldn't be flying any higher.
Last week, The New York Times said her voice came off as the "friskier" of the two. New York Post gossip columnist Liz Smith dedicated most of her column to McGuire, calling her "the absolute queen of Las Vegas."
Our Phyllis is on such a roll that she's finally decided to write that long-delayed life story. She tells me she's talking to famed best-selling author Dominick Dunne to co-write it.
The tales she can tell.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
The schedule for today's tapings of "The View" at Caesars Palace have changed. Shows begin at 8 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Ticket holders need to be present an hour before the show. Tuesday's schedule is unchanged with shows at 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
SIGHTINGS
Mayor Oscar Goodman, pinning a flashing Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas pin on the lapel of President Bush at the NBA All-Star Game in Houston on Sunday night. ... Paris Hilton and Steve-O of "Jackass," doing an impromptu dance on the stage of the Pussycat Dolls Lounge at her 25th birthday party at Pure (Caesars Palace) on Saturday. Club reps said Hilton drew the biggest crowd in Pure's 13-month history, with more than 4,500 going through the club while an estimated 5,000 waited outside. While dancing and singing in Pure's three-table, three-bed VIP section, she exhorted the crowd to sing "Happy Birthday" and she got her wish. Sister Nicky and parents Rick and Kathy serenaded her with "We Are Family." Paris' birthday was Friday. ... Elton John, dedicating "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" during Saturday's show at Caesars Palace to Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, who were in the audience with Lynette Chappell and Darren Romeo. ... Steven Tyler and Lenny Kravitz, performing an impromptu "Walk This Way" at Jet (The Mirage) at Kravitz's after-concert party Saturday. ... Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony, watching the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday in the Hardwood Suites in the Palms' Fantasy Tower. ... NFL brothers Ronde and Tiki Barber, at Pure on Saturday. ... Nicky Hilton, exchanging autographed baseballs and photographs with Pete Rose at Field of Dreams at Caesars on Saturday.
THE PUNCH LINE
"Table for one?" -- David Letterman's "Top Ten Things You Don't Want To Hear On Valentine's Day."
