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Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn,
New York on June 17 1943) is an United
States|American singer and songwriter.  The name
"Manilow" is pronounced as if it were the Italian
name "Manilo." Barry had his last name Pincus
legally changed to his mothers maiden name Manilow
when he turned 13.

Manilow dominated the 1970s|1970s soft rock scene
with a string of Billboard Hot 100|top ten hits
and RIAA certification|multi-platinum albums.
Today, Manilow's music is generally considered to
be camp, and was even widely regarded as cheesy
when it was released. Despite the frequent barbs
from critics and lampooning by comedians, Manilow
continues to maintain a large fan base, especially
among baby-boomer women in his native United
States, as evidenced by the No. 3 debut of his
2002 greatest hits album Ultimate Manilow, and
being dubbed "showman of our generation" recently
by Rolling Stone magazine|Rolling Stone. 

(Manilow's record label Arista took three years
off his announced age when he was really 32--in
1975--and made him 29 years old so he would appeal
to teens as well; this made him appear to have
been born in 1946 instead of his actual birth year
which is 1943. Manilow also reportedly wrote to
Playboy in 1965—when he would have been
22—asking for advice about music.)

Early in his career, Manilow worked as a pianist,
producer and Arrangement|arranger, accompanying
Bette Midler among others.  Manilow's major solo
hits include "Mandy" (1974), "Copacabana (At The
Copa)" (1978) and "I Write The Songs" (1975). 
Manilow's Copacabana_(musical)|Copacabana has also
been turned into a stage musical that ran for two
years in the West End, and toured the US in 2000
and 2003.

Manilow's recorded work, spanning from 1971
through 2005, has gone through several distinct
phases. He first made a series of demo singles,
both under his real name (although born Barry
Pincus, he had it legally changed to Manilow), and
under a pseudo-group name of Featherbed. His first
album was released by Bell (later Arista) records
in 1973, and contained an eclectic mix of
piano-driven pop, big band remixes and
guitar-driven rock. His second album, called Barry
Manilow II Bell/Arista, 1974 contained the hit
song "Mandy", and began a string of hit singles
and albums that lasted through the rest of the
1970s, and into the early 1980's. 

After the landmark Concert at Blenheim Palace in
August of 1983, Manilow started to venture into  a
jazz-driven style, starting with the 1984 album
2:00 am -- Paradise Cafe. The album was recorded
with jazz greats Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme and
Gerry Mulligan. Manilow would return to the genre
in 1987, with the release of Swing Street. The
techno-jazz-inspired album contained performances
with Dianne Schuur, Phyllis Hyman, Kid Creole and
the Coconuts, and Tom Scott.

From 1985 to 1986, Manilow was involved with the
pop album "Manilow" RCA, 1985, and began a phase
of international music, as he performed songs and
duets in French, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese,
among other languages.

In the 1990s, Manilow recorded a succession of
"event" albums, guided by Arista's President,
Clive Davis. From 1991's "Showstoppers", a
collection of Broadway tunes, to a big band album
Singin' With the Big Bands, Arista, 1994, a 1970s
collection Summer of '78, Arista, 1996, the decade
ended with Manilow recording a tribute to Frank
Sinatra Manilow Sings Sinatra, Arista, 1998.

After the start of the new millennium, Manilow
left Arista records for Concord Records, a
jazz-oriented label in California, and started
work on the long-anticipated "Here at the
Mayflower" album. The album was another eclectic
mix of styles, almost entirely composed and
produced by Manilow himself. 2004 saw the release
of both a live album 2Nights Live!, BMG Strategic
Marketing Group, 2004, and a soundtrack album of
his musicals Scores (Songs from Copacabana and
Harmony), Concord, 2004. Two Christmas albums,
many live albums and compilations have rounded out
a very large body of music.
  
Manilow appeared as a guest judge and arranged
music for American Idol on April 24, 2004, the
year in which he also embarked on his "One Night
Live! One Last Time!"  final tour. Some fans were
unhappy that Manilow charged his fans $1000 to
meet him after the show, but ticket sales were
robust, landing Manilow's tour into the Top Ten
club for box office grosses in 2004. 

Although not all Manilow's hits were written by
him (the most notable instance, ironically, being
"I Write The Songs", actually written by lyricist
Bruce Johnston), he co-wrote, with lyricist Bruce
Sussman, a musical, Harmony (musical)|Harmony,
which was originally scheduled to preview in
Philadelphia in 2003.  After financial
difficulties and a legal battle, Manilow and
Sussman won back the rights to the musical. It is
currently unknown when the musical is slated to
reach Broadway. 

On the heels of his 'Farewell' tour, Manilow
opened a standing show in Las Vegas, Nevada|Las
Vegas in 2005 at the Las Vegas Hilton, where he
will reside in the penthouse, where Elvis
lived for 8
years.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6919090/site/new
sweek/ according to Newsweek and MSNBC.

Manilow has appeared in two movies. He portrayed
Tony in a 1985 made-for-television film based on
"Copacabana" (Annette O'Toole was Lola and Joseph
Bologna was Rico). He also portrayed himself in
the 2002 Kathy Bates-Rupert Everett comedy
"Unconditional Love", in which Manilow's hit
"Can't Smile Without You" plays a key role in the
plot. He co-wrote the Broadway-style musical
scores for the animated films "The Pebble and the
Penguin" (1995) and "Thumbelina (1994)." Manilow
hits have figured prominently in several films
such as "Foul Play" and "Serial Mom".

Manilow made an appearance (performing Can't Smile
Without You, Mandy, I Write The Songs and songs
from his latest album) on the Oprah Winfrey show
on 7th April 2005.

==See also==
*Best selling music artists

==External links==

*http://www.manilow.com/ Official Barry Manilow
Website
*http://www.artexplore.com/maniweb/ May Yam's
Barry Manilow site
*http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AvenueC/ A
cool Barry Manilow club
*http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/coulditbemag
ic/  A special Barry Manilow club
*imdb name|id=0005180|name=Barry Manilow

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Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn,
New York on June 17 1943) is an United
States|American singer and songwriter.  The name
"Manilow" is pronounced as if it were the Italian
name "Manilo." Barry had his last name Pincus
legally changed to his mothers maiden name Manilow
when he turned 13.

Manilow dominated the 1970s|1970s soft rock scene
with a string of Billboard Hot 100|top ten hits
and RIAA certification|multi-platinum albums.
Today, Manilow's music is generally considered to
be camp, and was even widely regarded as cheesy
when it was released. Despite the frequent barbs
from critics and lampooning by comedians, Manilow
continues to maintain a large fan base, especially
among baby-boomer women in his native United
States, as evidenced by the No. 3 debut of his
2002 greatest hits album Ultimate Manilow, and
being dubbed "showman of our generation" recently
by Rolling Stone magazine|Rolling Stone. 

(Manilow's record label Arista took three years
off his announced age when he was really 32--in
1975--and made him 29 years old so he would appeal
to teens as well; this made him appear to have
been born in 1946 instead of his actual birth year
which is 1943. Manilow also reportedly wrote to
Playboy in 1965—when he would have been
22—asking for advice about music.)

Early in his career, Manilow worked as a pianist,
producer and Arrangement|arranger, accompanying
Bette Midler among others.  Manilow's major solo
hits include "Mandy" (1974), "Copacabana (At The
Copa)" (1978) and "I Write The Songs" (1975). 
Manilow's Copacabana_(musical)|Copacabana has also
been turned into a stage musical that ran for two
years in the West End, and toured the US in 2000
and 2003.

Manilow's recorded work, spanning from 1971
through 2005, has gone through several distinct
phases. He first made a series of demo singles,
both under his real name (although born Barry
Pincus, he had it legally changed to Manilow), and
under a pseudo-group name of Featherbed. His first
album was released by Bell (later Arista) records
in 1973, and contained an eclectic mix of
piano-driven pop, big band remixes and
guitar-driven rock. His second album, called Barry
Manilow II Bell/Arista, 1974 contained the hit
song "Mandy", and began a string of hit singles
and albums that lasted through the rest of the
1970s, and into the early 1980's. 

After the landmark Concert at Blenheim Palace in
August of 1983, Manilow started to venture into  a
jazz-driven style, starting with the 1984 album
2:00 am -- Paradise Cafe. The album was recorded
with jazz greats Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme and
Gerry Mulligan. Manilow would return to the genre
in 1987, with the release of Swing Street. The
techno-jazz-inspired album contained performances
with Dianne Schuur, Phyllis Hyman, Kid Creole and
the Coconuts, and Tom Scott.

From 1985 to 1986, Manilow was involved with the
pop album "Manilow" RCA, 1985, and began a phase
of international music, as he performed songs and
duets in French, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese,
among other languages.

In the 1990s, Manilow recorded a succession of
"event" albums, guided by Arista's President,
Clive Davis. From 1991's "Showstoppers", a
collection of Broadway tunes, to a big band album
Singin' With the Big Bands, Arista, 1994, a 1970s
collection Summer of '78, Arista, 1996, the decade
ended with Manilow recording a tribute to Frank
Sinatra Manilow Sings Sinatra, Arista, 1998.

After the start of the new millennium, Manilow
left Arista records for Concord Records, a
jazz-oriented label in California, and started
work on the long-anticipated "Here at the
Mayflower" album. The album was another eclectic
mix of styles, almost entirely composed and
produced by Manilow himself. 2004 saw the release
of both a live album 2Nights Live!, BMG Strategic
Marketing Group, 2004, and a soundtrack album of
his musicals Scores (Songs from Copacabana and
Harmony), Concord, 2004. Two Christmas albums,
many live albums and compilations have rounded out
a very large body of music.
  
Manilow appeared as a guest judge and arranged
music for American Idol on April 24, 2004, the
year in which he also embarked on his "One Night
Live! One Last Time!"  final tour. Some fans were
unhappy that Manilow charged his fans $1000 to
meet him after the show, but ticket sales were
robust, landing Manilow's tour into the Top Ten
club for box office grosses in 2004. 

Although not all Manilow's hits were written by
him (the most notable instance, ironically, being
"I Write The Songs", actually written by lyricist
Bruce Johnston), he co-wrote, with lyricist Bruce
Sussman, a musical, Harmony (musical)|Harmony,
which was originally scheduled to preview in
Philadelphia in 2003.  After financial
difficulties and a legal battle, Manilow and
Sussman won back the rights to the musical. It is
currently unknown when the musical is slated to
reach Broadway. 

On the heels of his 'Farewell' tour, Manilow
opened a standing show in Las Vegas, Nevada|Las
Vegas in 2005 at the Las Vegas Hilton, where he
will reside in the penthouse, where Elvis
lived for 8
years.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6919090/site/new
sweek/ according to Newsweek and MSNBC.

Manilow has appeared in two movies. He portrayed
Tony in a 1985 made-for-television film based on
"Copacabana" (Annette O'Toole was Lola and Joseph
Bologna was Rico). He also portrayed himself in
the 2002 Kathy Bates-Rupert Everett comedy
"Unconditional Love", in which Manilow's hit
"Can't Smile Without You" plays a key role in the
plot. He co-wrote the Broadway-style musical
scores for the animated films "The Pebble and the
Penguin" (1995) and "Thumbelina (1994)." Manilow
hits have figured prominently in several films
such as "Foul Play" and "Serial Mom".

Manilow made an appearance (performing Can't Smile
Without You, Mandy, I Write The Songs and songs
from his latest album) on the Oprah Winfrey show
on 7th April 2005.

==See also==
*Best selling music artists

==External links==

*http://www.manilow.com/ Official Barry Manilow
Website
*http://www.artexplore.com/maniweb/ May Yam's
Barry Manilow site
*http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AvenueC/ A
cool Barry Manilow club
*http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/coulditbemag
ic/  A special Barry Manilow club
*imdb name|id=0005180|name=Barry Manilow