ALBUMHarmony (The Cast Recording)Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman & Harmony Original Cast
ALBUMNight Songs IIBarry Manilow
ALBUMThis Is My Town: Songs of New YorkBarry Manilow
ALBUMMy Dream DuetsBarry Manilow
ALBUMNight SongsBarry Manilow
ALBUM15 Minutes (Fame... Can You Take It?)Barry Manilow
ALBUMThe Greatest Love Songs of All TimeBarry Manilow
ALBUMThe Greatest Songs of the EightiesBarry Manilow
ALBUMIn The Swing Of ChristmasBarry Manilow
ALBUMThe Greatest Songs of the SeventiesBarry Manilow
ALBUMThe Greatest Songs of the SixtiesBarry Manilow
ALBUMThe Greatest Songs of the FiftiesBarry Manilow
ALBUMScores (Songs from Copacabana and Harmony)Barry Manilow
ALBUMHere At the MayflowerBarry Manilow
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ALBUMSummer of '78Barry Manilow
ALBUMSingin' With the Big BandsBarry Manilow
ALBUMShowstoppersBarry Manilow
ALBUMBecause It's ChristmasBarry Manilow
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ALBUMSwing Street (Remastered)Barry Manilow
ALBUMEspecialBarry Manilow
ALBUMManilow (Japanese Version)Barry Manilow
ALBUMManilow (Italian Version)Barry Manilow
ALBUMCopacabana (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Barry Manilow
ALBUM2:00 AM Paradise Café (Remastered)Barry Manilow
ALBUMHere Comes the NightBarry Manilow
ALBUMBarryBarry Manilow
ALBUMOne VoiceBarry Manilow
ALBUMEven NowBarry Manilow
ALBUMLiveBarry Manilow
ALBUMThis One's for YouBarry Manilow
ALBUMTryin' to Get the FeelingBarry Manilow
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Medley (from Live on Broadway)
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Unchained Melody
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Never Gonna Give You Up
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Copacabana (At the Copa)
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Black and Blue (with Phyllis Hyman)
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Read 'Em and Weep
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Ships (from Live on Broadway)
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Mandy (from Live on Broadway)
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Some Good Things Never Last (from Live on Broadway)
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About Barry Manilow
Artist Biography
Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow embodies a style of pop showmanship that all but disappeared by the end of the 20th century. Born in Brooklyn in 1943, Manilow was a lower-class kid who worked his way through Juilliard, backing Bette Midler on piano at a gay bathhouse and writing jingles for the likes of Band-Aid and State Farm before becoming one of the most successful performers of the '70s and '80s. Bridging the traditions of the Great American Songbook with the polish and immediacy of pop, he tackles all his material—even the lightest fare—with dignity and often a touch of humor. But it's the vision behind his sound that makes him such a singular artist. Even in the soft and sentimental '70s, there was nothing like a Manilow tune: Two of his defining efforts, ""Mandy"" and ""Looks Like We Made It""—with their swelling strings, anthemic arrangements, and all-encompassing production—manage to make bittersweetness feel damn good. Both as a writer and master interpreter, Manilow has shown unusual range, touching on disco (1978's ""Copacabana"") and jazz-noir (1984's 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe), folk and show tunes, big band and holiday music. (""For a Jewish guy, I've recorded a lot of Christmas albums,"" he once quipped.) While his songs might be opulent, emotion-stoking things of grandeur, Manilow's approach, at its core, is humble and workmanlike—in service of the audience more than the artist himself.
Hometown
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Genre
Pop
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