Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow (2008)

Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943 in Brooklyn , New York ; born Barry Alan Pincus ) is an American singer . With over 80 million singles and albums sold, he is one of the most successful interpreters of pop songs and ballads in adult contemporary music , especially in the United States .

Life

Barry Manilow was born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York. When he was two years old, his father left the family; Barry got his mother's maiden name, Edna Manilow, as a new surname. He learned to play the piano at an early age. In 1964 he married Susan Dreixler, with whom he was married for a year. He later became the pianist and arranger in Bette Midler's band . Together, Midler and Manilow had their first successes with stage shows in nightclubs in New York . Manilow also produced Bette Midler's first album in 1972.

The success with Bette Midler ensured that Barry Manilow could release his first solo album in 1973. In 1974 he had his first world hit with the song Mandy . The song was from Scott English and was originally called Brandy ; thus began Manilow's worldwide career as one of the most successful singers in show business . Mandy was the first of three number one hits in the US charts and the first of thirteen top hits in the adult contemporary charts and the first of five million-seller. Manilow sold 23 million records in five years.

Barry Manilow, 1979

From 1979 he began an artistic collaboration with Dionne Warwick , for which he produced the album Dionne with the hit I'll Never Love This Way Again , which won a Grammy . In 1984 and 1985 there was another collaboration with Dionne Warwick with the duet Run to Me, composed by the Bee Gees , and the album Finder of Lost Loves .

Manilow's record sales declined in the 1980s, but in 1984 he performed ten evenings at the sold-out Radio City Music Hall in New York and played the musically highly acclaimed album 2:00 AM Paradise with greats of jazz music such as Sarah Vaughan and Mel Tormé Cafe one.

From 1989 Manilow moved with his show Live on Broadway on a successful mammoth tour around the world. In the 1990s he continued this concert career with the tour Showstoppers (a revue of famous musicals - tunes ) continued and stepped into the big shows in Las Vegas on.

His musical studio work has been dominated by concept albums with cover versions since 1991 . Showstoppers (1991) contains musical, Singin 'with the Big Bands (1994) big band classics. In 1996 he interpreted hits of 1978 ( Summer of '78 ), 1998 songs by Frank Sinatra ( Manilow Sings Sinatra ). On at Here the Mayflower (2001) and Manilow Scores (2004), contained what original compositions, followed by four decade specific albums: The Greatest Songs of the Fifties (2006), The Greatest Songs of the Sixties (2006), The Greatest Songs of the Seventies (2007) and The Greatest Songs of the Eighties (2008). After another album with cover versions - The Greatest Love Songs of All Time (2010) - Manilow put on 15 minutes - Fame… Can You Take It? In 2011 another album with original compositions, which dealt with the phenomenon of 15 minutes of fame . My Dream Duets (2014) includes duets with late artists such as Whitney Houston , Dusty Springfield and Marilyn Monroe . The album This Is My Town - Songs of New York , released in 2017 , deals with Manilow's birthplace and contains both cover versions and new songs.

In 1993 he sang the Inauguration of Bill Clinton in front of 16,000 politicians from around the world Let Freedom Ring . His musicals were also great successes: Copacabana premiered in London in 1994 , and Harmony started in 1997 (about the fate of the Comedian Harmonists ) in San Diego, California .

Manilow has had recurring health problems since 2003. In 2003 he accidentally bumped into a wall at his Palm Springs home . In February 2004, he was hospitalized with severe pain caused by stress . On August 8, 2006, it was announced that he would have a hip replacement surgery.

In September 2007 Manilow canceled an appearance on the US television show The View , which is moderated by Elisabeth Hasselbeck . The reason for the cancellation was the moderator's approving stance on the Iraq war .

From February 23, 2005 to December 30, 2009, Manilow performed five shows a week at the Las Vegas Hilton . From March 2010 he was back on stage in Las Vegas, but this time at the Paris Hotel & Casino .

Manilow has been married to his longtime manager and life partner Garry Kief since 2014. He had already met Kief in 1978, but kept the relationship a secret for years so as not to disappoint his fans. In 2017 he came out .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US
1973	Barry Manilow I.	-	-	-	US28 gold (51 weeks)US	not until 1975 after the success of Barry Manilow II in the charts
1974	Barry Manilow II	-	-	-	US9 platinum (58 weeks)US
1975	Tryin 'to get the feeling	-	-	-	US5 × 2 Double platinum (87 weeks)US
1976	This One's for You	-	-	-	US6th × 2 Double platinum (60 weeks)US
1977	Barry Manilow Live	-	-	-	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (67 weeks)US
1978	Even now	-	-	UK12 silver (28 weeks)UK	US3 × 3 Triple platinum (58 weeks)US
	Greatest hits	-	-	-	US7th × 3 Triple platinum (75 weeks)US	Best of double album (Arista 8601 [2])
	The best of	DE10 (18 weeks) DE	AT24 (4 weeks) AT	-	-	Best-of-Album (Arista 064-61 754)
1979	Manilow Magic - The Best of Barry Manilow	-	-	UK3 platinum (151 weeks)UK	-	Best-of-Album (Arista ARTV2)
	One Voice	-	-	UK18th gold (7 weeks)UK	US9 platinum (25 weeks)US
1980	Barry	-	-	UK5 platinum (34 weeks)UK	US15th platinum (20 weeks)US
1981	Gift Set - All the Best	-	-	UK62 (1 week) UK	-	Best of album
	If I Should Love Again	-	-	UK5 platinum (26 weeks)UK	US14th gold (25 weeks)US
1982	Barry Live in Britain	-	-	UK1 platinum (23 weeks)UK	-	Live album
	Oh Julie!	-	-	-	US69 (9 weeks) US	EP with four songs
	Here comes the night	-	-	UK7th gold (9 weeks)UK	US32 gold (27 weeks)US	UK Title: I Wanna Do It with You
1983	Greatest Hits Vol. II	-	-	-	US30th platinum (19 weeks)US	Best of album
	A Touch More Magic	-	-	UK10 gold (12 weeks)UK	-	Best-of-Album (Arista BMAN3)
	Manilow Magic	-	AT15 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	Best-of-Album (Arista 205 973)
1984	2:00 AM Paradise Cafe	-	-	UK28 silver (6 weeks)UK	US28 gold (20 weeks)US
1985	The Manilow Collection - Twenty Classic Hits	-	-	-	US100 gold (12 weeks)US	Best of album
	Manilow	-	-	UK40 (6 weeks) UK	US42 (24 weeks) US
1987	Swing Street	-	-	UK81 (1 week) UK	US70 (21 weeks) US
1989	Barry Manilow	-	-	UK20th silver (4 weeks)UK	US64 (16 weeks) US	German title: Signed; UK Title: Songs to Make the Whole World Sing
1990	Live on Broadway	-	-	UK19 (3 weeks) UK	US196 (1 week) US	Recorded live on December 3rd, 1989 at the Chicago Theater / Chicago
	The Songs 1975-1990	-	-	UK13 silver (7 weeks)UK	-	Best of album
	Because it's Christmas	-	-	-	US40 platinum (8 weeks)US	1. Christmas album
1991	Showstoppers	-	-	UK53 (3 weeks) UK	US68 (8 weeks) US
1993	The Complete Collection and Then Some ...	-	-	-	US182 gold (1 week)US	4x CD, compilation
	Hidden Treasures	-	-	UK36 (7 weeks) UK	-	compilation
	The Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits	-	-	UK37 silver (6 weeks)UK	-
1994	Singin 'with the big bands	-	-	UK54 (4 weeks) UK	US59 gold (21 weeks)US
1996	Summer of '78	-	-	UK66 (2 weeks) UK	US82 (11 weeks) US
1998	Manilow Sings Sinatra	-	-	UK72 (4 weeks) UK	US122 (7 weeks) US	UK title: Barry Sings Sinatra
2001	Here at the Mayflower	-	-	UK18 (3 weeks) UK	US90 (3 weeks) US
2002	Ultimate Manilow [US]	-	-	-	US3 × 2 Double platinum (43 weeks)US	Best of album
	A Christmas Gift of Love	-	-	-	US55 gold (7 weeks)US	2. Christmas album
2004	Ultimate Manilow [UK]	-	-	UK8th platinum (16 weeks)UK	-	Best of album, differs in several titles from the US album of the same name from 2002
	2 Nights Live!	-	-	UK51 (1 week) UK	US27 gold (6 weeks)US	Live double album compiled from tour appearances, UK title: Ultimate Live
	Manilow Scores: Songs from Copacabana and Harmony	-	-	-	US47 (8 weeks) US	Contains songs that were composed for two musicals in 1994 and 1997, respectively
2006	The Greatest Songs of the Fifties	-	-	UK12 gold (5 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (25 weeks)US	Cover album with songs from the 1950s
	The Greatest Songs of the Sixties	-	-	UK56 (4 weeks) UK	US2 gold (12 weeks)US	Cover album with songs from the 1960s
2007	The Greatest Songs of the Seventies	-	-	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	US4 (15 weeks) US	Cover album with songs from the 1970s
2008	The Greatest Songs of the Eighties	-	-	UK22 (2 weeks) UK	US14 (6 weeks) US	Cover album with songs from the 1980s
	Music & Passion: The Best Of	-	-	UK54 gold (2 weeks)UK	-
2009	In the Swing of Christmas	-	-	-	US127 gold (4 weeks)US	3. Christmas album
2010	The Greatest Love Songs of All Time	-	-	UK26 (2 weeks) UK	US5 (6 weeks) US	Cover album
2011	15 Minutes: Fame… Can You Take It?	-	-	UK20 (2 weeks) UK	US7 (9 weeks) US
2012	Live in London	-	-	-	US24 (2 weeks) US	Live album recorded in 2011 at the O 2 Arena in London with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
2014	Night songs	-	-	-	US8 (4 weeks) US	Cover album with musicals and classics from the Great American Songbook
	My Dream Duets	-	-	UK28 (4 weeks) UK	US4 (7 weeks) US
2017	This Is My Town: Songs of New York	-	-	UK26 (3 weeks) UK	US12 (4 weeks) US
2020	Night Songs II	-	-	-	US32 (... weeks) US

More albums

• The First Television Specials (Video, 2007, US:platinum)
• Foul Play (Soundtrack, 1978)
• Greatest Hits Volume I – III (three-part compilation, 1989, US:platinum)
• Live on Broadway (Video, 1990, US:platinum)
• Thumbelina (Soundtrack, 1994)
• The Essential Barry Manilow (2005)
• Music & Passion: Live from Las Vegas (Videobox, 2006, US:× 3Triple platinum )
• First & Farewell (Videobox, 2006, US:platinum)
• Songs from the Seventies (Video, 2008, US:platinum)
• Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs (2008)
• Live at Paris Las Vegas (2011)
• Duets (2011)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	US
1974	Mandy Barry Manilow II	DE19 (23 weeks) DE	UK11 silver (9 weeks)UK	US1 gold (16 weeks)US	was a 1971 hit for Scott English , who wrote the song with Richard Kerr ; was originally called the song Brandy , but after Lookingglass same with another song title number one hit one had had, it was Mandy renamed
1975	It's a Miracle Barry Manilow II	-	-	US12 (13 weeks) US
	Could It Be Magic Barry Manilow I	-	UK25 (10 weeks) UK	US6 (18 weeks) US	based on Chopin's Prelude in C minor , had previously been published in various versions in 1971 and 1973 without success
	I Write the Songs Tryin 'to Get the Feeling Again	-	-	US1 gold (20 weeks)US	Author: Bruce Johnston , Grammy for Song of the Year
1976	Tryin 'to Get the Feeling Again Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again	-	-	US10 (15 weeks) US
	This One's for You This One's for You	-	-	US29 (10 weeks) US
	Weekend in New England This One's for You	-	-	US10 (19 weeks) US	Author: Randy Edelman
1977	Looks Like We Made It This One's for You	-	-	US1 gold (19 weeks)US	Authors: Richard Kerr, Will Jennings
	Daybreak Barry Manilow Live	-	-	US23 (10 weeks) US	Live recording
1978	Can't Smile Without You Even Now	-	UK43 (7 weeks) UK	US3 gold (19 weeks)US
	Even Now Even Now	-	-	US19 (13 weeks) US
	Copacabana (At the Copa) Even Now	DE23 (16 weeks) DE	-	US8th gold (16 weeks)US	Authors: Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman, from the film A Crooked Tour , Grammy
	Somewhere in the Night Even Now	-	UK42 (10 weeks) UK	US9 (15 weeks) US	from the film A very crooked tour
	Ready to Take a Chance Again A Very Crooked Tour (Soundtrack)	-	-	US11 (16 weeks) US	from the film A very crooked tour , writers: Charles Fox , Norman Gimbel
1979	Ships One Voice	-	-	US9 (14 weeks) US	Author / Original: Ian Hunter (1979)
	When I Wanted You One Voice	-	-	US20 (16 weeks) US
1980	I Don't Want to Walk Without You One Voice	-	-	US36 (11 weeks) US	was a number two hit for Harry James in 1942 , writers: Frank Loesser , Jule Styne
	Lonely Together Barry	-	UK21 (13 weeks) UK	US45 (10 weeks) US	Author: Kenny Nolan
	I Made It Through the Rain Barry	-	UK37 (6 weeks) UK	US10 (16 weeks) US
1981	Bermuda Triangle Barry	-	UK15 (9 weeks) UK	-
	Let's Hang On I Should Love Again	-	UK12 silver (11 weeks)UK	US32 (10 weeks) US	Authors: Bob Crewe , Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
	The Old Songs I Should Love Again	-	UK48 (8 weeks) UK	US15 (16 weeks) US
	Somewhere down the Road I Should Love Again	-	-	US21 (15 weeks) US	Authors: Tom Snow, Cynthia Weil
1982	If I Should Love Again, I Should Love Again	-	UK66 (2 weeks) UK	-
	Stay Barry Live in Britain	-	UK23 (8 weeks) UK	-	Live recording
	Oh Julie Oh Julie	-	-	US38 (11 weeks) US	Author: Shakin 'Stevens (a number one hit in the UK in 1982)
	I Wanna Do It with You Here Comes the Night	-	UK8 (8 weeks) UK	-
	Memory Here Comes the Night	-	-	US39 (14 weeks) US	originally comes from the musical Cats
	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter Here Comes the Night	-	UK36 (7 weeks) UK	-	first hit for Fats Waller in 1935 , then by various artists in the charts, authors: Fred Ahlert , Joe Young
1983	Some Kind of Friend Here Comes the Night	-	UK48 (3 weeks) UK	US26 (16 weeks) US
	You're Lookin 'Hot Tonight Greatest Hits Vol. II	DE59 (7 weeks) DE	UK47 (6 weeks) UK	-	Producer: Jack White
	Read 'Em and Weep Greatest Hits Vol. II	-	UK17 (7 weeks) UK	US18 (14 weeks) US	Author: Jim Steinman
1984	When October Goes	-	UK85 (1 week) UK	-
1985	Run to me	-	UK86 (2 weeks) UK	-	Dionne Warwick & Barry Manilow
	In Search of Love	-	UK80 (2 weeks) UK	-
1986	I'm Your Man Manilow	-	UK96 (2 weeks) UK	US86 (5 weeks) US
1988	Hey Mambo Swing Street	-	-	US90 (2 weeks) US	with Kid Creole & the Coconuts
1989	Please Don't Be Scared Barry Manilow	-	UK35 (5 weeks) UK	-
	One That Got Away	-	UK78 (3 weeks) UK	-
1990	If I Can Dream	-	UK81 (2 weeks) UK	-
	Some Good Things Never Last	-	UK79 (2 weeks) UK	-	Barry Manilow, Debra Byrd & Dana Robbins
1993	Copacabana (At the Copa) [The 1993 Remix] Hidden Treasures	-	UK22 (4 weeks) UK	-
	Could It Be Magic 1993	-	UK36 (3 weeks) UK	-
1994	Let Me Be Your Wings Thumbelina	-	UK73 (2 weeks) UK	-	Barry Manilow & Debra Byrd
1997	I'd Really Love to See You Tonight	-	UK86 (1 week) UK	-

More singles

• Bandstand Boogie (1975)
• Beautiful Music (1975)
• New York City Rhythm (1975)
• Jump Shout Boogie (1976)
• It's Just Another New Year's Eve (1977)
• One Voice (1979)
• When October Goes (1984)
• In Search of Love (1985)
• Paradise Cafe (1985)
• He Doesn't Care (1986)
• Brooklyn Blues (1987)
• Keep Each Other Warm (1989)
• The One That Got Away (1989)
• If I Can Dream (1990)
• If You Remember Me (1990)
• Another Life (1992)
• I'd Really Love to See You Tonight (1997)
• I Go Crazy (1997)
• Turn the Radio Up (2001)
• River (2002)
• Unchained Melody (2006)
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (2006)
• Christmas Is Just Around the Corner (2008)
• Bring On Tomorrow (2011)
• Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (2012)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1977: for the album This One's for You 1977: for the album Tryin 'to Get the Feeling 1981: for the album Barry 2007: for the album The Greatest Songs of the Fifties

Platinum record  Hong Kong 1980: for the album Greatest Hits  Canada 1979: for the album Greatest Hits 1980: for the album One Voice

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	-	platinum1	20,000	Individual evidence
Canada (MC)	-	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	400,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	16 × gold16	29 × platinum29	39,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	7 × silver7th	5 × gold5	5 × platinum5	2,750,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	7 × silver7th	25 × gold25th	37 × platinum37

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1. ↑ Barry Manilow in the NNDB, accessed November 27, 2015
2. ↑ Barry Manilow marries manager Garry Kief: Copacabana singer's former wife Susan Deixler 'happy for him' .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Steve Huey: Mandy. In: Allmusic . Retrieved May 23, 2019 (song review). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} in the version by Graham Bonney under the title "Brandy"
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT UK US
6. ↑ Barry Manilow triggers talk scandal . In: Spiegel online . September 18, 2007.
7. ↑ Barry Manilow came out at the age of 73. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 6, 2017, accessed on April 6, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Barry Manilow secretly married his manager , Focus, April 9, 2015
9. ↑ ^{a b} US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
10. ↑ Platinum for Greatest Hits in Hong Kong ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Website of Barry Manilow (English)
• Discography Barry Manilow
• Barry Manilow at Allmusic (English)
• Barry Manilow at Discogs (English)
• Barry Manilow in the Internet Broadway Database (English)