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Barry Manilow: Greatest Songs
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Based on industry charts, Barry Manilow is the undisputed Number One Adult Contemporary Artist of all time, and his record sales exceed 50 million worldwide. He has written hundreds of songs and performed around the world, thrilling millions of fans, picking up a Grammy, an Emmy, Tony Awards, and an Oscar nomination along the way.
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Barry Manilow continues to be one of the most successful artists of all time. He's conquered the Top 40 charts, rivaled the Beatles for concert attendance turnouts on their own turf, and can boast hit songs, album sales, and concert revenues that artists such as Frank Sinatra and the Rolling Stones would be hard-pressed to match. It goes to show you that he truly does "write the songs that make the whole world sing."
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In 1971, Barry Manilow met Bette Midler and became her music director, arranger and pianist.The following year, Manilow signed with Bell Records to record his debut solo album. In 1974, Clive Davis founded a new label, Arista, along with Columbia Pictures. Davis had the right to choose any artist on the Columbia Pictures-owned Bell Records to bring to Arista. Davis chose Manilow and the rest is history. He famously brought Barry a recent U.K. hit song entitled “Brandy” (by its writer Scott English). Clive changed the title to “Mandy” so it wouldn’t be confused with the Looking Glass U.S. hit “Brandy.” When Barry’s Arista single reached Number One in early 1975, it ignited one of the most incandescent careers in pop.
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Barry Manilow is a master showman who makes each lyrical passage an intimate gift to fans. His sold-out performance in the heart of Music City USA provides insights and highlights into this exceptional performer's 25-year career. From the first standing ovation to the last, Barry Manilow's diverse style will enchant any music enthusiast. Songs: Could It Be Magic?, Somewhere in the Night, Tryin' to Get the Feeling, Can't Smile Without You, Bandstand Boogie, Mandy, Even Now, Daybreak, Flight of the Bumblebee, All the Time, New York City Rhythm, Every Single Day, I am Your Child, This One's for You, Sinatra Overture, Chicago (My Kind of Town), That's Life, When October Goes, Weekend in New England, Copacabana, I Made It Through the Rain, One Voice/I Write the Songs, Stars in the Night, Could It Be Magic?
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Having covered classics from the '50s and '60s with platinum-plus results, Barry Manilow is ready to revisit the decade that made him a star. On Sept. 18, the pop veteran will release The Greatest Songs of the Seventies. Available as both an 18-track CD and a two-disc set with audio and video, Seventies features golden oldies such as Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Way We Were and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, plus a pair of duets: You've Got a Friend, with Melissa Manchester, and Don't Go Breaking My Heart, with Rosie O'Donnell.
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Today, Manilow, born in Brooklyn as Barry Alan Pincus, has a catalog of more than 50 albums. He has sold approximately 65 million records at the rate of 1.5 million a year, making him one of the most successful recording artists of his time. Manilow’s legacy of chart-toppers take up more than one page in the Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Songs including It’s A Miracle, Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again, This One’s For You, Weekend In New England, Somewhere Down The Road, Daybreak, Even Now, Ready To Take A Chance Again, Somewhere In The Night, Ships, I Don’t Want To Walk Without You and I Made It Through The Rain, along with I Write The Songs (which was, in fact, written by Beach Boy Bruce Johnson, NOT Manilow) and Looks Like We Made It (both No. 1 hits on the Billboard lists), are just some of the songs that, 30 years later, continue as staples on easy listening radio stations.
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