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Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow is one of the most successful adult contemporary singers ever. Manilow was born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1946, in Brooklyn. He began playing piano and accordion at age seven, and following high school, he was accepted to the prestigious Juilliard School of Music. In 1971, he met Bette Midler, who hired him as her pianist, arranger, and musical director; he served as her accompanist on her legendary pre-fame tour of New York City's gay bathhouses, masterminded her first two albums. Thanks to his gig with Midler, Manilow was able to land a record deal of his own with the fledgling Bell label, and his debut album Barry Manilow I was released in 1973. One of Manilow’s first songs was “Mandy” which was released in 1974's on Barry Manilow II. The Broadway-esque follow-up "It's a Miracle" hit the Top 20, and a re-release of the Chopin-adapted ballad "Could It Be Magic" (from the first album) hit the Top Ten. Manilow recorded an even stronger follow-up album in 1975's Tryin' to Get the Feeling. "I Write the Songs" became his second number-one pop hit in early 1976, and with the title track also hitting the Top Ten, the album went triple platinum. Manilow consolidated his emerging stardom with “This One's for You”, the Top Ten "Weekend in New England," and... Next

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