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My Take
I will defend Barry Manilow against any accusation of being merely sentimental. Writing melodies that lodge in the collective memory for fifty years, from Mandy to Copacabana, is one of the hardest tricks in popular music, and he made it look effortless. The Brooklyn-born pianist understood something critics often miss: sincerity, delivered with impeccable craft, outlasts fashion. Six decades into his career he still fills rooms, which suggests the audience was right all along. To me he is less a pop star than a Tin Pan Alley craftsman who happened to arrive late, and I am confident the American songbook will treat him kindly.
Overview
Barry Manilow ( MAN-il-oh; born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career spanning over sixty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It", "Mandy", "I Write the Songs", "Ready to Take a Chance Again", "Can't Smile Without You", "Weekend in New England", and "Copacabana (At the Copa)".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Barry Manilow
- Name (Japanese)
- バリー・マニロウ
- Reading
- ばりー・まにろう
- Born
- June 17, 1943 (age 82)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Goat
- Origin
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / singer-songwriter / composer / songwriter / pianist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Eastern District High School
- University
- City College of New York
Awards & achievements
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Singer — see all → · Singer-songwriter — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.