Barry Manilow

Born Barry Alan Pincus Barry Manilow, (Brooklyn, June 17, 1943), is an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known for his songs "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy" (1974) and "Copacabana" (1978). He is also called "the King of Soft-Rock" and "the showman of this era" called. Frank Sinatra once said about him: "he's Next". He is with more than 80 million records, sold-out concerts and 50 top 40 songs one of the greatest singers ever.

Manilow grew up in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jewish immigrants. His real father left the family when he was a baby. That was the reason he later dropped his last name change to Manilow. He began to play piano and accordion as a child. After high school he went to Juilliard School. To pay for that training he worked in the mailroom of CBS. His musical career began when he was the pianist of Bette Midler, especially during her appearances in the bathhouses for homosexuals. In 1973 he released his first album, but that flopped. After Clive Davis, Arista Records had taken over was Manilow rediscovered, when he was the opening act for Dionne Warwick. In 1974, he was known for his song "Mandy". Five of his albums were In 1978 at the same time, in the list of best-selling albums. The ' 80s and ' 90s were a less successful period, yet was still able to care for sold out audiences. In the 1990s he often covered songs. This he did until 2001, when he with his album "Here at the mayflower" came. In 2004 he stopped touring. He was active from 2005 to 2010 in the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, first with his show Music and Passion (from 2004) and starting from 2008 with Ultimate Manilow, the hits. From 2010 to 2012, he was "The Paris Las Vegas hotel".

In 2011 brought Manilow a new album: "15 Minutes". He also came in the same year with a live CD/DVD of his concert series at the O2 in London. In 2014 in the United States the album "nightsong" comes from. The album appears only in June of the same year in Netherlands. Nightsongs is an album with accompaniment by a piano, bass and drums. In may 2014, Barry Manilow once again in England for a series of concerts. ==Radio 2 Top 2000[ Edit] ==