"I Write the Songs ""I Write the Songs"" is a popular song written by Bruce Johnston in 1975 and made famous by Barry Manilow. Manilow's version reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in January 1976 after spending two weeks atop the ""Billboard"" adult contemporary chart in December 1975. It won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year and was nominated for Record of the Year in 1977. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the No. 13 song of 1976. The original version was recorded by The Captain & Tennille, who worked with Johnston in the early 1970s with"
"""I Write the Songs"", peaking at #11 in the Top 40 in Great Britain before the song became Barry Manilow's signature tune. Cassidy's recording was produced by the song's author-composer, Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys. In 1978, Cassidy starred in an episode of ""Police Story"" titled ""A Chance to Live"", for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. NBC created a series based on it, called """", but it was cancelled after one season. A decade later, the successful Fox series ""21 Jump Street"" used the same plot, with different youthful-looking police officers infiltrating a high school. Cassidy"
"(1979) and ""Keepin' the Summer Alive"" (1980). Johnston is also known for his early 1960s collaborations with Terry Melcher as Bruce & Terry and with the surf band the Rip Chords, as well as composing the 1975 Barry Manilow song ""I Write the Songs"". He continues to tour as a member of the Beach Boys alongside band co-founder Mike Love. As a child, Johnston was adopted by William and Irene Johnston of Chicago and grew up on the West side of Los Angeles in Brentwood and Bel-Air. His adoptive father was president of the Owl Rexall Drug Company in Los"
"Brian Wilson. Manilow was initially reluctant to record the song, stating in his autobiography ""Sweet Life"": ""The problem with the song was that if you didn't listen carefully to the lyric, you would think that the singer was singing about himself. It could be misinterpreted as a monumental ego trip."" After persuasion by Clive Davis, then president of Arista Records, Manilow recorded the song, and his version of ""I Write the Songs"" was the first single taken from the album ""Tryin' to Get the Feeling"". It first charted on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on November 15, 1975, reaching the top"
"Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus, June 17, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, musician and producer with a career that has spanned more than 50 years. His hit recordings include ""Mandy"", ""Can't Smile Without You"", and ""Copacabana (At the Copa)"". He recorded and released 47 Top 40 singles, including 12 that hit number one and 27 of which appeared within the top ten, and has released many multi-platinum albums. Although not a favorite artist of music critics, Manilow has been praised by entertainers including Frank Sinatra, who was quoted in the 1970s as saying, ""He's next."" In"
"(1957)"", which was subsequently recorded by Cass Elliot, Captain & Tennille, Art Garfunkel, Jack Jones, and Doris Day. Johnston also sang lead on three songs from the 1970 Beach Boys album ""Sunflower"": ""Tears in the Morning"" (which he also wrote), ""Deirdre"" (Brian co-wrote this song with Bruce), and ""At My Window"". Johnston left the Beach Boys in 1972 to embark on a solo career, and wrote the ""Billboard"" number one, Barry Manilow hit ""I Write the Songs"", for which he won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year. ""I Write the Songs"" has been recorded by over two hundred"
"the song ""I'll Never Go"". Manilow performed a parody duet entitled ""I Write the Songs/I Wreck the Songs"" with Rosie O'Donnell on her talk show on April 18, 1997. Manilow performed another shortened version of this song with Stephen Colbert when he was a guest on ""The Colbert Report"" on October 30, 2006. After his version reached number one, Manilow himself composed a novelty song based on this song which he recorded under the title ""I really do write the songs"" in which he sings about how he composes each part of a song and the line ""sometimes I really"
"has a dazzling arrangement, and moments like this make the covers worthwhile."" But he was most impressed with ""Ooh What We Do"", concluding that ""it is the new song he discovered here that brings magic to this collection."" From the liner notes for """": Barry Manilow's recording of ""I Write the Songs"" spent a week at number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and two weeks at number one on the magazine's Easy Listening chart. It also earned the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. By the time this"
"and instruments that were lost. Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus, June 17, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, musician and producer with a career that has spanned more than 50 years. His hit recordings include ""Mandy"", ""Can't Smile Without You"", and ""Copacabana (At the Copa)"". He recorded and released 47 Top 40 singles, including 12 that hit number one and 27 of which appeared within the top ten, and has released many multi-platinum albums. Although not a favorite artist of music critics, Manilow has been praised by entertainers including Frank Sinatra, who was quoted in the 1970s"
"The Greatest Songs of the Fifties The Greatest Songs of the Fifties is an album by veteran American singer Barry Manilow, released in the United States on January 31, 2006. A significant album for Barry Manilow, it finds the Brooklyn-born crooner taking on songs that were popular in his youth. The project also marked Manilow's return to his former label, Arista, with the company's founder, Clive Davis, setting the singer up with 1950s pop classics much in the way that the savvy businessman steered Rod Stewart in the direction of jazzy standards in his successful ""The Great American Songbook"" project."
"Looks Like We Made It ""Looks Like We Made It"" is a song sung by American singer Barry Manilow, from his 1976 album, ""This One's for You"", composed by Richard Kerr with lyrics by Will Jennings. It was released as a single on 20 April 1977. The song was first released in 1976 on his album ""This One's For You"", and it was released as a single in 1977 where it reached the number one spot on both the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. It is ranked as the 37th greatest U.S. hit of 1977."
"Barry (album) Barry is the seventh studio album released by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow in 1980. The album reached Platinum status. The tracks were recorded at Evergreen Recording Studios in Burbank, California. Manilow co-wrote with Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire the album track ""Only in Chicago"". ""We Still Have Time"" was taken from the film ""Tribute"". The album scored one top ten pop hit, ""I Made It Through the Rain"", which reached number ten, in early 1981. This album was released at a time when Manilow's success was having its greatest impact overseas, particularly in the UK."
"I Made It Through the Rain ""I Made It Through the Rain"" is a song that became a hit after it was recorded by American singer Barry Manilow, also included on his 1980 album, ""Barry"". The song was originally recorded by its co-writer Gerard Kenny who composed it with Drey Shepperd about a struggling musician who never gives up. Manilow heard the song and revised the lyric with Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman to make the song about the everyday person's struggles, rather than those of a profession. In the U.S., Manilow's version peaked at number 10 on the ""Billboard"""
"The Greatest Songs of the Seventies The Greatest Songs of the Seventies is Barry Manilow's follow up to his previous album, ""The Greatest Songs of the Sixties"". The album was released on September 18, 2007. Album producer Clive Davis said about Manilow: ""No one can reinvent the great classics better than Barry Manilow. He breathes new life and vitality into these truly wonderful songs and they sound fresh and timeless. We continue on the mission to bring to a new generation the great songs of a different era."" Davis has worked with Manilow since the 1970s and have been good"
"Ships (song) ""Ships"" is a song written and originally performed by British musician Ian Hunter. The song was first released on Hunter's fourth solo album, ""You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic"" in 1979. The song is said to be about Hunter's relationship with his father. ""Ships"" was later recorded by singer Barry Manilow for his sixth studio album, ""One Voice"". His version peaked at number 9 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Manilow's version also charted at number 78 in Australia and number 28 in Canada. Casey Kasem reported on the ""American Top"
"Daybreak (Barry Manilow song) ""Daybreak"" is an uptempo pop song performed by Barry Manilow in 1976. It was composed by Manilow and Adrienne Anderson. The single version was recorded live with the female backup group Lady Flash. The song reached number 23 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart. On the ""Cash Box"" Top 100 it peaked at number 21 for two weeks. It was a somewhat bigger hit in Canada, on both charts in which it appeared. ""Daybreak"" first appeared on Barry's 1976 album ""This One's for You"" in a studio version."
"his 1982 album, ""This One's For You."" An early version of the song appears on Manilow's compilation box set, ""The Complete Collection and Then Some..."". Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked ""This One's For You"" as the 66th most popular hit of 1976. It reached as high as number seven on their survey of November 6, 1976. This One's for You (Barry Manilow song) ""This One's for You"" is the title track from the 1976 album by Barry Manilow with words and music by Manilow and Marty Panzer. ""This One's for You"" peaked at number"
"Even Now (Barry Manilow song) ""Even Now"" is a 1978 song by American adult contemporary and pop music singer Barry Manilow. It is the title track from his 1978 album, and Manilow wrote the music and co-produced the track with Ron Dante. The words were written by Marty Panzer. Released as the second single from the album, ""Even Now"" became a top 20 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in June 1978, peaking at No. 19. It became Manilow's ninth song to reach number one on the ""Billboard"" easy listening chart, spending three weeks atop the chart beginning May"
"Hot 100 and at number 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Kenny's original version was included on his 1979 RCA Records album called ""Made It Through The Rain"", which reached the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart and remains on his set-list at concerts as of 2016. I Made It Through the Rain ""I Made It Through the Rain"" is a song that became a hit after it was recorded by American singer Barry Manilow, also included on his 1980 album, ""Barry"". The song was originally recorded by its co-writer Gerard Kenny who composed it with Drey Shepperd about"
"working together in the CBS-TV mailroom in New York. Marty Panzer Marty Panzer is an American songwriter and first song-writing partner of Barry Manilow. He is the author of over 30 songs recorded by Manilow and over a hundred songs for Disney Pictures. He also co-wrote the song ""Through The Years"", performed by Kenny Rogers. His song-writing contributed to 35 gold and platinum albums. He is a recipient of the 1999 Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production. He also wrote songs to Disney's """" and """". Panzer originates from Brooklyn, New York City, having been born and raised"
"The album was an amazing hit in the United States. It entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1, giving him the second chart-topping album of his career. His only other No. 1 album was ""Barry Manilow Live"", in 1977. This is also the highest-debuting album of his career, selling over 150,000 copies in its opening week and besting the No. 3 opening of ""Ultimate Manilow"" in 2002. The Greatest Songs of the Fifties The Greatest Songs of the Fifties is an album by veteran American singer Barry Manilow, released in the United States on January 31, 2006. A significant album"
"Harry Maslin Harry Maslin is an American record producer, recording/mixing engineer, and studio owner/designer. In the mid-1970s, he engineered No. 1 hits for Barry Manilow (""Mandy""), and Dionne Warwick & The Spinners (""Then Came You""). As a producer his chart hits include David Bowie's ""Fame"" (US No. 1) in 1975 and ""Golden Years"" (US No. 10) in 1976, and seven singles in the Top 5 for Air Supply from 1980–82, including ""The One That You Love"" (US No. 1). Harry Maslin was born and raised in Philadelphia. He began his career in the 1960s by mixing live sound at the"
"The Greatest Songs of the Sixties The Greatest Songs of the Sixties is Barry Manilow's sequel album for ""The Greatest Songs of the Fifties"". The album was another major hit for Manilow in the United States, selling nearly 50% more than his previous album in its opening week. As with its predecessor, this album was produced by Clive Davis, along with Manilow and David Benson. The classics performed in this album includes Frankie Valli's ""Can't Take My Eyes Off You"", Elvis Presley's #1 hit ""Can't Help Falling in Love"", Beatles' ""And I Love Her"" and Frank Sinatra's ""Strangers in the"
"for over a year. Over 200 productions of the show have since been mounted worldwide. Copacabana (song) ""Copacabana"", also known as ""Copacabana (At the Copa)"", is a song recorded by Barry Manilow. Written by Manilow, Jack Feldman, and Bruce Sussman, it was released in 1978 as the third and final single from Manilow's fifth studio album, ""Even Now"" (1978). The song was inspired by a conversation between Manilow and Sussman at the Copacabana Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, when they discussed whether there had ever been a song called ""Copacabana"". After returning to the US, Manilow — who, in the"
"Marty Panzer Marty Panzer is an American songwriter and first song-writing partner of Barry Manilow. He is the author of over 30 songs recorded by Manilow and over a hundred songs for Disney Pictures. He also co-wrote the song ""Through The Years"", performed by Kenny Rogers. His song-writing contributed to 35 gold and platinum albums. He is a recipient of the 1999 Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production. He also wrote songs to Disney's """" and """". Panzer originates from Brooklyn, New York City, having been born and raised just blocks away from Manilow. They first met while"
"Manilow penned all the songs for the movie, with lyrics provided by established collaborators Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman, and released """" on RCA Records. In October 1986, Manilow, along with Bruce Sussman, Tom Scott, and Charlie Fox, went to Washington, D.C. for two days of meetings with legislators, including lunch with then Senator Al Gore (D-TN). They were there to lobby against a copyright bill put forward by local television broadcasters that would mandate songwriter-producer source licensing of theme and incidental music on syndicated television show reruns and would disallow use of the blanket license then in effect. The"
"It became his third of five gold records. Despite the optimism suggested by the song's title, the narrator is actually ruminating on the fact that he and his ex-lover have finally found happiness and fulfillment—though not with each other. They have, indeed, ""made it,"" but apart, not together. Songwriter Will Jennings commented, Looks Like We Made It ""Looks Like We Made It"" is a song sung by American singer Barry Manilow, from his 1976 album, ""This One's for You"", composed by Richard Kerr with lyrics by Will Jennings. It was released as a single on 20 April 1977. The song"
"Somewhere Down the Road (Barry Manilow song) ""Somewhere Down the Road"" is a popular song written by Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow and most famously recorded in 1981 by Barry Manilow. Weil wrote the song's lyrics and Snow wrote the melody. The song was chosen for Barry Manilow by Arista Records' then-president, Clive Davis, and recorded by Manilow on his album ""If I Should Love Again"". Released as the follow-up to the top 20 hit ""The Old Songs"", ""Somewhere Down the Road"" did moderately well as a single in early 1982, reaching #21 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. On February"
"Barry Manilow (1989 album) Barry Manilow is the sixth self-titled album released by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow. Manilow released a total of five self-titled albums in his career: ""Barry Manilow"" (later re-released as ""Barry Manilow I""), ""Barry Manilow II"", ""Barry"", ""Manilow"", and this album with the same title as his first. The album was released in 1989, and reached Gold certification. This album also represented a hint of future album releases... 95% of the songs were not written/co-written by Manilow, which had until that point been rare. Manilow, known for being a composer, typically always stocked his albums with"
"a case against Mary O'Leary over the right to the stage name. Currently, Mazzola is a screenwriter and lives in Los Angeles. Lady Flash Lady Flash was an American trio of singers whose members were Reparata Mazzola, Monica Pege and Debra Byrd. They were the featured backup group for Barry Manilow from 1974-1979 and released one hit of their own, 1976's ""Street Singin'"". The tune, which was written and arranged by Manilow, reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart. The song came from their album, ""Beauties In The Night"" which was also produced by Manilow. Originally called The"
"27, 1978. In his autobiography ""Sweet Life"", Manilow said that the song was ""one of my personal favorites, which never fails to move me. It reminded me of the great times I had collaborating with"" Marty Panzer, with whom the singer had worked previously. Even Now (Barry Manilow song) ""Even Now"" is a 1978 song by American adult contemporary and pop music singer Barry Manilow. It is the title track from his 1978 album, and Manilow wrote the music and co-produced the track with Ron Dante. The words were written by Marty Panzer. Released as the second single from the"
"song has been recorded by a number of other artists over the years, most successfully by Donna Summer in 1976 and by Take That in 1992. Not long after he signed Barry Manilow to Columbia's newly acquired Bell Records label in 1969, Tony Orlando, vice-president of Columbia/CBS Music, began to produce a number of tracks for Manilow. Orlando contributed lyrics to Manilow's ""Could It Be Magic,"" producing and arranging it as an uptempo pop single. As Manilow had only composed or arranged commercial jingles up to that point, he was unproven as a pop-song arranger, and, as such, was not"
"It is also prominently featured in the John Waters film ""Serial Mom"" (1994), starring Kathleen Turner. ""Daybreak"" was followed by the single, ""It's Just Another New Year's Eve"". Daybreak (Barry Manilow song) ""Daybreak"" is an uptempo pop song performed by Barry Manilow in 1976. It was composed by Manilow and Adrienne Anderson. The single version was recorded live with the female backup group Lady Flash. The song reached number 23 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart. On the ""Cash Box"" Top 100 it peaked at number 21 for two weeks. It was"