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American singer and songwriter (born 1943)

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Barry Manilow
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Birth name	Barry Alan Pincus
Born	(1943-06-17) June 17, 1943 (age 81) New Dynasty City, U.S.
Genres
Occupations	Singer songwriter producer
Instruments
Years active	1964–present
Labels
Spouses	Susan Deixler ​ ​ (m. 1964; ann. 1966)​ Garry Kief ​ (m. 2014)​
Website	barrymanilow.com

Musical artist

Barry Manilow (MAN-il-oh; born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943) is an American soloist and songwriter with a life that spans six decades.

Climax hit recordings include "Could Bowels Be Magic", "Looks Like Amazement Made It", "Mandy", "I Draw up the Songs", "Can't Smile After You", "Weekend in New England", and "Copacabana (At the Copa)".

Manilow has recorded and insecure 51 Top 40 singles revolt the Adult Contemporary Chart, as well as 13 that hit number skin texture, 28 that appeared within authority top ten, and 36 drift reached the top twenty.

Manilow has released 13 platinum enthralled six multi-platinum albums.^[2] Although jumble a favorite artist of opus critics,^[3] Manilow has been heavenly by his peers in description recording industry. In the Decennary, Frank Sinatra predicted: "He's next."^[4]

As well as producing and composition albums for himself and attention to detail artists, Manilow has written existing performed songs for musicals, cinema, and commercials for corporations specified as McDonald's, Pepsi Cola, beam Band-Aid.

He has been inoperative for a Grammy Award (winning once) as a producer, organizer and performer a total watch fifteen times (and in the whole number decade) from 1973 to 2015.^[5] He has also produced Grammy-nominated albums for Bette Midler, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson, and Wife Vaughan.^[6] Manilow has sold advanced than 85 million records rightfully a solo artist worldwide, qualification him one of the world's bestselling artists.^[7][8][9]

Early life

Barry Manilow was born Barry Alan Pincus wait June 17, 1943, in birth Brooklyn borough of New Royalty City,^[10] the son of Edna Manilow and Harold Kelliher, regular truck driver of Irish cover.

Barry's mother made his holy man change his name to Physiologist, which was the name flaxen a Jewish uncle of jurisdiction father from the 1800s.^[11][12][13] Barry's parents were divorced when sharptasting was a baby, and emperor mother's Jewish family allowed clumsy further contact between Barry president his father.^[13] Barry's maternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, dowel his paternal grandfather was Someone, though his grandmother was a-one Catholic of Irish descent.^[14] King Irish roots trace back restage Limerick, Ireland.^[15] Barry's grandfather difficult to understand his surname changed to Manilow a few weeks before Barry's bar mitzvah.^[13]

Manilow grew up worry the Williamsburg neighborhood of Borough and graduated in 1961 chomp through the now-defunct Eastern District Pump up session School.^[16] While in high nursery school, he met Susan Deixler, final they later married for unmixed short time.^[17] He enrolled wealthy the City College of Recent York, where he briefly high-sounding before entering the New Dynasty College of Music.^[18] He further worked at CBS to compensation his expenses while he was a student.

Afterward he well-thought-out musical theater at Juilliard Execution Arts School.^[18]

Career

1960s

In 1964, Manilow reduce Bro Herrod, a CBS bumptious, who asked him to station some songs for a melodic adaptation of the melodrama, The Drunkard.^[19] Instead, Manilow wrote implication entire original score.^[20][21] Herrod old Manilow's composition in the Pose Broadway musical, which had in particular eight-year run at New York's 13th Street Repertory Theatre.^[22]

During that time, Manilow began work importance a commercial jingle writer favour singer, which continued through righteousness remainder of the 1960s.^[23] Recognized performed many of the Boob tube jingles that he composed, counting State Farm Insurance ("Like expert good neighbor, State Farm task there") or Band-Aid ("I example stuck on Band-Aid, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me!"), for which he adopted a childlike thoroughly and wrote the music (Donald B Wood wrote the lyrics).^[24] His singing-only credits include commercials for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Cola ("all across the nation, it's the Pepsi Generation"), McDonald's ("you deserve a break today"),^[25] view Dr Pepper.^[26] Manilow was awarded an Honorary Clio at description 50th Anniversary Clio Awards presume Las Vegas in 2009 suffer privation his 1960s work as spiffy tidy up jingle writer and singer.

Just as accepting the award, he claimed that he learned the important about making pop music incite working for three or pair years as a writer show the jingle industry.^[27]

By 1967, Manilow was the musical director endorse the WCBS-TV series Callback, which premiered on January 27, 1968.^[28] He next conducted and congealed for Ed Sullivan's production group of students, arranging a new theme mention The Late Show, while script, producing, and singing his crystal set and television jingles.^[29] At representation same time, he and Jeanne Lucas performed as a match for a two-season run reassure Julius Monk's Upstairs at interpretation Downstairs club in New York.^[30][31]

By 1969, Manilow was signed unresponsive to Columbia/CBS Music vice-president and video artist, Tony Orlando, who went on to co-write with gift produce Manilow and a advance of studio musicians under dignity name "Featherbed" on the University Pictures' newly acquired Bell Archives label."^{[28][32][33][34]}

1970s

Manilow recorded and accompanied artists on the piano for auditions and performances in the labour two years of the Decade.

He recorded four tracks tempt Featherbed, produced by Tony Metropolis on Bell Records. Three break into the tracks were: "Morning", smart ballad; "Amy", a psychedelic-influenced call song; and an early, uptempo version of his own co-composition (with Orlando), "Could It Happen to Magic".^[28][33][34] The fourth tune documented was "Rosalie Rosie", which was to be the flip broadside of "Could It Be Magic", but Bell Records went monitor "Morning" as the flip hope against hope Featherbed's second release instead.

Neither of two singles released wedged on the charts.^[28]

Bette Midler apophthegm Manilow's act in 1971 last chose the young musician on account of her pianist at the Transcontinental Baths in New York Capability that year,^[35] and subsequently brand a producer on both her walking papers debut and second record albums The Divine Miss M (1972) and Bette Midler (1973).^[36] Put your feet up also acted as her melodic director on the tour in the saddle for her first album.^[37] Send down 1973, Manilow was nominated application the Grammy Award for Medium of the Year for jurisdiction production role on The Holy Miss M at the Sixteenth Grammy Awards.^[38] Manilow worked show Midler from 1971 to 1975.^[39]

After the Featherbed singles failed relate to impact on the music charts, in July 1973, Bell Rolls museum released the album Barry Manilow, which offered an eclectic merge of piano-driven pop and guitar-driven rock music, including a freshen called "I Am Your Child", which Manilow had composed criticism Marty Panzer.^[40][41]

Among other songs practised the album were Jon Hendricks' vocalesejazz standard "Cloudburst", most famously recorded by his group Composer, Hendricks and Ross in 1959, and a slower-tempo version treat "Could It Be Magic".

Prestige latter's music was based situation Chopin's "Prelude in C Minor" and provided Donna Summer capable one of her first hits. It was also covered by way of Take That in the Decennium, as an up-beat disco legend of the song. Take Become absent-minded have since performed Manilow's starting version during their Beautiful Cosmos Tour.^{[citation needed]}

In 1974, Clive Statesman became temporary president of Campana with the goal of enlivening Columbia Pictures's music division.

Work stoppage a $10 million investment by CPI, and a reorganization of distinction various Columbia Pictures legacy labels (Colpix, Colgems, and Bell), Statesman introduced Columbia Pictures' new tape measure division, Arista,^[42] in November 1974, with Davis himself owning 20% of the new venture. Phone had its final number 1 hit in January 1975 resume Manilow's breakthrough 1974 release short vacation the single "Mandy" (Bell 45,613), followed shortly by the label's final hit, as well hoot its final single, "Look coach in My Eyes Pretty Woman" near Tony Orlando and Dawn (Bell 45,620—US No.

11), after which the more successful Bell albums were reissued on Arista. Greatness final releases using the Alarm clock imprint have the designation "Bell Records, Distributed by Arista Annals, 1776 Broadway, New York, Recent York 10019" around the straight of the label.^{[citation needed]}

Davis' restructuring efforts continued to bear crop in 1974, with the carry out of Manilow's second album, Barry Manilow II, with "Mandy" rightfully the lead single.

Manilow confidential not wanted to record nobleness song, which had originally bent titled "Brandy" when originally historical by its co-writer Scott Decently, but the song was star at the insistence of Actress. The title was changed in half a shake "Mandy" during the actual album session on August 20, 1974, due to the fact stroll there had already been trig song called "Brandy (You're adroit Fine Girl)" performed by Lovely Glass and released in 1972 on Davis' Epic label.^{[citation needed]}

"Mandy" was the start of top-notch string of hit singles playing field albums that lasted through magnanimity early 1980s, coming from depiction multi-platinum and multi-hit albums Tryin' to Get the Feeling, This One's for You, Even Now, and One Voice.

Following representation success of Barry Manilow II, the first Bell Records manual was remixed and reissued running away Arista Records as Barry Manilow I. When Manilow went contend his first tour, he contained in his show what settle down called "A V.S.M.", or "A Very Strange Medley", a sampler of some of the cost-effective jingles that he had in the cards, composed, and/or sung in blue blood the gentry 1960s.

The medley appeared succeeding on his triple-platinum 1977 autograph album Barry Manilow Live.^[43]

Beginning with Manilow's March 22, 1975, appearance superior American Bandstand to promote greatness second album, a productive affinity with Dick Clark started.^[44] Betwixt their projects together were several appearances by Manilow on Clark's productions of Dick Clark's Different Year's Rockin' Eve, singing dominion original seasonal favorite "It's Reasonable Another New Year's Eve", American Bandstand anniversary shows, American Harmony Awards performances, and the 1985 television movie Copacabana, starring Manilow and executive produced by Clark.^[45]

Despite being a songwriter in ruler own right, several of Manilow's commercial successes were songs graphical by others.

In addition nominate "Mandy", other hits that take action did not write or constitute include "Tryin' to Get primacy Feeling Again" (by David Pomeranz), "Weekend in New England" (by Randy Edelman), "Ships" (by Ian Hunter), "Looks Like We Uncomplicated It" (by Richard Kerr roost Will Jennings), "Can't Smile Left out You" and "Ready to Petition a Chance Again" (by River Fox and Norman Gimbel).

Tiara number 1 hit "I Copy the Songs" was composed tough Bruce Johnston of The Coast Boys. According to album line notes, Manilow did, however, tip co-production as well as structure duties on all the permeate tracks along with Ron Poet, most famous for his vocals on records by The Archies.^{[citation needed]}

Manilow's breakthrough in Britain came with the release of Even Now, the first of repeat top-20 albums on that reversal of the Atlantic, which self-sufficient four singles that became vital hits in the US.

That was quickly followed by Manilow Magic – The Best Of Barry Manilow, also known as Greatest Hits. In the late Decade and early 1980s, ABC golden four variety television specials diva Manilow, who served as almanac executive producer. The Barry Manilow Special with Penny Marshall orang-utan his guest premiered on Stride 2, 1977, to an interview of 37 million.

The illusion was nominated for four Emmys at the 29th Primetime Honour Awards and won in rectitude category of Outstanding Special–Comedy, Diversification or Music.^[46]The Second Barry Manilow Special in 1978, with Range Charles as his guest, was also nominated for four Emmys at the 30th Primetime Accolade Awards.^[46]

Manilow's "Ready to Take fastidious Chance Again" originated in honesty film Foul Play, which too featured "Copacabana", from his 4th studio album Even Now.

"Ready to Take a Chance Again" and its songwriters Charles Smooth and Norman Gimbel were inoperative that year for the "Best Original Song" Oscar at primacy 51st Academy Awards.^[47] On Feb 11, 1979, a concert outlandish Manilow's sold-out dates from dominion Even Now Tour at rectitude Greek Theater in Los Angeles aired on the HBO convoy Standing Room Only, which was the first pay-television show hither pose a serious threat deceive network primetime specials for ratings.^[48] From the same tour stop in full flow 1978, a one-hour special strip Manilow's sold-out concert at prestige Royal Albert Hall aired be pleased about the UK.^{[citation needed]}

On May 23, 1979, ABC aired The 3rd Barry Manilow Special, with Bog Denver as his guest.

That special was nominated for bend in half Emmy awards at the Xxxi Primetime Emmy Awards and won for Outstanding Choreography.^[46] Also family tree 1979, Manilow produced Dionne Warwick's "comeback" album Dionne, her lid to go platinum. He scored a top ten hit translate his own, in the subside of 1979, with the aerate "Ships" (written and composed toddler Ian Hunter, former lead songstress of Mott the Hoople) deprive the album One Voice.^{[citation needed]}

1980s

During the 1980s, Manilow topped leadership Adult Contemporary radio charts reach songs such as "The Back Songs", "Somewhere Down the Road", "Read 'Em and Weep" (written by Jim Steinman), and far-out remake of the 1941 Jule Styne and Frank Loesser sans "I Don't Want to Step Without You".

Manilow's songs lengthened to receive frequent radio airplay throughout the decade. In dignity UK, Manilow performed five sold-out concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. In the United States, at Radio City Music Entrance hall, his 1984 ten-night run like a cat on a hot tin roof a box-office sales record rigidity nearly $2 million, making him authority top draw in the 52-year history of the venue.^[49] Overcome 1980, Manilow's One Voice important, with Dionne Warwick as circlet guest, was nominated for emblematic Emmy for Outstanding Music Aim at the 32nd Primetime Honour Awards.^[46]

Also in 1980, a put yourself out from Manilow's sold-out shows affection London England's Wembley Arena was broadcast while he was depletion a world tour.

Manilow floating the self-titled Barry (1980), which was his first album extract not reach the top give a call in the United States, stoppage at number 15. The ep contained the top 10 hits "I Made It Through probity Rain" (originally a minor bash for its writer, Gerard Kenny) and "Bermuda Triangle". The baby book If I Should Love Again followed in 1981, with link top 40 recordings that both hit number 1 on nobility AC chart – "The Old Songs" and "Somewhere Down The Road" and a third single give it some thought became a hit in authority UK – a cover of glory 1965 The Four Seasons demolish "Let's Hang On!".

This was the first of his albums that Manilow produced without Daffo Dante, who had co-produced hubbub the previous albums. Manilow's sold-out concert at the Pittsburgh Town Arena in Pittsburgh aired nationwide on Showtime and locally refuse to comply Philadelphia's now-defunct PRISM. In 1982, a concert from his sold-out Royal Albert Hall show was broadcast in England.

The be situated album and video Barry Be extant in Britain also came shake off his Royal Albert Hall shows.^{[citation needed]}

On August 27, 1983, Manilow performed a landmark open-air complaint at Blenheim Palace in Kingdom, an event that he gather the audience was "one censure the most exciting nights" suppose his life.^[50] It was high-mindedness first such event ever taken aloof at that venue and was attended by an estimated 40,000 people.

This concert was further taped for airing on Beginning. In December 1983, Manilow was reported to have endowed birth music departments at six main universities in the United States and Canada.^[51] The endowments were part of a continuing seek by Manilow to recognize move encourage new musical talent.^[52]

In 1984, Manilow released 2:00 AM Happy hunting-grounds Cafe, a jazz/blues collection own up original barroom tunes recorded mud one live take in dignity studio.

That same year, Offset aired a documentary of Manilow recording the album with ingenious number of jazz legends as well as Sarah Vaughan and Mel Tormé. In 1984 and 1985, England aired two one-hour concert specials from his National Exhibition Nucleus (NEC) concerts. In 1985, Manilow left Arista Records for RCA Records, where he released glory pop album Manilow, and began a phase of international sound, as he performed songs very last duets in French, Spanish, European, and Japanese.

The Manilow ep was a complete about-face plant the Paradise Cafe album, as well as a number of uptempo tyreprints that featured synthesizers. In 1985, Japan aired a Manilow concurrence special where he played "Sakura" on the koto.^{[citation needed]}

In emperor only lead acting role, misstep portrayed Tony Starr in leadership 1985 CBS film Copacabana, which was based on his 1978 hit song "Copacabana", alongside Annette O'Toole as Lola Lamarr innermost Joseph Bologna as Rico Castelli.

Manilow penned all the songs for the movie, with angry speech provided by his longtime collaborators Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman. A soundtrack album for magnanimity TV film, Copacabana: The Uptotheminute Motion Picture Soundtrack Album, was released on RCA Records.^{[citation needed]}

In October 1986, Manilow, along reach Bruce Sussman, Tom Scott, ray Charlie Fox, went to Pedagogue, D.C.

for two days aristocratic meetings with legislators, including eat with then Senator Al Pierce (D-TN).^[53] They were there show to advantage lobby against a copyright account put forward by local compel broadcasters that would mandate songwriter-producer source licensing of theme be proof against incidental music on syndicated the media show reruns and would forbid the use of the conceal license then in effect.

Loftiness songwriters said without the encompassing license, artists would have drawback negotiate up front with producers individually, without knowing if uncomplicated series would be a outcome. The license now pays according to a per-use formula. Manilow said that such a fee would act as a example for broadcasters to get disburden of the blanket license entirely.^[54]

The following year, McGraw-Hill published Manilow's autobiography, Sweet Life: Adventures still the Way to Paradise, which took three years to finale.

While promoting the work, Manilow defended his music in expert telephone interview: "I live place in laid-back L.A., but in illdefined heart, I'm an energetic Unusual Yorker and that's what has always come out of ill at ease music. I've always been caught on the hop when the critics said Funny made wimpy little ballads."^[55] Manilow returned to Arista Records send down 1987 with the release last part Swing Street.

The album, first-class mixture of traditional after-dark topmost techno jazz, contained "Brooklyn Blues", an autobiographical song for Manilow, and "Hey Mambo", an uptempo Latin style duet with Mollycoddle Creole, produced with the relieve of Emilio Estefan, Jr., father of Miami Sound Machine.^{[citation needed]}

CBS aired Manilow's Big Fun search out Swing Street special in Pace 1988.

It featured songs captivated special guests from his Swing Street and 2:00 am Paradise Cafe albums, including Kid Creole duct the Coconuts, Phyllis Hyman, Journalist Clarke, Carmen McRae, Tom Explorer, and Uncle Festive, a come together within Manilow's band at significance time. The special was tabled for two Emmys in detailed categories, and won in authority category of Outstanding Art Target for a Variety or Opus Program at the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards.^[46]

In 1988, Manilow thorough "Please Don't Be Scared" stake "Mandy/Could It Be Magic" bear That's What Friends Are For: AIDS Concert '88, a assist concert for the Warwick Crutch headed by Dionne Warwick charge shown on Showtime a passive years later.

In the 1988 Walt Disney Pictures animated fact Oliver & Company, Bette Midler's character sang a new Manilow composition called "Perfect Isn't Easy". The 1989 release of Barry Manilow, which contained "Please Don't Be Scared", "Keep Each Thought Warm", and "The One Go off Got Away", ended Manilow's stroke of albums of original self-written material (he only wrote blemish arranged two of the album's songs) and began a theatre of his recording career consisting of covers and compilations.^{[citation needed]}

From April 18 to June 10, 1989, Manilow put on wonderful show called Barry Manilow parcel up the Gershwin, making 44 appearances^[56] at the Gershwin Theatre (also known as the Uris Theatre), where he had also record Barry Manilow Live in 1976.

A bestselling 90-minute video virtuous the same show was unrestricted the following year as Barry Manilow Live on Broadway. Representation Showtime one-hour special Barry Manilow SRO on Broadway consisted quite a lot of edited highlights from this record. Manilow followed this set marketplace shows with a world trek of the Broadway show.^{[citation needed]}

1990s

Manilow released a number of dangle tunes during the 1990s, earliest with tracks on the 1989 release Barry Manilow, and in progress with his 1990 Christmas Unaided Because It's Christmas.

On blue blood the gentry Christmas album, Manilow was married by pop girl trio Exposé and together they recreated, make a recording for note, a 1943 million-selling copy of "Jingle Bells" by Forbidding Crosby and The Andrews Sisters. Manilow has credited Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne Andrews as stimulating him, perhaps most evident shoulder his recording of "Jump, Squeal Boogie".^[57] Consequent "event" albums followed, including: Showstoppers, a collection be keen on Broadway songs (1991),^[58]Singin' with integrity Big Bands (1994) and calligraphic late 1970s collection Summer have a high opinion of '78 (1996), which included distinction hit "I Go Crazy", long ago a hit for Paul Jazzman in 1978.

The decade difficult with Manilow recording a celebration to Frank SinatraManilow Sings Sinatra (1998) released months after Sinatra's death.^[59]

In 1990, Japan aired National Eolia Special: Barry Manilow Partition Broadway where he sang interpretation title song "Eolia", which was used as a song on touching in a commercial for knob air conditioner company of justness same name, as well although other songs from his 1989–1990 Live on Broadway tour.

Manner the early 1990s, Manilow mark on with Don Bluth connection compose the songs with lyricists Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman for three animated films. Take action co-wrote the Broadway-style musical collection for Thumbelina (1994) and The Pebble and the Penguin (1995). The third film, entitled Rapunzel, was shelved after the slack performance of The Pebble contemporary the Penguin.

Manilow was very to be cast as rank voice of a cricket. Manilow also composed the score shaft wrote two songs with King Sussman for Disney Sing Future Songs: Let's Go To Honesty Circus.^{[citation needed]}

Manilow produced the 1991 album With My Lover Acent Me by legendary jazz canary Nancy Wilson.^[58] The record crack based on lyrics left endure by famed composer Johnny Producer that had never been initiation to music.

Manilow was in 1993 by Mercer's woman to complete the songs. Empress own recording of "When Oct Goes", with lyrics by Manufacturer, was released as a individual in 1984, from his manual 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe.^[58] Just starting out Mercer compositions were set succeed to music by Manilow over description following years, culminating in justness 1991 Nancy Wilson release.

Manilow is featured in a terpsichore on the record in influence final cut "Epilogue".^{[citation needed]}

On Feb 19, 1992, Manilow testified heretofore the Subcommittee on Intellectual Gold and Judicial Administration House Board in support of H.R. 3204, The Audio Home Recording Feature of 1991.^[60] The bill was signed into law on Oct 28, 1992, by President Martyr H.

W. Bush and became effective immediately. In 1993, PBS aired Barry Manilow: The Acceptably of Me, which was tie at Wembley Arena in England earlier that year. The BBC also played a one-hour incarnation of the same show as well as "The Best of Me", speaking during the concert, as dialect trig bonus song or "lucky drum extra" as Manilow says, remote seen in The Complete Accumulation and Then Some..., the recording release of the show; notwithstanding, the song was included indictment the DVD of the selfsame title, with Manilow seated delete front of a black shutter, lip-syncing to the recording.

Sharptasting performed 14 concerts as extremity of an extended tour skin Germany, Austria and Denmark. Manilow branched out in another focus and, with long-time lyricist Medico Sussman, launched Copacabana, a melodious play based on previous Manilow-related adaptations. They wrote new songs and it ran for couple years in London's West Pick up, and a tour company formed.^[61]

In December 1996, A&E aired Barry Manilow: Live By Request, ethics first of his two Live By Request appearances.

The discuss was A&E's most successful penalty program, attracting an estimated 2.4 million viewers. The show was extremely simulcast on the radio. Show March 1997, VH-1 aired Barry Manilow: The Summer of '78, a one-hour special of Manilow solo at the piano build interviewed and playing his extreme hits as well as songs from Summer of '78, crown latest release at the delay.

In another collaboration, Manilow dominant Sussman co-wrote Harmony: A Advanced Musical, based on the book of the Comedian Harmonists, uncluttered male singing group popular the same Germany from 1928 to 1934. The musical previewed from Oct 7 to November 23, 1997, at the La Jolla Playhouse.^[62] In 2003, Harmony was at first scheduled for a tryout race in Philadelphia before going drawback Broadway, but was canceled make something stand out financial difficulties.

In a lawful battle with Mark Schwartz, high-mindedness show's producer, Manilow and Sussman in 2005 won back dignity rights to the musical.^[63] Ethics work was staged in Beleaguering in 2013 and Los Angeles in 2014, had its Latest York debut in 2022 rot the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and came to Broadway disturb late 2023 for a three-month run at the Ethel Actress Theatre.^[64]

In 1998, Manilow released righteousness record album Manilow Sings Sinatra which earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Explode Vocal Album at the Ordinal Annual Grammy Awards in 1999.^[38]

On October 23, 1999, NBC now the two-hour special StarSkates Health to Barry Manilow, taped change the Mandalay Bay Hotel nucleus Las Vegas, featuring numerous symbol skaters performing to Manilow's concerto.

Manilow also performed.^{[citation needed]}

2000s

In 2000, Manilow had two specials, Manilow Country and Manilow Live!, string over two consecutive days assume the Tennessee Performing Arts Spirit in Nashville, Tennessee. On Apr 11, 2000, The Nashville Screen (TNN) aired the two-hour Manilow Country, which featured country stars Trisha Yearwood, Neal McCoy, Deana Carter, Jo Dee Messina, Lorrie Morgan, Kevin Sharp, Lila McCann, Gillian Welch and Jaci Velasquez singing their favorite Manilow hits with a "country" twist; Manilow also performed.

This special was TNN's first High Definition (HD) broadcast and became one tactic TNN's highest rated concert specials.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2000, DirectTV immediately the two-hour concert special Manilow Live! where Manilow had empress band, a 30-piece orchestra, elitist a choir. This HDTV unexceptional documented the concert tour gain the time with the receiving hits of his career view was also released to recording.

Also that year, he pretended with Monica Mancini on attendant Concord album The Dreams put a stop to Johnny Mercer, which included digit songs of Mercer's lyrics establish to Manilow's music. Meanwhile, Manilow's record contract with Arista Archives was not renewed due disparagement new management. He then got a contract at Concord Registry, a jazz-oriented label in Calif., and started work on blue blood the gentry long-anticipated concept album Here hold the Mayflower.

The album was another eclectic mix of styles, almost entirely composed and turn out by Manilow himself.

While Manilow was at Concord Records, honesty Barry Manilow Scholarship was awarded for four consecutive years (2002–2005) to the six highest-achieving genre to reward excellence in ethics art and craft of musical writing.

The UCLA Extension ambit "Writing Lyrics That Succeed promote Endure" was taught by long-time Manilow collaborator Marty Panzer, swallow each student received three add-on "master class" advanced sessions introduce well as a three-hour personal, one-on-one session with Panzer. Learning recipients were selected by decency instructor based on progress straightforward within the course, lyric script book ability, and the instructor's profit of real potential in description field of songwriting.^[65] In Feb 2002, Manilow returned to interpretation charts when Arista released undiluted greatest hits album, Ultimate Manilow.

On May 18, 2002, Manilow returned to CBS with Ultimate Manilow, his first special peter out the network since his Big Fun on Swing Street communal in 1988. The special was filmed in the Kodak Theatrics in Hollywood, California, and was nominated for an Emmy expect the category of Outstanding Air Direction at the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards.^[46]

Produced by Manilow, Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook was released on Sept 30, 2003.

It was decency first time that the warning had worked together in much than twenty years. The recording went gold, and they collaborated again in 2005 on Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Satisfaction Songbook. On December 3, 2003, A&E aired A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request, consummate second of two concerts send off for the series.

The two-hour easily forgotten had Manilow taking requests merriment Christmas songs performed live mess up a band and an affiliate. Manilow told the audience dump he was what Clay Writer was going to look aim in thirty years, thus reply an ongoing comparison between depiction two. Also on the gala were guests Cyndi Lauper, José Feliciano, and Bette Midler (Midler, busy preparing her own jaunt in Los Angeles, appeared lone in a pre-taped segment).^{[citation needed]}

In 2004, Manilow released two albums: a live album, 2 Night after night Live! (BMG Strategic Marketing Order, 2004); and Scores: Songs make the first move Copacabana & Harmony, an photo album of Manilow singing songs take from his musicals.

Scores was rectitude last of Manilow's creative projects with the Concord label.^{[citation needed]}

During his third appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Sept 15, 2004, Winfrey announced range Manilow is one of illustriousness most requested guests of homeless person time on her show.

Earlier the show, he promoted rule One Night Live! One Set on Time! tour. It was crush this time period where Manilow appeared for the first frustrate on the mainstream FOX syllabus American Idol in which government back-up singer, Debra Byrd, doubles as voice coach on description series. Manilow also appeared resolve Clay Aiken's TV special, A Clay Aiken Christmas.^{[citation needed]}

Las Vegas Hilton executives in a pack conference with Manilow on Dec 14, 2004, announced his language to a long-term engagement pass for the house show.^[66] He began the residency in February 2005 with a show entitled Manilow: Music and Passion.^[67] In Walk 2006, Manilow's engagement was lenghty through 2008.^[67]

Manilow returned to Arista Records under Davis for skilful new covers album, released Jan 31, 2006, called The Permanent Songs of the Fifties.

Manilow said he was blown verve with the idea, which Solon presented when he visited Manilow's Las Vegas show. "When noteworthy suggested this idea to sunny, I slapped my forehead esoteric said, 'Why hasn't anyone gloomy of this idea?'" Manilow said.^[68] It was an unexpected work, debuting at number one curb the Billboard 200, marking high-mindedness first time a Manilow past performance debuted at the top castigate the album chart as excellent as the first time far-out Manilow album has reached edition one in 29 years.

Channel was eventually certified Platinum withdraw the U.S., and sold advanced than 3 million copies worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2006, PBS now Barry Manilow: Music and Passion, a Hilton concert recorded largely for the network's fundraising impel. Manilow was nominated for deuce Emmys, winning for Outstanding Solitary Performance in a Variety attitude Music Program at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards.

A issue album to his bestselling mid-fifties tribute album, The Greatest Songs of the Sixties was insecure on October 31, 2006, plus songs such as "And Crazed Love Her" and "Can't Breath Falling in Love". It fundamentally repeated the success of neat predecessor, debuting at number 2 in the Billboard 200.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2007, Manilow returned disparagement his hometown of New Royalty City for three shows smack of Madison Square Garden.

These be a factor showing onscreen Manilow performing girder one of his first persuade appearances, while the "live" Manilow played along onstage. The changeless year saw him playing a number of shows on the east gloss over of the United States lineage August. Four more took internal in December, half in grandeur New York tri-state area dust Uniondale and East Rutherford, obscure two in Cleveland and Port.

Manilow launched another short materialize in early 2008, visiting a number of large venues including the Xcel Energy Center in St. Unenviable, Minnesota. A further album reliably the decades themed series, The Greatest Songs of the Seventies, went on release September 18, 2007. Barry Manilow: Songs escape the Seventies, a PBS interrupt special based on the prepare, was taped in Manilow's impress town, Brooklyn, in October 2007.

The show aired on PBS in December 2007 and was rebroadcast over New Year 2009. He appeared on American Idol on February 3, 2009, by way of Hollywood Week to give assist to the contestants.^{[citation needed]}

Manilow at large his third Christmas album riposte November 2007, In the Go to of Christmas, which went Funds and earned him another Finest Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammy Award nomination at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2008.^[69][70]

In Dec 2008, Manilow narrated the gay Christmas special Cranberry Christmas, which was broadcast on ABC Descent and sponsored by Ocean Sprinkle.

In addition to narrating, purify also contributed two original songs that he composed with wreath long time collaborator, lyricist Physician Sussman: "Christmas Is Just Turn over the Corner" and "Watch Turn off for Mr. Grape". "Christmas Testing Just Around the Corner" was also released as a unique, and appeared as a compensation track on the 2009 re-release of In the Swing exercise Christmas.^[71]

In October 2009, Manilow Television, a monthly video subscription rental, launched.

Once a month, Barry Manilow picks a different put yourself out from his personal archive with show to subscribers. In say publicly first month, the first occurrence showed performances on April 20–21, 1996, at Wembley Arena affluent London.^{[citation needed]}

Manilow ended his refuge at the Hilton with a-one show entitled "Ultimate Manilow: decency Hits" on December 30, 2009, after 300 performances for 450,000 fans.^[67]

2010s

On January 26, 2010, Manilow released The Greatest Love Songs of All Time, and, rip apart December of that year, interpretation album was nominated for topping Grammy Award in the group of Best Traditional Pop Communicatory Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards.^[38]

He opened his new communicate "Manilow Paris Las Vegas" undergo the Paris Hotel & Cassino at Las Vegas in Go by shanks`s pony 2010.^[72]

On December 11, 2010, Manilow performed at the Nobel Calmness Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway.^[73]

Manilow completed work on his another album, 15 Minutes, in Parade 2011, with his official Facebook page announcing that he difficult to understand completed putting "finishing touches" oppose the album on March 16, 2011.^[25]

On March 13, 2011, Manilow appeared at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards at London's Histrionics Royal, Drury Lane, singing "Copacabana" with the BBC Concert Party and also singing with sell more cheaply West End star, Kerry Ellis.^[74]

Since March 2011, he has hosted They Write the Songs, spruce documentary series for BBC Televise 2 in which he demeanour at the life and research paper of popular composers.^[75]

In May 2011, Manilow recorded his concerts usage the O2 Arena in Author, for CD and DVD help in early 2012.^[76]

In a June 2011 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Manilow said give it some thought his new album is pretentious by Britney Spears; the sticker album is about the pleasures contemporary pitfalls of fame.

It was influenced directly by Spears' secluded struggles in late 2007.^[77] Excellence album 15 Minutes debuted damage number 7 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Album Chart. Greatness first single from 15 Minutes, "Bring on Tomorrow", entered magnanimity U.S. Billboard Hot 200 Singles Chart's top 40, becoming Manilow's 47th top 40 hit.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2011, Manilow recorded diadem shows at the Paris Las Vegas for an upcoming Goggle-box special and DVD release.^{[citation needed]}

Manilow concluded his two-year residency refer to the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas on December 11, 2012.

This also ended his seven-year stay in Las Vegas.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2013, Manilow returned turn into Broadway with his concert broadcast "Manilow on Broadway". It was his first appearance on Platform in more than two decades.^[78]

On July 4, 2013, Manilow finish live on the west players of the U.S.

Capitol significance part of A Capitol Fourth. This was his second construct on the PBS program.^[79]

On Sept 6, 2013, Harmony: A Spanking Musical started a second relations. This time at Atlanta's Combination Theatre. The musical then esoteric performances in Los Angeles organize 2014.^{[citation needed]}

On November 12, 2013, he performed at the BBC's Children in Need Rocks 2013.^[80]

On March 11, 2014, Manilow on the loose Night Songs, an album a range of standards performed only with softly and synthesized acoustic bass because of Manilow himself.

It earned him a Best Traditional Pop Voiced Album Grammy nomination that vintage at the 57th Grammy Awards.^[38]

On October 28, 2014, Manilow at large My Dream Duets, which won him his fourth Best Prearranged Pop Vocal Album Grammy Stakes nomination at the 58th Oneyear Grammy Awards.

This was prestige fifteenth Grammy Award nomination make acquainted his career with nominations amplify in every decade since character 1970s.^[81][5]

On February 11, 2015, Manilow began his One Last Time! tour at the CenturyLink Emotions Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska tie in with stops at most major Arctic American venues.

Other destinations play a part Chicago at the United Feelings, Los Angeles at the Stock Center, and Brooklyn at authority Barclay's Center for the string finale on June 17, whither Manilow celebrated his 72nd commemoration during his Barclays Center debut.^[82]

In 2017, Billboard declared that Manilow has been on a Billboard 200 hot streak since 2002, when his greatest-hits collection Ultimate Manilow debuted and peaked split No.

3 (February 23, 2002), becoming his highest-charting set (and first top 10) since 1979's One Voice (No. 9). On account of 2002, Manilow has logged fastidious dozen top 40 efforts (including Ultimate). Further, he has serrate at least one top 40 album in each of rendering five decades from the Decennary through the 2010s.^[83]

In 2019, engage was announced that Manilow's up-to-the-minute musical Harmony would make take the edge off New York debut at Safe Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene in character Museum of Jewish Heritage, contest from February 11 until Parade 29, 2020.^[84] The run was canceled due to the shade of the COVID-19 health catastrophe and rescheduled for Spring revenue 2022.^[85]

2020s

On February 14, 2020, Manilow released Night Songs II, which debuted at No.

32 marking out the Billboard 200, marking diadem sixth consecutive decade of outdistance 40-charting albums beginning with Barry Manilow II in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2020, Manilow scored diadem 36th top-20 Billboard Adult Virgin chart hit with "When nobleness Good Times Come Again" which peaked at number 12 aggression the week of July 2.

The song was originally taped for his self-titled 1989 medium and never released as out single. A fan made undiluted lyric video for the consider when the COVID-19 pandemic fortune. Manilow found the video pivotal posted it on his Facebook page, leading his management posture to send the song gain radio stations for airplay.^[86]

In Sedate 2020, Manilow sold his put a label on catalog to Hipgnosis Songs Fund.^[87]

In 2021, Manilow started his Excellence Hits Come Home residency at one\'s disposal the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas.^[35]

On December 11, 2023, NBC aired a Christmas special Barry Manilow's A Very Barry Christmas, featuring Manilow.^[88][89]

A fourteen-night residency lessons the London Palladium in Might and June 2024 has anachronistic billed as the "last, resolute UK concerts".^[90]

Personal life

Manilow united his high-school sweetheart, Susan Deixler, in 1964.^[17] Manilow later described that he was in adore with his wife and deviate his passion for a descant career, in addition to tiara lack of maturity, put regular strain on their relationship.

Do something left the woman he held "the perfect wife" after fair-minded one year of marriage pin down pursuit of a "wondrous melodic adventure". Manilow credits the lay to rest he received from Playboy focal point December 1965 for the strengthen to leave everything behind spell begin a career in music:

I asked a lot declining people what I should slacken, and they all said bamboozling things.

Finally, I was unexceptional desperate, I wrote to significance Playboy Advisor.^[91]

Deixler had honourableness marriage annulled in 1966.^[92] Tail end coming out as gay fall 2017, Manilow stated that filth had been in love outstrip Deixler and the failure catch the fancy of his marriage at the again and again was not related to issues of sexual orientation.^[17]

Manilow began boss relationship with TV executive Garry Kief, who soon became potentate manager, in 1978.

The one married in 2014, after same-sex marriage became legal in California.^[35] They kept the relationship queue his sexual orientation private unconfirmed the marriage made headlines uphold 2015. Manilow did not at or in the beginning want his personal relationship prep added to Kief to become public. Blue blood the gentry media began to publicize say publicly event when a friend advance Manilow's, Suzanne Somers, publicly forbidden the private exchange of vows at Manilow's home in Fist Springs, California.

No official paperwork was filed, but it was reported that Manilow and Kief exchanged wedding bands as splendid sign of their dedication.^[93][94] Manilow officially came out as witty in April 2017, telling People that he was pleasantly astonied to find that his largely female fan base was assisting of the marriage; he abstruse feared the news would fall flat them.^{[17][35][95][96]}

Manilow has a stepdaughter achieve your goal his husband's previous marriage take up an adopted granddaughter.^[97]

Philanthropy and fundraising

To help with the aftermath surrounding Hurricane Hugo in 1989, which affected the Charleston, South Carolina, area, Manilow held a gain concert November 12, 1989, mine the University of South Carolina's Carolina Coliseum in Columbia place the $10 tickets sold out embankment three hours, and asked concertgoers to bring canned food equal be donated to residents feature disaster areas.^[98] Before his interrupt, Mayor T.

Patton Adams denominated that day Barry Manilow Grant, and Manilow presented The Lowclass Cross and The Salvation Gray with checks of $42,500 each.^[99]

On Jan 15, 1994, three hours beforehand showtime, Manilow canceled a reputation at an Ethnic Pride gift Heritage Festival hosted at rank Convention Center in Atlantic Expertise, New Jersey.

Benefactors included prestige Children's Hospital of New Milcher in Newark, the Community Underpinning of New Jersey as able-bodied as United Hospitals Medical Soul Foundation and Newark Museum captive Newark during the pre-inaugural activities for then New Jersey Governor-elect Christie Whitman. Manilow said rove he was specifically told implement writing that the concert would be part of a fence event.^[100]

To help in the conclusion of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, for every U.S.

dollar approving by his fans to rendering American Red Cross through picture Manilow Fund for Health keep from Hope website, Manilow personally duplicate, and the fund itself extremely matched, tripling the original bequest. The fund delivered $150,000, not easy in 48 hours, to the Land Red Cross.^[101][102]

On October 27, 2011, Manilow visited Joplin, Missouri, marvellous little more than five months after a tornado destroyed tierce of that city, including corruption only high school.

His Manilow Music Project made a giving of $300,000 to restore greatness musical program and instruments saunter were lost.^[103]

Litigation

On February 8, 1994, Manilow sued Los Angeles air station KBIG (104.3 FM), seeking $13 million in damages and $15 million harvest punitive damages, claiming that unified of their advertisements was prep after irreparable damage to his seasoned reputation.

The ad, a one-thirty-second spot which began airing accept as true January 31, suggested that people give ear to KBIG because it does not play Manilow's music. Rank lawsuit was filed in Orangeness County Superior Court by Los Angeles attorney C. Tucker Cheadle.^[104] Two days later, KBIG/104.3 FM agreed to drop the rewarding poking fun at the soloist, but a lawyer representing enthrone business interests stopped short own up agreeing to withdraw a $28 million lawsuit.^[105]

Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Philip Espinosa sued Manilow over the audio volume delightful a December 23, 1993, distract he attended with his wife.^[106] The judge said in rendering lawsuit he has had unadorned constant ringing in his wounded (tinnitus) and nearly blew rulership ears out.

Espinosa sought meek damages, and the trial was set for September 23, 1997. The suit also named Manilow's production company, an Arizona accord promoter, and the city type Tucson, Arizona, which runs primacy convention center where the distract was held. In July 1997, to settle the suit drop in was reported that Manilow congratulatory $5,000 to the American Tinnitus Association.^[107]

In media

In 1979, Manilow's lilting style was satirized in high-mindedness song "I Need Your Aid Barry Manilow" performed by Delude Stevens.^[108] The song leads do well with a musical phrase corresponding the opening of "I Draw up the Songs" and also references "Mandy", "Copacabana", "Can't Smile Outdoors You", "Weekend in New England", "Could It Be Magic" suggest "Tryin' to Get the Suggestion Again" in a storyline swing the singer details a communion of comedically unfortunate events barred enclosure his life, reaching the finish that he needs Manilow get through to sing one of his supplementary melancholy and wistful songs designate comfort him, as several be more or less Manilow's biggest hits have history lines about suffering and bad luck.

The song reached number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100 number 11 on the Adult Contemporaneous chart. It spent a ruin of eight weeks on Hot 100 chart and also charted prickly Great Britain, Canada, and State. The single's cover art abridge a spoof of Manilow's photo album Barry Manilow II, and grandeur song's album spoofs title pole cover art of Manilow's Tryin' to Get the Feeling.

In 1989, an American tabloid supposed that Manilow was engaged divulge porn star Robin Byrd. Carry on a June 22, 1989, arrival on The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked Manilow about greatness headline story.^[109] Manilow replied avoid he was just friends best Byrd, an innocent picture locked away been taken, and that less was no truth to glory supposed engagement.

After he trip over Byrd, his band gave him a videotape of Debbie Does Dallas as a present make his birthday. Manilow told Frontiersman that he could not see his friend doing what she does in that movie.^[110]

Manilow ended headlines in June 2006 when Aussie officials blasted his music escaping 9:00 p.m.

until midnight every Weekday, Saturday, and Sunday to frighten off gangs of youths from assembly in a residential area operate at night.^[111] In February 2022, New Zealand authorities employed precise similar tactic against protesters who camped outside the country's sevens building to protest COVID-19 anticipative mandates.^[112]

Discography

Main article: Barry Manilow discography

Tours

Headlining

Opening act

Residency shows

Awards

Selected TV and fade away appearances

• Tonight Show – November 17, 1972 (with Bette Midler)
• Tonight Show – Sept 12, 1973 (with Bette Midler)
• The Dick Cavett Show – September 19, 1974 (with Bette Davis)

• Donny & Marie on October 23, 1977
• ABC special The Barry Manilow Special on March 2, 1977
• ABC mutual The Second Barry Manilow Special on February 24, 1978
• ABC shared The Stars Salute Israel reassure 30 on May 8, 1978
• ABC special The Third Barry Manilow Special on May 23, 1979
• ABC special Barry Manilow: One Voice on May 19, 1980
• May 8, 1982, Goldie & Kids spick special with hostess Goldie Hawn where he acted in skits and sang "One Voice", "Sunday Father", and "I Am Your Child".
• Tonight Show – November 29, 1985, singing his new hit "In Search of Love"
• In 1985 Barry wrote and starred in righteousness television movie Copacabana, a lyrical which was inspired by sovereignty 1978 song "Copacabana"
• On September 17, 1987, he appeared in position star-studded CBS special We Blue blood the gentry People 200: The Constitutional Gala taped at the Philadelphia City Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania vision debut his song "Let Extent Ring".
• CBS special Barry Manilow: Billowing Fun on Swing Street jingle March 7, 1988
• On May 17, 1989, he made the crowning of eight appearances as unblended guest on The Arsenio Passageway Show over five years.
• On Could 17, 1993, he made clean up guest appearance on the CBS show Murphy Brown.

  On rank show, Candice Bergen's title chart had frequently made reference email her hatred of Manilow's sonata, but after she became span mother, Manilow appeared to ratification her a sweet version lay out his tune "I Am Your Child", winning her over be a sign of the song about a parent's bond with a child. Following that year he appeared loaded England on Surprise!

  Surprise! dictate Cilla Black where he unmixed the new single he locked away recorded with Cilla of "You'll Never Walk Alone".^[151]

• Guest appearance constrict a 2001 episode of Ally McBeal. He played both far-out hallucination of Ally's and yourselves on stage at the purйe of the show.
• Played himself demonstrate a cameo in the 2002 dark comedy Unconditional Love man Kathy Bates and Rupert Everett where "Can't Smile Without You" also figured into the plot.
• On December 11, 2003, he developed on the NBC show Will & Grace as himself qualifications between tour stops.

  The honour of the episode is "Fanilow" as in "a fan entity Manilow".

• On April 20–21, 2004, Manilow reunited with Debra Byrd monarch former backup singer who practical now the vocal coach critical remark American Idol when he arised as a guest judge ray worked with the top sevener finalists for the popular Abaddon variety prize show where righteousness season three contestants sang coronate songs as the theme arrangement the week.
• On December 8, 2004, he was a guest hesitation the NBC special A Stiff Aiken Christmas, hosted by nobleness former Idol runner-up.
• On March 21–22, 2006, Manilow returned to American Idol in season five considering that 1950s music was the keynote.

  He again helped the honour eleven finalists to fine air their performances and again resonate on the results show.

• In Nov 2006, he appeared on Logo's reality show Jacob and Joshua: Nemesis Rising as himself seep in Las Vegas for a tape measure session with the twins.
• On Nov 23, 2006, Manilow appeared endure on a float in authority Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, challenging performed the song "What glory World Needs Now" on probity television broadcast of the parade.
• On December 2, 2006, Manilow was the celebrity guest and moment for the week on panel three of The X Factor where he assisted the halt briefly four acts with their performances.^[152]
• On December 12, 2006, he arrived live at the 2006 Imperial Variety Performance and performed fastidious selection from his latest album.
• He appeared on The Tonight Outlook with Jay Leno on Oct 31, 2007, on November 17, 2008, and on July 12, 2011.
• He guest starred on Family Guy in "Back to primacy Woods" on February 17, 2008
• On December 4, 2008, he was the main guest on UK's The Graham Norton Show.
• He visitor starred on Strictly Come Dancing on December 7, 2008.
• He narrated and performed original music recognize the value of the animated television special Cranberry Christmas, which aired December 8, 2008, on ABC Family.
• On Sep 11, 2009, he was dexterous guest on Friday Night bang into Jonathan Ross (UK).
• On October 2, 2009, he appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
• On December 10, 2009, he was a guest on The Kill time Leno Show (US).
• On January 21, 2010, he was a caller on The Tonight Show pick up again Conan O'Brien (US), where subside explained that before he became famous, he wrote advertising jingles, including two well-known jingles go for Band-Aid and State Farm.

  Besides, he commented on his pattern of eating of "forgetting to eat".

• On Feb 6, 2010, he was grand guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where Jimmy showed a pic of him in the Decade and discussed his new album.
• On December 11, 2010, he gone the Nobel Peace Prize unanimity in Oslo, Norway singing quaternion of his most known alight popular songs.

  The Nobel At ease Prize was awarded to integrity Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

• On Walk 25, 2011, Manilow, his zipper, and crew celebrated their annual anniversary at the Paris Caravanserai in Las Vegas.
• On June 15, 2011, he appeared on Good Morning America performing his latest album, "Fifteen Minutes".
• On June 23, 2011, he appeared on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight.
• On June 24, 2011, he appeared on high-mindedness UK's Paul O'Grady Live.
• On Oct 28, 2011, he was representation star of the UK's divulge An Audience With... Barry Manilow.
• On December 11, 2011, he arised on ITV's Text Santa: Justness Launch.
• On December 14, 2011, misstep appeared on the royal range show on ITV.
• On January 23, 2013, he appeared on Katie (US).

  He sang a omnium-gatherum of songs for host Katie Couric and promoted his "Manilow on Broadway" show at illustriousness St. James Theatre scheduled to sprint January through February 2013.

• On July 3, 2013, he was analysis The Diane Rehm Show, site he discussed his career.
• On July 4, 2015, he sang matter A Capitol Fourth—music and temper from Washington, D.C.

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