Barry Manilow - American showman, singer, producer. Released about 77 million discs, which were distributed in different countries. Barry has been awarded several dozen awards. Among them are the Emmy Award.
Biography Early Period
Barry Alan Pincus is Barry Manilow's real name. He was born on June 17, 1943 in Brooklyn. He was brought up by a grandmother who was Jewish. Barry himself has Jewish-Irish roots.
At 10, the boy was already playing the accordion freely. After 3 years, he was presented with a piano, which the future artist dreamed of.
Barry Alan Pincus was a sociable, well-mannered child, did not like to kick the ball in the yard or to disorderly together with his peers. He attended a music school. He was considered one of the best students.
Career
At the age of 21, Barry Manilow became the author of the musical The Drunkard, which quickly conquered Broadway stages and did not leave them for almost a decade.
He received the main income from radio stations for which he wrote callsigns, as well as from transnational corporations for commercials.
Barry found official work when he was 29 years old. He became impresario actress Bette Midler. It was in this field that Manilow declared himself as an ideological person. The vocal guy drew attention to the management of the recording company "Arista Records".
In 1973, Barry released his first album. In some compositions there was guitar rock. Tenor Manilow’s later works were in the style of pop music with elements of piano pranks.
Barry Manilow became famous for his piano ballads: "Mandy", "I write the songs".
The peak of popularity came in the 70s. The singer has won the hearts of millions of fans around the globe. Even the negative comments of musical experts did not cool the creative fervor of the tenor. In 1978, Manilow created a disco hit, "Copacabana."
Barry Manilow began to invite to act in films, series, commercials, talk shows. After the artist’s participation, the ratings of the programs immediately took off.
Giving performances in different countries, he demonstrated a record box office. Manilow was the first performer invited to the Blenheim residence of the Dukes of Marlborough.
In 1987, the legendary musician performed with Alla Pugacheva, presenting the song "Voice" in two languages. So the artists opened the largest telethon in Austria, dedicated to the creation of the architectural composition "Our Planet".
A fan of Manilow's work was Frank Sinatra. He has repeatedly called him his successor, and the contribution made by Barry to the development of pop music is incredible.
In 2006, a new album of the artist was released, which for a long time held in the first place of prestigious charts.
