Barry Manilow

Trivia

• Played piano for Bette Midler.
• Son of Edna Manilow and Harold Pincus.
• Wrote "Harmony", a play still traveling the nation in 2003
• Still resides in New York City, but has a home in Los Angeles.
• Curently (2004) resides in Palm Springs
• Early in his career, he wrote advertising jingles for such clients as State Farm Insurance, McDonalds, Dr. Pepper soda and Stri-Dex anti-acne medicine.
• Won a Special Tony Award in 1977.
• Played the accordion as a child.
• Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.
• "Looks Like We Made It" (written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings) charted in July 1977 knocking Shaun Cassidy's cover of "Da Doo Ron Ron" from the number one slot in the US.

Quotes

• "I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life. Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time. No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right."