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Who is Barry Manilow?

Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, and producer. People mostly know him for his hit singles including ‘Can’t Smile Without You’, ‘Mandy’, and ‘Copacabana (At the Copa)’ among others.

Additionally, he has received Grammy Award nominations a total of fifteen times.

How many siblings does Barry Manilow have?

Manilow was born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York City, New York on June 17, 1943. Currently, he is 79 years old. He was born to parents Edna Manilow and Harold Pincus.

Throughout his childhood years, he grew up in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Additionally, Barry became interested in the world of music in his early years.

Barry Manilow is of American nationality. Furthermore, he belongs to the mixed ethnic background of Irish and Ashkenazi Jewish.

Talking about his education, Manilow attended Eastern District High School and graduated in 1961. In addition, he also attended the City College of New York.

Additionally, Barry Manilow was enrolled in the New York College of Music. Eventually, he studied Musical Theater at the Juilliard performing arts school.

Barry Manilow: Professional life, Career

Manilow initially arranged music for CBS director Bro Herrod after meeting him in 1964. Additionally, during the early part of his career, Barry also worked as a pianist, producer, and arranger.

Later, he began working as a commercial jingle writer and singer. He was the musical director for the WCBS-TV series ‘Callback’ in 1967.

Furthermore, Columbia/CBS Music vice-president and recording artist, Tony Orlando signed him in 1969. Since then, he has released several studio albums, live albums, compilation albums, and soundtracks.

Some of Manilow’s studio albums include ‘Barry Manilow’, ‘Barry Manilow II’, ‘Tryin’ to Get the Feeling’, ‘This One’s for You, ‘Even Now’, ‘One Voice’, ‘Barry’, ‘If I Should Love Again’, ‘Here Comes the Night, ‘2:00 AM Paradise Cafe’, ‘Manilow’, ‘Swing Street’, ‘Barry Manilow’, ‘Because It’s Christmas’, ‘Showstoppers’, ‘Singin’ with the Big Bands’, ‘Summer of ’78’, ‘Manilow Sings Sinatra’, ‘Here at the Mayflower, ‘A Christmas Gift of Love, ‘Scores’, ‘The Greatest Songs of the Fifties’, ‘In the Swing of Christmas’, ‘Night Songs’, ‘My Dream Duets’, and ‘15 Minutes’ among others.

Barry Manilow has received 15 Grammy nominations to date and has won the award one time.

Additionally, he has also won the Special Tony Award, American Music Awards, Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award, and Clio Awards. Furthermore, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1980.

Barry Manilow: Salary, Net Worth

Barry Manilow has not revealed his current salary. However, he has an estimated net worth of around $ 100 million as of 2023.

Barry Manilow: Rumors, Controversy

Barry Manilow became part of the controversy in February of 1994 after he sued Los Angeles radio station KBIG (104.3 FM) after claiming that one of their advertisements was causing irreparable damage to his professional reputation.

KBIG/104.3 FM agreed to drop the commercial after two days. At present, there are no rumors concerning Manilow and his career.

How tall is Barry Manilow?

Talking about his body measurement, Manilow has a height of 6 feet 0½ inches (1.84 m) and weighs 63 kg.

Additionally, his hair color is dark brown/blonde and his eye color is blue.

Social Media

Barry Manilow is active over social media. He has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

He has more than 66.6k followers on Twitter. In addition, he has over 58.4k followers on Instagram. Similarly, his Facebook page has more than 4.5M followers.

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References: (theguardian, bbc, billboard, telegraph)

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