Born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 17, 1943, Barry Alan Pincus (aka Barry
Manilow) is a key composer, songwriter and singer of international variety and
American pop in the 1970s. Among the many hits in his repertoire are "Mandy", "I
Write the Songs", "Could It Be Magic" (covered by Donna Summer in disco style
and Alain Chamfort under theFrench title"Le Temps qui court"), " Looks Like We
Made It" and many others. The man who sold almost three hundred million albums
also saw five of them chart simultaneously on the Billboard 200 in 1978. His
albumsBarry Manilow II (1974), Tryin' ...