It Happened 50 Years Ago: Barry Manilow “Mandy”
Barry Manilow hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times. Exactly 50 years ago, the first of that trio of hits, “Mandy,” rose to the top of the chart for one week.
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Daily Eighties Flashback: Barry Manilow “When I Wanted You”
Three songs from Barry Manilow‘s 1979 One Voice album hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1980, the second of that trio of songs, “When I Wanted You,” rose...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Barry Manilow with Kid Creole and the Coconuts “Hey Mambo”
Barry Manilow made twenty-eight appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1988, the last of those songs, “Hey Mambo,” which also features Kid Creole and the Coconuts, debuted at a peak...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Barry Manilow “Oh Julie”
In 1982, Barry Manilow recorded a version of Shakin’ Stevens’ “Oh Julie,” which hit number one in the UK and other countries earlier that year. Released as a single, on this date that...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Barry Manilow “Read ‘Em and Weep”
Barry Manilow hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twenty-five times. On this date in 1984, the last of those twenty-five hits, “Read ‘Em and Weep,” rose to a peak position of...
Music to Help Us Get Through Everything Together: Barry Manilow “I Write the Songs”
Today’s song to help us get through everything together is Barry Manilow‘s “I Write the Songs.”
DEF: Barry Manilow “The Old Songs”
Three songs from Barry Manilow‘s 1981 album If I Should Love Again reached the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the first of that trio of hits, “The Old Songs,”...
DEF: Barry Manilow “Memory”
New York City-born musician Barry Manilow hit the Top 40 with both singles from his 1982 album Here Comes the Night that he placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1983, the first...
DEF: Barry Manilow “Somewhere Down The Road”
Of Brooklyn-born musician Barry Manilow‘s nine Top 40 hits during the 1980s, three came from his 1981 album If I Should Love Again. On this date in 1982, the second of those three hits —...
DEF: Barry Manilow “I Made It Through The Rain”
Brooklyn, New York musician and songwriter Barry Manilow has 11 Top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart to his name. The first ten of those hits charted in the 1970, beginning with his first...
