Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Barry Manilow
References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Barry Manilow wearing a dark suit sings into a handheld microphone on stage during his Las Vegas show Music and Passion. Barry Manilow in a dark suit sings into a microphone while seated at a piano on stage at the Las Vegas Hilton during his 2005 Music and Passion show.
Quizzes
USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz
Related Questions
Feedback
Corrections? Updates? Omissions? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login).
Thank you for your feedback

Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.

External Websites
Britannica Websites
Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.
Barry Manilow wearing a dark suit sings into a handheld microphone on stage during his Las Vegas show Music and Passion.
Barry Manilow American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, 2005.

Barry Manilow

American singer
Also known as: Barry Alan Pincus
Written by
John M. Cunningham
John M. Cunningham graduated from Kalamazoo College in 2000 with a B.A. in English. He worked at Britannica from 2004 to 2018. A student of pop culture and the arts, he wrote about popular (and semipopular)...
John M. Cunningham
Fact-checked by
Britannica Editors
Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree....
Britannica Editors
Last updated
•History

Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American pop singer and songwriter who specializes in elaborately orchestrated romantic ballads, which first won him a wide audience in the 1970s. His best-known hits include “Mandy” (1974) and “Copacabana (At the Copa)” (1978). Barry Pincus grew up in a lower-class neighborhood in Brooklyn. When he was two years old, his father left the family, and several years later Barry assumed his mother’s...

Discover the world with Britannica

Subscribe to Continue Reading

Free Trial | No Ads | Exclusive Content
Explore Subscriptions
DNA
Right
Mobile