Barry Manilow (Brooklyn, New York, June 17, 1943) is an American singer, descendant of Russians and Irish. His parents, Harold and Edna Pincus (who died in 1993 and 1994, respectively) registered him with the name Barry Alan Pincus, but later, shortly after his Bar Mitzvah, his mother, who had divorced his father and had He remarried, legally changed his own surname and that of his son, using since then for both his maiden name: Manilow. Barry is known for hits like I Write The Songs, Mandy and Copacabana (At The Cup). In 1990, Rolling Stone magazine proclaimed him "representative of our generation". It has sold more than 75 million copies worldwide.
He has worked for several record companies: Bell, Arista, RCA and Concord, and also for the advertising campaigns of many others, among them: Band-Aid, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pepsi and McDonald's.
At age 21 he married his girlfriend of youth, Susan Deixler. However, due to his artistic commitments, the marriage saw its end two years later.
He studied music at the Juilliard Academy in New York. In 1972 he met the actress and singer Bette Midler, who helped him to promote himself as a singer. In 1973 he was hired by Midler as a pianist for his tours, and had previously collaborated as an arranger on the records of Midler. She became his representative, after he realized not only his talent but the public's interest in him during his tours. Due to this great change, Manilow began to meet artists, agents and producers thanks to Bette's contacts.He has received various awards as a singer and composer, and has also donated large sums of money to associations and human rights organizations that work against AIDS and other diseases, and also in favor of the political campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards , Ron Paul and Joe Biden.
His autobiography, published in 1986 by McGraw-Hill, is titled in English Sweet Life: Adventures on the Way to Paradise (Sweet Life: Adventures to Paradise) (ISBN 0070399042).
He currently directs a show in Las Vegas. On April 5, 2017, he declared himself openly homosexual in an interview with People magazine.
