Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow ( born June 17, 1943 in Brooklyn, born Barry Alan Pincus ) is an American singer.

Life

Manilow was born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn as. When he was two years old, his father left the family and he took the mother's maiden name Edna. He learned to play the piano and was the pianist and arranger for Bette Midler. Together they had their first success with stage shows in night clubs in New York. He produced in 1972 the first album by Bette Midler.

The success with Bette Midler made sure that he was able to publish in 1973 his first solo album. In 1974, he was with the song Mandy his first international hit and probably to this day his greatest success. With this song, his international career began as one of the most successful singers in show business. Within five years he has sold 23 million records. In the 1980s, although his record sales declined, but he joined in 1984 ten evenings in the sold-out Radio City Music Hall in New York and played with the likes of jazz music, the highly acclaimed musical album 2:00 AM Paradise café.

As of 1989, he moved with his show live on Broadway on a successful mammoth tour around the world.

In the 1990s he began this career continued with the tour Showstoppers ( a revue of famous musical melodies ) and came to be celebrated in the big shows in Las Vegas.

In 1993 he sang for the inauguration of Bill Clinton in front of 16 000 politicians from all over the world Let Freedom Ring. His musicals were great successes: 1994 Copacabana was premiered in London in 1997 was Harmony ( the fate of the Comedian Harmonists ) in San Diego, California.

Since 2003, Manilow has repeatedly health problems. In 2003, he was accidentally pushed against a wall at his home in Palm Springs. In February 2004 he was admitted to the hospital with severe pain caused by stress. On 8 August 2006, announced that he would undergo hip replacement surgery.

In September 2007, Manilow said an appearance in the U.S. TV show "The View" from which will be moderated by Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Reason for the cancellation was the positive attitude of the presenter to the Iraq war.

From 23 February 2005 until December 30, 2009 Manilow appeared with five shows in a week at the Las Vegas Hilton. From March 2010, he was again seen in Las Vegas on the stage, but this time at the Paris Hotel & Casino.