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Barry Manilow

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Barry Manilow · Arts & Literature

What

Singer and songwriter of Mandy, Copacabana and other pop standards

When

1943, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Barry Manilow is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Singer and songwriter of Mandy, Copacabana and other pop standards

How & why

Manilow is an American singer, songwriter and arranger who became one of the best-selling pop artists of the 1970s and beyond, with enduring standards such as 'Mandy' and 'Copacabana' and a career of more than 85 million records sold. He also built a substantial career writing commercial jingles and arranging. He is Jewish, raised in a Jewish family in Brooklyn.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Singer and songwriter of Mandy, Copacabana and other pop standards

1943

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music