Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow's name is synonymous with melodic ballads decorated with dramatic, orchestrated arrangements. Released in 1989, Barry Manilow gives fans exactly what they want: plenty of slow, powerful love songs with a few mid-tempo, Broadway-sounding offerings mixed in.

From the tubs to the turntable, it's a Cinderella story for Bette Midler's pianist-producer,
who had the good luck to grab on to the right skirts at the right time and be carried to
semistardom. His first solo album, co-produced by Ron Dante, is a showcase of what one
very ambitious nightclub hack can and cannot do. What Manilow can do is write and sing
minor-league ballads, the best of which, "I Am Your Child," he co-authored with... More >