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[[File:1105_barry_manilow_wi-1_1595.jpg|frame|[[Large Ham|At the Copa, Copacabana...]]]]
'''[[Barry Manilow]]''' (June 17, 1943 - ) is an American singer/songwriter best known for hits such as "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", "I Write The Songs" and "Copacabana".
Is the [[Trope Maker]] for [[Stuck on Band-Aid Brand]] (he [[He Also Did|wrote the jingle]]).
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* ''Barry Manilow'' (1973)
* ''Barry Manilow'' (1974)
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* ''15 Minutes'' (2011)
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* [[Tropacabana]]: Well, almost... Although his 1978 single [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=591d-XV5rEo "Copacabana"] spans thirty years or more, all of its action takes place in the titular club.
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* [[Adorkable]]
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'''Both''': ''[[Finishing Each Other's Sentences|No, I don't want your flowers anymore]]!'' }}
* [[Audience Participation Song]]: Manilow picks a girl out of the audience to sing "Can't Smile Without You" with him.
* [[The Beard]]: Long-time friend Linda Allen spent ''decades'' masquerading as Manilow's on-again/off-again live-in girlfriend. However, Manilow revealed in 2017 that he was gay -- and had been in a relationship with his manager Garry Kief (whom he married in 2014) since 1978.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't refer to Manilow's fans as "[[Will and Grace|Fanilows]]". Just... ''[[Beware the Nice Ones|don't]]''.
* [[Big Applesauce]]: "New York City Rhythm", "Copacabana (At The Copa)", "Avenue C", "Brooklyn Blues", and of course the [[Concept Album]] ''Here At The Mayflower'', which is about life in a New York apartment building.
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* [[Concept Album]]: ''Here At The Mayflower'', and ''15 Minutes'', which is about the perils of fame.
* [[Cover Version]]: ''The Greatest Songs Of...'' albums. And ''Manilow Sings Sinatra''. And all those [[Christmas Episode|Christmas albums]].
* [[Cowboy Bebop at His Computer]]: Despite endless claims to the contrary by journalists who [[Did Not Do the Research]], Manilow did not write the famous "You Deserve A Break Today" McDonald's commercial, but he did sing the vocal on it.▼
** "I Write The Songs" is ''not'' Manilow going on an ego trip about what a fantastic songwriter he is. The "I" in the title actually refers to the spirt of Music, and in fact the very last line of the song is, "I am Music, and I write the songs". As Manilow himself is constantly at great pains to point out, he ''didn't even write that song''; [[wikipedia:Bruce Johnston|Bruce Johnston]] did.▼
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: As above, see: [[Parental Abandonment]] below.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''15 Minutes''.
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* [[Dumb Blonde|Dumb Blond]]: Averted pretty massively.
* [[Everyone Is Christian At Christmas]]: ''Three'' Christmas albums, Barry? ''Really??''
* [[Happily Married|Happily (Un)Married]]: In 2017, Manilow revealed that he was gay and had been in a relationship with his manager Garry Kief since 1978; the two were married in Florida in 2014.
* [[He Also Did]]: A jazz album, two swing albums, and two [[Concept Album|Concept Albums]].
** In the early [[The Seventies|Seventies]], he worked as a jingle writer for commercials, and wrote several famous ones such as the "Like A Good Neighbor" jingle for State Farm Insurance. As noted above, he also sang the vocal on the famous "You Deserve A Break Today" McDonald's commercial, [[
*** VSM (Very Strange Medley) with the commercials is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btj9tFcyeZQ here].
** In [[The Eighties]], ''[[Copacabana]]'' was made into a musical [[Made for TV Movie]] starring Manilow as Tony [[Meaningful Name|Starr]] and Annette O'Toole as Lola Lamar. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C24LoKMtz4 See it here].
* [[Hidden Depths]]: See: [[Ivy League for Everyone]] below.
* [[Intercourse with You]]: Many, ''many'' times. "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|I Wanna Do It With You]]", "I'm Your Man", and lots of others.
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''Now, wouldn't it be sad bein' lonely all alone?'' }}
* [[Long Runner]]
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▲** "I Write The Songs" is ''not'' Manilow going on an ego trip about what a fantastic songwriter he is. The "I" in the title actually refers to the
* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: ''Three'' [[Informed Judaism|Christmas albums]]????
* [[Nice Jewish Boy]]
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* [[Rockstar Song]]: "It's A Miracle".
* [[Self-Backing Vocalist]]: "One Voice", among others.
* [[Self-Demonstrating Article]]: "[http://www.mediafire.com/?8xum80w71wz9vme I Really Do Write The Songs]{{Dead link}}". Manilow [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs lampshades all over the place]] with this one. Served with delicious side dishes of [[Self-Parody]] and [[Take That Me]], with a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] at the very end for dessert. A little taste:
{{quote|''You [[Self-Demonstrating Article|start off with the verse]]''
''[[Self-Demonstrating Article|That's the part that tells you]]''
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