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Are there any of Barry's hits that don't predictably go up one or two near the end?
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05-11-2021 06:07 PM
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His parents were making out to a song that did just that, coinciding with the moment of conception of Barry. The moral is, be careful what music you use to make love to...
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I got to meet him once. (In all honesty, we were just introduced briefly by a mutual party. But he seemed like a really nice down-to-earth guy and actually asked me about what kind of stuff I play. I was sorta starstruck and stuttered.)
Last edited by Woody Sound; 05-11-2021 at 06:53 PM.
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Mr Modulation
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Originally Posted by Jimmy blue note
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Originally Posted by sgcim
Thanks for putting me straight on that. Another one I always attributed to Barry was Weekend in New England, and I just googled it and found out that's by Randy Edelman. Barry, you're losing a lot of compositional cred today!
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I know some people swear by Barry White, but in my neighborhood the main man Barry was Manilow.
All I know is in the mid-late 70's the young girls LOVED Barry Manilow. If you had an 8-track in the car with "Mandy" on it, you were golden.
A little Eagles and Fleetwood Mac was icing on the cake.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy blue note
I used to play in a band with a very good singer who used to sing the schlitz out of Manilow's tunes, so we used to do hip arrangements of every song he put out.
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Originally Posted by sgcim
He worked hard to put his career together. I admire the guy. He was Bette Midler's pianist (arranger?) when he started out. Anybody who can stand up and say 'I got my own', gets my respect.
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I'm a fan of Barry Manilow... his album "singing with the big bands' is great. Actually recorded with some of the original big bands (Les Brown was one of them). I like his pop songs too, "Ships" is one of my favourites.
Grant Green, What is This Thing
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