Throughout his career, Barry Manilow has made media headlines on various subjects from his health to crashing his Range Rover. Some of the most memorable ones include:

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

wow...for that and writing the melodically indestructible "mandy", he's the MAN.

Sorry to be fastidious, but he didn't write "Mandy." He did, however, come up with the ballad arrangement.

what the fuck

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Grammy, Tony, Emmy Award-winning recording artist Barry Manilow will release 15 MINUTES his powerful new album filled with all original compositions on June 14.
After having recorded six critically acclaimed albums of songs written by the greatest songwriters of all time - from Gershwin to Bacharach, Manilow returns at last to his true passion - songwriting. Manilow teams up once again with lyricist Enoch Anderson for this astounding new work.

Inspired by the Andy Warhol quote that "in the future, everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes," this energetic and exciting guitar-driven pop album explores the perils and pinnacles of fame's double-edged sword. More than two years in the making 15 MINUTES is set for release on June 14.

"Fame and success are something we all strive for, and yet when we get it how do we behave? That question jumps out at us daily from magazine covers, TV news and online gossip sites. In my world of entertainment, I've watched perfectly decent and talented people achieve the success they've been striving for only to crash and burn as their star rises. It happens in every walk of life, not only in the entertainment field; in sports, in politics and in daily life when the assistant manager gets promoted at the grocery store. It's something that continues to fascinate us, and for me it represented an exciting musical journey to explore, " explained Manilow.

Making a guest appearance on 15 MINUTES is young Nataly Dawn, lead singer of the white-hot group "Pomplamoose." Her rendition of "Letter From A Fan" is both innocent and eerie.

15 MINUTES, produced by Manilow and Michael Lloyd is a captivating tale of someone who achieves fame, blows it and begins again.

people need to go listen to the samples of this thing now because wow

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white, hot, group

'Letter From A Fan' is rad

that's short for "radioactive" right

i love manilow. he's fascinating and weird.

guys it's really important that we all listen to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1AH3p8JlMg

you can sorta hear the facelift in his voice. like it's kinda strangulated.

That video looks like the cover of Metallica's Load & so I was kinda imagining it was Hetfield on vocals & it kinda worked that way! or at least I can imagine what nü-Metallica would sound like on this tune & it's not jarring at all.

lol songwriting-wise it's not far off from Death Magnetic

"The second track, "Work the Room," is a funky song where Barry expertly raps the lyrics. If you've ever had to look for a job and go to a networking event, you'll appreciate this song."

u guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c62ogDeDvg

oh man that is just difficult, difficult stuff

the really really heavy teleprompter reliance is just extra frosting

Audience @ 2:33. That is all.

No Barry Manilow thread! As a singer, I just realized how much I liked "This One's For You" when I was a kid.

MARRIED HIS LONGTIME MANAGER

My first media encounter with Barry Manilow was in 1976 - a short profile on a middle-of-the-road Los Angeles AM station. Included the news that Manilow had stated he was trying to bring quality back to popular music.

The station then played "I Write the Songs".

I tried counting the ways he hasn't aged well on one hand.

just came out to People magazine

must reevaluate my entire life

fairly certain he already had? hmm

wait i thought he'd been married to a dude for a few years now

He forgot to tell them in particular.

aye he's been married to gary kief since 2014

barry and gary, how sweet

'hey people i married a man three years ago and btw i am gay'

i thought it was a marriage of convenience

i guess this means "out" as in talking about it to the media.

Fiercely private, the pop icon recently welcomed PEOPLE into his Palm Springs home for an exclusive interview and photo shoot with his manager husband Garry Kief — and talked for the first time about their nearly 40-year romance. Says Manilow, “I’m so private. I always have been.”

And the couple has stayed together for 39 years, all while remaining mum on his sexuality — an open secret to some in his long-devoted, mostly female fan base, a shock to others — and even stepping out and living with once-rumored love interest Linda Allen during his relationship with Kief.

Manilow admits he’s always been hesitant to discuss the relationship — and to come out publicly, even after he finally married Kief in a clandestine ceremony at their 53-acre Palm Springs estate in April 2014.

http://people.com/music/barry-manilow-hid-sexuality-thought-being-gay-would-disappoint-fans/

love that url. what a proud moment.

I know several female professors with his same look.

mary banilow?

just came out to People magazine

must reevaluate my entire life

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, April 5, 2017 10:38 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

we all have the one that got away morbz

Look the real thing about the People story is that for a couple that's been together for forty years, other dude looks like he just TURNED 40.

https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/barry-manilow-3.jpg?w=2000

Which, hey, nice plastic surgery and hair dye if you can get it.

fairly certain he already had? hmm

@meakoopa
the third coming out is a celebrity rite of passage. first time is to the gays, second is to woke straights, third is midwestern moms.

respect to any pop musician still sitting at a piano and writing/editing music with pencil and paper.

Newflash: Tony Hart has died yet again

I'm finding it hard to do anything

Haha that scamp! I vaguely recalled him denying his sexuality in some old magazine and I just now found the very magazine while cleaning

q: I was wondering...you don't hear much about your personal life. I don't know, I never really thought about it, but...I was wondering...if you were gay?
a: Well, I'm not. No, no, I'm not. I've been married and I'm going with a girl right now.

(Magazine is an issue of Graffiti from early '88 and Manilow interview is accompanied by a semi-fictionalized "Barry Manilow - The Story" by none other than clemenza himself btw)

Manilow interview is accompanied by a semi-fictionalized "Barry Manilow - The Story" by none other than clemenza himself btw)

i think this needs to be shared with the class tbh

Fair enough...clemenza feels that it "hasn't aged well" but kindly gives permission for posting nonetheless. (I think it's just fine myself)

http://imgur.com/a/KLZGX

argh

http://imgur.com/N0azXBg