Barry Manilow Tickets, Concert Dates And Schedule

Barry Manilow dominated the charts for much of the 1970s with a string of major hit singles and multi-platinum albums. Barry Manilow was born to humble origins in Brooklyn, New York on June 17, 1943. Barry Manilow's record label, Arista, took three years off his announced age when he was really 32 and made him 29 years old so he would appeal to teens. Early in his career, Barry Manilow was a commercial jingle writer/singer, writing the theme for State Farm Insurance, Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there and the Stuck on Band-Aid song, among many others. Barry Manilow's first album was released by Bell Records  in 1973. After his landmark Concert at Blenheim Palace in August of 1983, Barry Manilow started to venture into a jazz-driven style, starting with the 1984 album 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe. The album was recorded with jazz greats Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme and Gerry Mulligan. In the 1990s, Barry Manilow recorded a succession of  event albums, guided by Arista's President, Clive Davis. Barry Manilow's music connected with a new generation when top British boy band Take That reached number 3 in the UK charts with Could It Be Magic.  Barry Manilow appeared as a guest judge and arranged music for American Idol on April 24, 2004, the year in which he also embarked on his One Night Live! One Last Time! final tour. On the heels of his Farewell tour, Barry Manilow opened a standing show in Las Vegas in 2005 at the Las Vegas Hilton, where he will reside in the penthouse where Elvis lived for 8 years. Barry Manilow released a new album on January 31, 2006 called The Greatest Songs of the Fifties featuring new recordings of the classic hits from the golden years.