Barry Manilow is an American singer with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "I Write the Songs", "Can't Smile Without You" and "Copacabana (At the Copa)". He has recorded and released 51 Top 40 singles on the Adult Contemporary Chart, including 13 that hit number one, 28 appeared within the top ten, and 36 in the top twenty. Manilow has released 13 platinum and six multi-platinum albums. Although not a favorite artist of music critics, Manilow has been praised by entertainers including Frank Sinatra, who was quoted in the 1970's as saying, "He's next."
As well as producing and arranging albums for himself and other artists, Manilow has written and performed songs for musicals, films, and commercials for corporations such as McDonald's, Pepsi-Cola, and Band-Aid, from the 1960's. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award (winning once) as a producer, arranger and performer a total of fifteen times (and in every decade) from 1973 to 2015. He has also produced Grammy-nominated albums for Bette Midler, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan. Manilow has sold more than 85 million records as a solo artist worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists.
History with the Macy's Parade[]
Manilow first appeared in the 50th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with Lady Flash on "The Giant Jukebox" float as they all performed "It's a Miracle".
He then appeared in the 1990 Parade riding on "The Christmas Wagon" and was the last guest star before Santa Claus landed in Herald Square. When Manilow rolled in to the finish line, he performed an incredible new Christmas song titled "Because it's Christmas" which brought a spectacular end to Macy's 64th procession.
By the 2006 Parade, Manilow would once again join the holiday fun on the The History Channel's new "New York Tin Toy" float. He along with the sign language group, World of Children would sing "What The World Needs Now Is Love" from his 2006 album The Greatest Songs of the Sixties.