Mine is Mandy, because my middle name is Amanda ;D

Copacabana

Could It Be Magic, for the use of Chopin within its melody.

Could It Be Magic, for the use of Chopin within its melody.


Good one. That one and Mandy are probably his best.

Ready to Take A Chance.  Sappy, I know.  That's why I love it.

From the list I picked 'Weekend in New England', though I like 'Copacabana' best for its Latin sound.  :)

With all due respect to Barry Manilow, I still find that reference to him in the film The Breakfast Club one of the funniest lines from any 80's movie:

Bender: Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?

Vernon: You'll get the answer to that, Bender, next Saturday.  Don't mess with the bull, you'll get the horns.

Ready to Take A Chance.  Sappy, I know.  That's why I love it.



That's what I voted for too but I also like Mandy and Could it be Magic.





Cat

I pick other because there's too many songs of his I like.

That's what I voted for too but I also like Mandy and Could it be Magic.





Cat
It has always amazed me to learn that Mandy was written by someone else

"Could It Be Magic"  :)

Mine is Mandy, because my middle name is Amanda ;D
My kid is Mandy, but still my favorite song is Daybreak :)

With me, it is probably one of his least known songs.

He has a bit he started early on, that he calls "A Very Strange Medley".  He performs it at every concert, and it is rarely the same 2 times in a row.

Basically, it is a medley of all the commercial jingles he has composed over the years.  Every time I hear it, it is a walk down memory lane.  How many of these do you remember?

A Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.)
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow Live, 1977

there's barkin' at the kitchen
yellin' in the hall
ringin' at the door bell
poundin' on the wall
kids out a sight
and kids in the way
no time to cook on this hectic day
come on,come on,come on
get a bucket of chicken
finger lickin' good
have a barrel of fun
goodbye ho-hum
say hello to your family
come on everyone
at Kuntukey Fried Chicken
have a barrel of fun

when ever you're driving
and where ever you're bound
like a good neighbor
State Farm is there
State Farm is there
State Farm is there

give your face somethin' to smile about
give your face somethin' to smile about
with stridex
doot, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo,doo, doo
with stridex

I am stuck on a Band Aid
and a Band Aid's stuck on me
I am stuck on a Band Aid
and a Band Aid's stuck on me

I've got the bathroom bowl blues
I been meanin' to start cleanin' the bathroom
bowl
well, it's the lowdownest, bluest job in town
but tough green bowlene beats the bathroom
bowl blues

It's not a Cola
there's Colas by the score
so drink Doctor Pepper
the joy of ev'ry boy and girl
It's the most original soft drink ever in the
whole wide world
Doctor Pepper
Doctor Pepper
Doctor Pepper
Doctor Pepper

Join the Pepsi people
feelin' free, feelin' free
Join the Pepsi people
feelin' free, feelin' free
all across the nation
it's the Pepsi generation
here today
here to stay
feelin' free

So much life to be lived
so much reason to try
And when you feel it, You'll get
a certain feeling inside

Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo

You deserve a break today
So get up and get away
To McDonald's
So get up and get away
To McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's


A close second for me would be the theme to "American Bandstand".  I bet most of you did not realize that he wrote that too.  :P

I don't know why, but I always loved "Even Now", but I like most of his stuff.  Copacabana was my favorite for many years.

Copacabana and Mandy





Erin :)

Mandy and copocabana (sp?)

Mandy and copocabana (sp?)


Me too.