American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943, has been active for seven decades. Could It Be Magic, Looks Like We Made It, Mandy, “I Write the Songs,” “Can’t Smile Without You,” and “Copacabana (At the Copa)” are just a few of his top-charting songs. He has written and released 51 Top 40 singles on the Adult Contemporary Chart, including 13 number-one singles, 28 top ten singles, and 36 top twenty singles. Manilow has put out six multi-platinum and 13 platinum albums. Manilow has received accolades from his contemporaries in the recording industry, including Frank Sinatra, who was reportedly quoted in the 1970s as saying, “He’s next,” despite not being a favorite musician of music reviewers. Manilow has written and sung songs for musicals, movies, and advertisements for businesses including McDonald’s, Pepsi-Cola, and Band-Aid in addition to producing and arranging records for himself and other artists. As a producer, arranger, and performer, he was nominated for a Grammy Award fifteen times (in each decade) between 1973 and 2015, winning it once. Also, he has worked on recordings by Bette Midler, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson, and Sarah Vaughan that were nominated for Grammys. One of the best-selling artists in the world, Manilow has sold more than 85 million records as a solo artist.