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There is a reference in the song's lyrics to "sweet Melissa" that is thought to refer to singer Melissa Manchester. The song opens and closes with an excerpt from the piece. "Weekend In New England" was one of three top 10 pop hits from the album This One's For You.īarry Manilow and Adrienne Anderson wrote "Could It Be Magic" around Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C Minor, Opus 28, Number 20. A line in the verse reads, "Time in New England took me away." The word "weekend" never appears in the lyrics. "Weekend In New England" peaked at #10 on the pop chart and went all the way to #1 on the adult contemporary chart.Ĭasual pop fans often do not recognize "Weekend In New England" by its title because the phrase "New England" only appears once in the song. The song was written by Randy Edelman who is best known for writing multiple film scores for hit movies. She later performed "Weekend In New England" live with Barry Manilow at Clive Davis' 2009 pre-Grammy Awards party. In 2003, the Irish boy band Westlife covered "Mandy" and it went to #1 on the UK pop singles chart.īarry Manilow topped the adult contemporary chart with this ballad about falling in love on a trip to New England and returning to the city wondering "when will I see you again?" The song gained a bit of notoriety when it was the song performed by Jennifer Hudson the week she was eliminated from American Idol. "Mandy" also received Barry Manilow's first Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year. "Mandy" was Barry Manilow's first record and the first released on the label Arista to reach the Billboard Hot 100. The result was Barry Manilow's first #1 pop hit. It was released as the first single from Barry Manilow's second studio album Barry Manilow II after the first album failed to produce any hit singles. The name was changed to "Mandy" to avoid confusion with the hit "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by the group Looking Glass. "Mandy" was originally titled "Brandy" and as such hit #12 on the UK pop singles chart in 1971 in a version recorded by one of the song's writers, Scott English. The other co-writer Richard Kerr worked on multiple songs that became hits for Barry Manilow including the #1 smash "Looks Like We Made It."īarry Manilow did not want to record "Brandy," but Clive Davis convinced him to do so. He says that in reality he was referring to God and the spirit of creativity as the writer of the songs. Bruce Johnston says that some believe that he was referring to the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson as the "I" in the song. It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year which went to Bruce Johnston as the songwriter.
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"I Write the Songs" was Barry Manilow's second recording to earn a Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year.
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It was the first single from the album Tryin' To Get the Feeling and topped both the pop and adult contemporary charts. Barry Manilow thought the song might be misinterpreted by audiences as a massive ego trip. Once again Clive Davis had to convince the artist to record what became another #1 hit single. David Cassidy had a minor hit with the song in the UK before Barry Manilow's version. They included it on their breakthrough 1975 album Love Will Keep Us Together.
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The first recorded version was released by the Captain and Tennille who frequently worked with Bruce Johnston. Although some music fans are occasionally confused about its origins, Barry Manilow did not write "I Write the Songs." Rather, it was written by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys.