BARRY MANILOW ''15 Minutes'' (Stiletto) If something has been bothering Barry Manilow all these years, it's been tough to tell. Early in his career he was a master of temperate melancholy, giving lip service to romantic pain but never venturing a real tear. For the last decade or so he's been gamely homogenizing the great American songbook, his...

THE scene should be familiar to anyone who has ever caught an installment of a certain television talent show. The performer, an unabashed geek, takes the stage. Ordinarily he might be belittled for his gawky dance moves or sequined shirts, but instead the audience roars and holds aloft placards with his name. Eager to please, the singer belts out...

''I'm 95 years old and I look great, right?'' That was Barry Manilow at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, telling a fib -- maybe, if we're honest, telling two fibs -- and earning another big ovation. In any case there's no denying that his career has aged spectacularly well. Tuesday's concert was the first of three appearances at the Garden....
Barry Manilow (født 17. juni 1943) er en af amerikas mest succesfulde populærmusik sangere, både set i form af albumsalg og hans karrieres længde.