Born to a poor Russian-Jewish father and an Irish mother in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn on June 17, 1943, the parents of Barry Alan Pincus divorced shortly after his birth. Both his mother and paternal grandparents, who greatly influenced his early life and thought, raised Barry. He began singing as a boy and shortly before his Bar Mitzvah at the age of 13, he changed his surname to his mother’s maiden name of Manilow. He was drawn to music from an early age and with much perseverance, mastered both the accordion and the piano, which would serve him well … Continue reading →