Listen here to music legend BARRY MANILOW join WMAL's morning show about his tour coming to DC this month:
- Barry is “hitting the road” ONE LAST TIME! for his final tour.
- Barry will be performing at The Verizon Center on Fri., Feb. 27th. Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets start at $19.75 to celebrate the anniversary of Barry’s mega ht song “Mandy,” which topped the charts in 1975 launching his career.
- Barry is passionate about music education. In response to the needs of the local public schools and their severely depleted music programs, he started the Manilow Music Project to provide musical instruments to high schools and middle schools that need them. http://www.manilowmusicproject.org/
- Barry is donating a new piano to the District of Columbia Public School Dist. to launch a local instrument drive. Anyone who donates a new or gently used instrument by bringing it to the box office will receive 2 free tickets to Barry’s concert.
Thx @barrymanilow for the piano! Donate an instrument, get 2 FREE TICKETS to his 2/27 show! http://t.co/ITaw7RVWNP pic.twitter.com/rGdxyoiXwr
— DC Public Schools (@dcpublicschools) February 6, 2015
- Barry recently reached a personal milestone with his 14th GRAMMY Nomination for his 2014 release, NIGHT SONGS.
- With worldwide record sales exceeding 80 million, Barry Manilow is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time with over 50 top 40 hits. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
- Barry had THREE #1 songs (“Mandy,” “I Write The Songs,” and “Looks Like We Made it”).
- Last fall Barry released his latest CD “MY DREAM DUETS”. It it available at Amazon.com and iTunes.com. The CD features Barry performing with LATE legendary vocalists which were among his personal Musical heroes. Vocalists featured on the CD include: Whitney Houston, John Denver, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Louis Armstrong, Dusty Springfield, Mama Cass, Andy Williams, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jimmy Durante and Frankie Lymon.
