🎼They Write the Songs, Pt. 1: Barry Manilow Hits as Recorded by the Original Songwriters
Arranging 101: While he wrote a lot of songs (with trusted colleagues), "I Write the Songs" wasn't one of them. Here are 3 of Barry's biggest hits as first recorded by the original songwriters!
Tale o’ the Tape
Back in the wacky days of the cassette mix-tape craze (late-’80s for me), I made a variety of mix-tapes…songs about the radio, and songs about cars and other things!
Clearly, back in that day, creating mix-tapes wasn’t solely an American hobby. Current London resident,
of Substack’s popular record-celebrating venue, The Vinyl Room, recall…