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Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman, 9 February 1939, Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, New York
New York City

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) is an American
United States

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 songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, and part of one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships in the world of rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
.

his partner and wife, Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil

Cynthia Weil is a prominent United States songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with Barry Mann.Weil was trained as an actor and dancer but soon demonstrated a songwriting ability that led to her collaboration with Barry Mann whom she would eventually marriage....
, they operate a publishing company called Dyad Music. His first hit single
Hit single

A hit single is a Sound recording track or Single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official Record chart through repeated airplay and/or significant commercial sales....
 as a writer was "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)," which was a top twenty song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 for The Diamonds
The Diamonds

The Diamonds were a Canada quartet of the 1950s and early 1960s who rose to prominence performing cover versions of songs by black musicians. The original members were: Dave Somerville - Lead, Ted Kowalski - Tenor, Phil Levitt - Baritone, and Bill Reed - Bass....
 in 1959. Mann had co-written the song with Gerry Goffin
Gerry Goffin

Gerry Goffin is an United States lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriter partner and first wife, Carole King....
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Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman, 9 February 1939, Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, and part of one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships in the world of rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
.

Career

With his partner and wife, Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil

Cynthia Weil is a prominent United States songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with Barry Mann.Weil was trained as an actor and dancer but soon demonstrated a songwriting ability that led to her collaboration with Barry Mann whom she would eventually marriage....
, they operate a publishing company called Dyad Music. His first hit single
Hit single

A hit single is a Sound recording track or Single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official Record chart through repeated airplay and/or significant commercial sales....
 as a writer was "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)," which was a top twenty song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 for The Diamonds
The Diamonds

The Diamonds were a Canada quartet of the 1950s and early 1960s who rose to prominence performing cover versions of songs by black musicians. The original members were: Dave Somerville - Lead, Ted Kowalski - Tenor, Phil Levitt - Baritone, and Bill Reed - Bass....
 in 1959. Mann had co-written the song with Gerry Goffin
Gerry Goffin

Gerry Goffin is an United States lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriter partner and first wife, Carole King....
. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil met when they were both staff songwriters, and they were married in 1961. Also in 1961, they wrote and Mann sang a novelty
Novelty song

A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its Comedy. Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs....
 song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 that made the Top 10 with "Who Put The Bomp
Who Put the Bomp (song)

"Who Put the Bomp " is a Doo-wop style hit song from 1961 co-written and recorded by Barry Mann. He was backed up by The Halos, who had previously backed up Curtis Lee on the song "Pretty Little Angel Eyes"....
", which parodied
Parody

A parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation....
 the nonsense words of the then recently popular doo-wop
Doo-wop

Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music, which developed in African-American communities in the 1940s and which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s the 1960s....
 songs.

Through the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Mann composed songs such as "Somewhere Out There
Somewhere Out There

Somewhere Out There may refer to:* Somewhere Out There , a single written by James Horner, performed by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, from the film An American Tail...
" and movie
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 scores for I Never Sang for My Father
I Never Sang for My Father

I Never Sang for My Father is a 1970 United States film which tells the story of a college professor who wants to get out from under the thumb of his aging father yet still has regrets about his plan to leave him behind when he marries a younger woman and moves to California....
. Weil co-wrote "He's So Shy
He's So Shy

"He's So Shy" is a 1980 Pop and R&B hit by the Pointer Sisters. The song returned the group to Billboard's top ten singles chart where it peaked at number three on the chart eventually reaching RIAA status....
" with Tom Snow for The Pointer Sisters and worked on projects with Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. is an Academy Award and Grammy award-winning United States singer, songwriter, record producer who has sold more than 100 million records....
. In 1987, he was inducted with his wife into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond....
.

Songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

  • "Here You Come Again" - Dolly Parton
    Dolly Parton

    Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
  • "He's Sure the Boy I Love" - The Crystals
    The Crystals

    The Crystals were a New York City singing group and are considered one of the defining acts of the girl group era of the first half of the 1960s....
  • "On Broadway" - The Drifters
    The Drifters

    The Drifters are a long-lived American doo wop/R&B vocal group with a peak in popularity from 1953 to 1962, though several splinter Drifters continue to perform today....
  • "Magic Town" - The Vogues
    The Vogues

    The Vogues were an United States singing quartet from Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb....
  • "Uptown" - The Crystals
  • "Blame It on the Bossa Nova
    Blame It on the Bossa Nova

    "Blame it on the Bossa Nova" is a 1963 hit song performed by Eydie Gorm?. It reached #7 on the US charts and #32 on the UK charts. She also recorded the song in Spanish, ?C?lpale a la bossa nova.? The song was written by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann....
    " - Eydie Gorme
    Eydie Gormé

    Eydie Gorme is an United States singer credited heavily, along with husband Steve Lawrence, with helping to keep the classic Traditional pop music repertoire alive and well....
  • "Only in America" - Jay and the Americans
    Jay and the Americans

    Jay and the Americans were a pop music group popular in the 1960s. Their initial lineup consisted of John "Jay" Traynor, Howard Kane , Kenny Vance and Sandy Deanne , though their greatest success on the Billboard magazine came after Traynor had been replaced as lead singer by Jay Black....
  • "We Gotta Get Out of This Place
    We Gotta Get out of This Place

    "We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals....
    " - The Animals
    The Animals

    The Animals were an England music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their signature songs "The House of the Rising Sun" and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", the band balanced tough, rock music-edged pop mu...
  • "(You're My) Soul & Inspiration" - The Righteous Brothers
    The Righteous Brothers

    The Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They recorded from 1963 through 1975, and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003....
  • "Kicks" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
    Paul Revere & the Raiders

    Paul Revere and the Raiders is an United States rock and roll band that saw enormous mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and earlier 1970s, best-known for hits like "Indian Reservation " , "Steppin' Out" & "Just Like Me" , "Kicks" , "Let Me" , and "Hungry " ....
  • "Shades of Gray" and "Love is Only Sleeping" - The Monkees
    The Monkees

    The Monkees were a pop singing quartet assembled in Los Angeles in 1965 in music for the United States television series The Monkees , which aired from 1966 to 1968....
  • "Coldest Night of the Year" - Vashti Bunyan
    Vashti Bunyan

    Vashti Bunyan is an English singer-songwriter.Following the release of her first LP, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970, Bunyan disappeared from the music industry until interest in her music was reignited in the early 2000s....
  • "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
    You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

    "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" is a 1965 number-one hit single in the US and the UK by The Righteous Brothers. In 1999, the performing-rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc....
    " - The Righteous Brothers
  • "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" - Gene Pitney
    Gene Pitney

    Gene Francis Alan Pitney was an American singer-songwriter. He was also an accomplished guitarist, piano, drummer and skilled sound engineer. In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....
    , Marlena Shaw
    Marlena Shaw

    Marlena Shaw is a singer. Born Marlina Burgess in 1942, New Rochelle, New York. Marlena Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today....
  • "Shape of Things to Come
    Shape of Things to Come (song)

    "Shape of Things to Come" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, most famously performed by Max Frost and the Troopers on their 1968 album Shape of Things to Come ....
    " - Max Frost and the Troopers
    Max Frost and the Troopers

    Max Frost and The Troopers was a fictional rock music group created for the exploitation film Wild in the Streets, released in 1968. The film featured Christopher Jones as the highly influential singer Max Frost....
  • "Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning)" - Dusty Springfield
    Dusty Springfield

    Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, Officer of the Order of the British Empire , known as Dusty Springfield, was a leading pop music singer and entertainer....
    , Carmen McRae
    Carmen McRae

    Carmen Mercedes McRae was an United States jazz singer, composer, pianist, and actress. Considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century, it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and her ironic interpretations of song lyrics that made her memorable....
    , Billy Eckstine
    Billy Eckstine

    William Clarence ?Billy? Eckstein was an American singer of ballads and bandleader of the Swing Era. Eckstine's smooth baritone and distinctive vibrato broke down barriers throughout the 1940s, first as leader of the original bop big-band, then as the first romantic black male in popular music....
  • "I Just Can't Help Believin'" – B. J. Thomas
    B. J. Thomas

    B. J. Thomas is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s....
    , Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley

    Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
  • "I'm Gonna Be Strong" - Gene Pitney
    Gene Pitney

    Gene Francis Alan Pitney was an American singer-songwriter. He was also an accomplished guitarist, piano, drummer and skilled sound engineer. In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....
     and Cyndi Lauper
    Cyndi Lauper

    Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an Music of the United States Grammy- and Emmy award winning singer-songwriter and actress. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual, and became the first artist to have four top-five singles released from one album....
  • "I Will Come to You
    I Will Come to You

    "I Will Come to You" is a song written and performed by the United States pop rock band Hanson . It was the third hit single from the band's debut album Middle of Nowhere ....
    " - Hanson
    Hanson (band)

    Hanson is an American pop rock Band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma by brothers Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, and Zac Hanson. They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere that earned three Grammy nominations....
  • "Make Your Own Kind of Music" - "Mama" Cass Elliot
    Cass Elliot

    Cass Elliot , born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted United States singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & the Papas....
  • "Black Butterfly" - Deniece Williams
    Deniece Williams

    Deniece "Niecy" Williams is a Grammy Awards of 1983-winning United States singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s....
  • "Don't Know Much
    Don't Know Much

    "Don't Know Much" is a song written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow and made famous when performed as a duet by Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville on Ronstadt's 1989 album Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind....
    " - Aaron Neville
    Aaron Neville

    Aaron Neville is an United States soul music and Rhythm and blues singer. He made his debut in 1966 with the hit single "Tell It Like It Is", a Number One hit on the Billboard R&B charts....
     and Linda Ronstadt
    Linda Ronstadt

    Maria Linda Ronstadt , known as Linda Ronstadt, is an United States popular music Singing and entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety of genres have resonated with the general public over the course of her four-decade career....
  • "Somewhere Out There
    Somewhere Out There (James Horner song)

    "Somewhere Out There" is a song written by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. It appears in the 1986 in film animation film An American Tail....
    " - James Ingram
    James Ingram

    James Ingram is an United States Soul music musician. He is best-known as a vocalist. He is also a self-taught musician who plays piano, guitar, bass guitar, Drum kit and synthesizer....
     and Linda Ronstadt (written with James Horner
    James Horner

    James Roy Horner is an United States composer of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic music....
     for the film
    Film

    Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
    , An American Tail
    An American Tail

    An American Tail is a 1986 in film animation film produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and directed by Don Bluth, originally released in movie theatres on November 21, 1986....
    ) - a double Grammy Award
    Grammy Award

    The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
     winner
  • "Absolutely Green" - Dom DeLuise
    Dom DeLuise

    Dominick "Dom" DeLuise is a Golden Globe- nominated United States actor, comedian, film director, television producer, and chef. He is the husband of actress Carol Arthur, and the father of actor, writer, director Peter DeLuise, and actors David DeLuise and Michael DeLuise....
     (written for A Troll in Central Park
    A Troll in Central Park

    A Troll in Central Park is a 1994 in film animated film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, creators of films such as Thumbelina , The Land Before Time, and All Dogs Go To Heaven....
    )
  • "Never Gonna Let You Go
    Never Gonna Let You Go (Sérgio Mendes song)

    "Never Gonna Let You Go" is the title of a popular song from 1983 credited to Brazil musician and bandleader S?rgio Mendes. The song's vocalists are Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller....
    " - Sérgio Mendes
    Sergio Mendes

    S?rgio Santos Mendes, Pronunciation. , is a Grammy Award-winning List of Brazilian musicians. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....
  • "Too Many Mondays" - Barry Mann, Wicked Lester
    Wicked Lester

    Wicked Lester was a New York City-based rock and roll group. The group was formed in 1970, and its most notable early members were bassist Gene Klein and rhythm guitarist Stanley Eisen ....
     (unreleased)
  • "Saturday Night at the Movies" - The Drifters
    The Drifters

    The Drifters are a long-lived American doo wop/R&B vocal group with a peak in popularity from 1953 to 1962, though several splinter Drifters continue to perform today....
  • "None of Us Are Free" (Mann, Weil, Brenda Russell
    Brenda Russell

    Brenda Russell is an African American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Known for her eclectic musical style, her recordings have encompassed several different genres, including pop music, soul music, jazz and adult contemporary....
    ) - Ray Charles
    Ray Charles

    Ray Charles Robinson , known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an United States pianist, singer, and songwriter who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues....
    , Solomon Burke
    Solomon Burke

    Solomon Burke is an United States Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. During the half-century that he has performed, he has drawn from his roots: Gospel , soul music, and blues , as well as developing his own style in a time when Rhythm and blues, and rock were still in their infancy....
  • "Just Once" - James Ingram with Quincy Jones
    Quincy Jones

    Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. , is an United States music Conductor , record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991....
  • "Good Time Living" - Three Dog Night
    Three Dog Night

    Three Dog Night is an United States rock band, best known for their music from 1968?1975. They were still making live appearances and recordings in 2008....
  • "(Walking) in the Rain" - The Ronettes
    The Ronettes

    The Ronettes were a 1960s girl group from New York City, best known for their work with record producer Phil Spector. They consisted of lead singer Veronica Bennett ; her sister, the late Estelle Bennett; and their cousin Nedra Talley....
  • "A World of Our Own" - Closing theme song from Return to the Blue Lagoon
    Return to the Blue Lagoon

    Return to the Blue Lagoon is a 1991 in film English language romance film and adventure film starring Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause, produced and directed by William A....
     - Surface
    Surface (band)

    Surface was an United States rhythm and blues and pop music group from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s best known for its #1 pop music & Rhythm and blues hit record "The First Time ."...
  • "Christmas Vacation" - Title song for the movie of the same name
  • "We're Over" - Johnny Rodriguez
    Johnny Rodriguez

    Johnny Rodriguez is an United States country music singer. He was the first famous Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish language....


See also

  • List of doo-wop songs
    List of doo-wop songs

    The following is a list of doo-wop songs sorted alphabetically by song title. Doo-wop is a style of singing popular during the 1950s and 1960s....
  • Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
    Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

    The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media has been awarded since 1988. From 1988 to 1999 it was called the Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television....
  • Grammy Award for Song of the Year
    Grammy Award for Song of the Year

    The Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Award, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 to the composer of the song in question....
  • Academy Award for Best Original Song
  • List of Christmas carols
    List of Christmas carols

    A Christmas carol is a Carol whose lyrics center on the theme of Christmas or that has become associated with the Christmas season even though its lyrics may not specifically refer to Christmas....
  • List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States
    List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States

    This is a list of musical artists whose one hit came out in the 1960s.The list contains recording artists who reached the Top 40 of the U.S....


External links

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