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{{short description|American songwriter and musician}}
{{short description|American songwriter and musician}}
{{distinguish|Barry Manilow}}
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| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[country pop]], [[rock music|rock]]
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| instrument = Piano
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| years_active = 1958–present
| years_active = 1958–present
| spouse = [[Cynthia Weil]] (m. 1961, died 2023)
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| children = [[Jenn Mann|Jenn]]
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'''Barry Mann''' (born '''Barry Imberman''';<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jameshorner-filmmusic.com/collaborations-english/barry-mann/|title=Barry Mann|website=Jameshorner-filmmusic.com|access-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref> February 9, 1939)<ref name="amg">{{cite web|author=Steve Kurutz |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/barry-mann-mn0000787810/biography |title=Barry Mann &#124; Biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=1939-02-09 |access-date=2014-08-02}}</ref> is an American songwriter and musician, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, [[Cynthia Weil]].
'''Barry Mann''' (born '''Barry Imberman''';<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jameshorner-filmmusic.com/collaborations-english/barry-mann/|title=Barry Mann|website=Jameshorner-filmmusic.com|access-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref> February 9, 1939)<ref name="amg">{{cite web|author=Steve Kurutz |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/barry-mann-mn0000787810/biography |title=Barry Mann &#124; Biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=February 9, 1939 |access-date=August 2, 2014}}</ref> is an American songwriter and musician, and was part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, [[Cynthia Weil]].


He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/People-Created-Soundtrack-Your-Life-ebook/dp/B00LOAW274/ |title=The People Who Created The Soundtrack To Your Life eBook: stuart devoy: Amazon.co.uk: Books |website=Amazon.co.uk |date=2009-09-09 |access-date=2014-08-02}}</ref>
He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/People-Created-Soundtrack-Your-Life-ebook/dp/B00LOAW274/ |title=The People Who Created The Soundtrack To Your Life eBook: stuart devoy: Amazon.co.uk: Books |website=Amazon.co.uk |date=September 9, 2009 |access-date=August 2, 2014}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Mann was born to a Jewish family<ref>[http://www.crescentcityjewishnews.com/history-of-jewish-songwriters-told-in-beautiful/ Crescent City Jewish News: "History of Jewish songwriters told in ‘Beautiful’, Alan Smadon], March 18, 2017</ref> in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], United States.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1606}}</ref> He was born two days before fellow songwriter [[Gerry Goffin]].
Mann was born to a Jewish family<ref>[http://www.crescentcityjewishnews.com/history-of-jewish-songwriters-told-in-beautiful/ "History of Jewish songwriters told in ‘Beautiful’", Alan Smadon], Crescentcityjewishnews.com, March 18, 2017</ref> in [[Brooklyn]], New York City, United States.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1606}}</ref> He was born two days before fellow songwriter [[Gerry Goffin]].


==Career==
==Career==
His first successful song as a writer was "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)", a Top 20 chart-scoring song composed for the band [[The Diamonds]] in 1959. Mann co-wrote the song with Mike Anthony (Michael Logiudice). In 1961, Mann had his greatest success to that point with "[[I Love How You Love Me]]", written with Larry Kolber and a no. 5 scoring single for the band [[The Paris Sisters]] (seven years later, Bobby Vinton's version would reach the Top 10). The same year, Mann himself reached the Top 40 as a performer with a [[novelty song]] co-written with [[Gerry Goffin]], "[[Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)|Who Put the Bomp]]",<ref name="LarkinGE"/> which [[parody|parodied]] the nonsense words of the then-popular [[doo-wop]] genre.<ref name="amg"/><ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">
His first successful song as a writer was "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)", a Top 20 chart-scoring song composed for the band [[The Diamonds]] in 1959. Mann co-wrote the song with Mike Anthony (Michael Logiudice). In 1961, Mann had his greatest success to that point with "[[I Love How You Love Me]]", written with Larry Kolber and a No. 5 scoring single for the band [[The Paris Sisters]] (seven years later, Bobby Vinton's version would reach the Top 10). The same year, Mann himself reached the Top 40 as a performer with a [[novelty song]] co-written with [[Gerry Goffin]], "[[Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)|Who Put the Bomp]]",<ref name="LarkinGE"/> which [[parody|parodied]] the nonsense words of the then-popular [[doo-wop]] genre.<ref name="amg"/><ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">
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Despite his success as a singer, Mann chose to channel his creativity into songwriting, forming a prolific partnership with Weil,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> a lyricist he met while both were staff songwriters at Don Kirshner and Al Nevin's company [[Aldon Music]], whose offices were located in Manhattan, near the composing-and-publishing factory the [[Brill Building]]. Mann and Weil, who married in 1961,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> developed some songs intended to be socially conscious, with successes such as "[[Uptown (The Crystals song)|Uptown]]" by [[The Crystals]], "[[We Gotta Get out of This Place]]" by [[the Animals]], "Magic Town" by [[The Vogues]], and "Kicks" by Paul Revere & the Raiders.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Mann and Weil were disturbed when "Only In America", a song they had written with the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and conceived originally for and recorded by the Drifters as a protest against racial prejudice, was re-worked by Leiber and Stoller into an uncontroversial success for Jay & The Americans.
Despite his success as a singer, Mann chose to channel his creativity into songwriting, forming a prolific partnership with Weil,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> a lyricist he met while both were staff songwriters at Don Kirshner and Al Nevin's company [[Aldon Music]], whose offices were located in Manhattan, near the composing-and-publishing factory the [[Brill Building]]. Mann and Weil, who married in 1961,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> developed some songs intended to be socially conscious, with successes such as "[[Uptown (The Crystals song)|Uptown]]" by [[The Crystals]], "[[We Gotta Get out of This Place]]" by [[the Animals]], "Magic Town" by [[The Vogues]], and "Kicks" by Paul Revere & the Raiders.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Mann and Weil were disturbed when "Only In America", a song they had written with the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and conceived originally for and recorded by the Drifters as a protest against racial prejudice, was re-worked by Leiber and Stoller into an uncontroversial success for Jay & The Americans.


{{as of|May 2009}}, Mann's song catalog lists 635 songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/songs/C110/|title=Barry Mann Song Catalog|publisher=Songwriters Hall of Fame|access-date=May 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511010558/http://songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/songs/C110/|archive-date=May 11, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He has received 56 popular music, country, and Rhythm & Blues awards from [[Broadcast Music Inc.]], and 46 Millionaire Awards for radio performances numbering more than one million plays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mann-weil.com/biographies_barry.html |title=Barry Mann's Bio |access-date=May 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520015338/http://www.mann-weil.com/biographies_Barry.html |archive-date=May 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> The song "[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]", co-written with Weil and [[Phil Spector]],<ref name="LarkinGE"/> was the most played song of the 20th century, with more than 14 million plays.
{{as of|May 2009}}, Mann's song catalog lists 635 songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/songs/C110/|title=Barry Mann Song Catalog|publisher=Songwriters Hall of Fame|access-date=May 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511010558/http://songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/songs/C110/|archive-date=May 11, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has received 56 popular music, country, and Rhythm & Blues awards from [[Broadcast Music Inc.]], and 46 Millionaire Awards for radio performances numbering more than one million plays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mann-weil.com/biographies_barry.html |title=Barry Mann's Bio |access-date=May 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520015338/http://www.mann-weil.com/biographies_Barry.html |archive-date=May 20, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song "[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]", co-written with Weil and [[Phil Spector]],<ref name="LarkinGE"/> was the most played song of the 20th century, with more than 14 million plays.


Mann has composed songs for movies, most notably "[[Somewhere Out There (James Horner song)|Somewhere Out There]]", co-written with Weil and [[James Horner]], for the 1986 animated movie ''[[An American Tail]]''. [[Linda Ronstadt]] and [[James Ingram]] performed the song as a duet during the movie's closing credits; their version was released as a single, which scored No. 2 on the Billboard chart and became a "gold"-scoring record. "Somewhere Out There" would win two 1987 [[Grammy Award]]s, as [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and [[Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or Television]]. "Somewhere Out There" was also nominated for a 1986 Oscar as best song, but lost to "[[Take My Breath Away]]" from ''Top Gun'' (a film that featured the Weil-penned "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" in a key scene). Mann's other movie work includes the [[Film score|scores]] for ''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' and ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'', and songs for ''[[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation]]'' and ''[[Oliver & Company]]''.
Mann has composed songs for movies, most notably "[[Somewhere Out There (James Horner song)|Somewhere Out There]]", co-written with Weil and [[James Horner]], for the 1986 animated movie ''[[An American Tail]]''. [[Linda Ronstadt]] and [[James Ingram]] performed the song as a duet during the movie's closing credits; their version was released as a single, which scored No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' chart and became a "gold"-scoring record. "Somewhere Out There" would win two 1987 [[Grammy Award]]s, as [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and [[Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or Television]]. "Somewhere Out There" was also nominated for a 1986 Oscar as best song, but lost to "[[Take My Breath Away]]" from ''Top Gun'' (a film that featured the Weil-penned "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" in a key scene). Mann's other movie work includes the [[Film score|scores]] for ''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' and ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'', and songs for ''[[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation]]'' and ''[[Oliver & Company]]''.
[[File:CaroleBayerSagerCaroleKingCynthiaWeilBarryMannHWOFDec2012.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Carole Bayer Sager]], [[Carole King]], [[Cynthia Weil]] and Mann in 2012]]
[[File:CaroleBayerSagerCaroleKingCynthiaWeilBarryMannHWOFDec2012.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Carole Bayer Sager]], [[Carole King]], [[Cynthia Weil]], and Mann in 2012]]
Mann co-wrote, with [[Dan Hill]], the song "[[Sometimes When We Touch]]," which scored No. 3 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/>
Mann co-wrote, with [[Dan Hill]], the song "[[Sometimes When We Touch]]", which scored No. 3 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/>


In 1987, Mann and Weil were inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref name="amg"/> In 2011, they received the Johnny Mercer Award, the greatest honor from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundspike.com/blog/popnotes/2381-garth-brooks-news-garth-brooks-billy-joel-perform-together-during-songwriters-hall-of-fame-ceremony/ |title=Garth Brooks, Billy Joel perform together during Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony |publisher=Soundspike.com |date=June 17, 2011 |access-date=April 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234715/http://www.soundspike.com/blog/popnotes/2381-garth-brooks-news-garth-brooks-billy-joel-perform-together-during-songwriters-hall-of-fame-ceremony/ |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
In 1987, Mann and Weil were inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref name="amg"/> In 2011, they received the Johnny Mercer Award, the greatest honor from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundspike.com/blog/popnotes/2381-garth-brooks-news-garth-brooks-billy-joel-perform-together-during-songwriters-hall-of-fame-ceremony/ |title=Garth Brooks, Billy Joel perform together during Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony |publisher=Soundspike.com |date=June 17, 2011 |access-date=April 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234715/http://www.soundspike.com/blog/popnotes/2381-garth-brooks-news-garth-brooks-billy-joel-perform-together-during-songwriters-hall-of-fame-ceremony/ |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Mann and Weil were named among the 2010 recipients of [[Ahmet Ertegun]] Award from the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rockhall.com/induction2010/ | title = Congratulations to the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees! | access-date = December 15, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091223194626/http://www.rockhall.com/induction2010/ | archive-date = December 23, 2009 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Mann and Weil now operate a publishing company named Dyad Music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mann-weil.com/contactinfo.php |title=Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Contact Info |access-date=May 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508124649/http://www.mann-weil.com/contactinfo.php |archive-date=May 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>
Mann and Weil were named among the 2010 recipients of [[Ahmet Ertegun]] Award from the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rockhall.com/induction2010/ | title = Congratulations to the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees! | access-date = December 15, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091223194626/http://www.rockhall.com/induction2010/ | archive-date = December 23, 2009 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Mann and Weil operated a publishing company named Dyad Music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mann-weil.com/contactinfo.php |title=Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Contact Info |access-date=May 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508124649/http://www.mann-weil.com/contactinfo.php |archive-date=May 8, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Mann married Cynthia Weil in August 1961. They had one daughter, [[Jenn Mann|Jenn]]. They resided in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref name="bhcourierweil">{{cite news |last=Coleman |first=Laura |date=November 13, 2015 |title=Beverly Hills Musicians Weil, Mann Honored By Women's Guild Gala |url=http://bhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/111315Fissue.pdf |newspaper=The Beverly Hills Courier |location=Beverly Hills, California |access-date=November 26, 2015|page=1}}</ref> Weil died on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at the age of 82.
Mann was married to Cynthia Weil from 1961 until her death in 2023.<ref name = Williams>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/arts/music/cynthia-weil-dead.html|title = Cynthia Weil, Whose Soaring Lyrics Made Baby Boomers Feel, Dies at 82|date = June 4, 2023|accessdate = June 4, 2023|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|last = Williams|first = Alex|page = A20|url-access = limited}}</ref> They had one daughter, [[Jenn Mann|Jenn]]. They resided in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref name="bhcourierweil">{{cite news |last=Coleman |first=Laura |date=November 13, 2015 |title=Beverly Hills Musicians Weil, Mann Honored By Women's Guild Gala |url=http://bhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/111315Fissue.pdf |newspaper=The Beverly Hills Courier |location=Beverly Hills, California |access-date=November 26, 2015|page=1}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
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==Songs==
==Songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil==
{{Main|List of songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil}}
{{Main|List of songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil}}
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*"Absolutely Green" – [[Dom DeLuise]] (written for [[Cynthia Weil]] for ''[[A Troll in Central Park]]''
*"Angelica" - [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]]
*"Another Goodbye" – [[Donna Fargo]] (co-written with Scott English)
*"Black Butterfly" – [[Deniece Williams]]
*"[[Blame It on the Bossa Nova]]" – [[Eydie Gorme]]
*"[[Bless You (Tony Orlando song)|Bless You]]" - [[Tony Orlando]]
*"Brown Eyed Woman" – [[Bill Medley]]
*"Christmas Vacation" – film title song
*"Coldest Night of the Year" – [[Twice As Much]] featuring [[Vashti Bunyan]].
*"[[Don't Know Much]]" – [[Aaron Neville]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]] (written with [[Tom Snow]])
*"[[Don't Make My Baby Blue]]" – [[Frankie Laine]], [[The Shadows]], [[The Move]]
*"Good Time Living" – [[Three Dog Night]]
*"Heart" – Kenny Chandler, [[Wayne Newton]]
*"[[Here You Come Again (song)|Here You Come Again]]" – [[Dolly Parton]]
*"[[He's Sure the Boy I Love]]" – [[The Crystals]]
*"[[How Can I Tell Her It's Over]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"[[Hungry (Paul Revere & the Raiders song)|Hungry]]" – [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]]
*"[[I Just Can't Help Believing]]" – [[B. J. Thomas]], [[Elvis Presley]]
*"I'm a Survivor" - [[Jon English]]
*"[[I'm Gonna Be Strong]]" – [[Gene Pitney]]; [[Cyndi Lauper]]
*"[[It's Getting Better (Cass Elliot song)|It's Getting Better]]" – [[Cass Elliot]]
*"It's Not Easy" – [[Normie Rowe]], [[Will-O-Bees]], [[Colin Blunstone]] (as Neil MacArthur)
*"[[I Will Come to You]]" – [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]
*"Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning)" – [[Sarah Vaughan]], [[Dusty Springfield]], [[Carmen McRae]], [[Billy Eckstine]], [[Bobby Vinton]], [[Shelby Lynne]]
*"[[Just Once]]" – James Ingram with [[Quincy Jones]]
*"[[Kicks (song)|Kicks]]" – [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]]
*"[[Looking Through the Eyes of Love]]" – [[Gene Pitney]], [[Marlena Shaw]], [[The Fortunes]], [[The Partridge Family]]
*"Love Her" - [[The Everly Brothers]], [[The Walker Brothers]]
*"Love Led Us Here" – [[John Berry (country singer)|John Berry]], [[Helen Darling (singer)|Helen Darling]]
*"Magic Town" – [[The Vogues]]
*"[[Make Your Own Kind of Music (song)|Make Your Own Kind of Music]]" – [[Cass Elliot|"Mama" Cass Elliot]]
*"[[Never Gonna Let You Go (Dionne Warwick song)|Never Gonna Let You Go]]" – [[Dionne Warwick]], [[Stevie Woods (musician)|Stevie Woods]], [[Sérgio Mendes]]
*"[[New World Coming]]" - [[Cass Elliott|Mama Cass]]
*"None of Us Are Free" (Mann, Weil, [[Brenda Russell]]) – [[Ray Charles]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Solomon Burke]]
*"[[On Broadway (song)|On Broadway]]" – [[The Drifters]], [[George Benson]] (written with [[Jerry Leiber]] and [[Mike Stoller]])
*"[[Once Upon a Time in New York City]]" – (written with [[Howard Ashman]] for ''[[Oliver & Company]]'')
*"Only in America" – [[Jay and the Americans]]
*"Proud" – [[Johnny Crawford]]
*"[[Rock and Roll Lullaby]]" – [[B. J. Thomas]]
*"Saturday Night at the Movies" – [[The Drifters]]
*"[[Shades of Gray (song)|Shades of Gray]]" and "[[Love is Only Sleeping]]" – [[The Monkees]]
*"[[Shape of Things to Come (song)|Shape of Things to Come]]" – [[Max Frost and the Troopers]]
*"She's Over Me" – [[Teddy Pendergrass]]
*"Something Better" – [[Marianne Faithfull]] (written with [[Gerry Goffin]])
*"[[Somewhere Out There (James Horner song)|Somewhere Out There]]" – Linda Ronstadt and [[James Ingram]] (written with [[James Horner]] for the animated film ''[[An American Tail]]'') – a double [[Grammy Award]] winner.
*"Sweet Sorrow" – [[Conway Twitty]]
*"Teenage Has-Been" - Barry Mann, (written with [[Gerry Goffin]])
*"Too Many Mondays" – Barry Mann, [[Wicked Lester]] (unreleased)
*"[[Uptown (The Crystals song)|Uptown]]" – The Crystals
*"[[Walking in the Rain (The Ronettes song)|Walking in the Rain]]" – [[The Ronettes]], The Walker Brothers, [[Jay and the Americans]], [[The Partridge Family]] (written with [[Phil Spector]])
*"[[We Gotta Get out of This Place]]" – [[The Animals]]
*"[[We're Over]]" – [[Johnny Rodriguez]]
*"Whatever You Imagine" - [[Wendy Moten]] (written with [[James Horner]] for the live-action/animated film ''[[The Pagemaster]]'')
*"[[Where have you been (all my life)]]" - [[Arthur Alexander]] also played by [[Gene Vincent]], [[The Beatles]] and by [[Gerry and the Pacemakers]]
*"[[Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)]] - Barry Mann (written with [[Gerry Goffin]])
*"A World of Our Own" – Closing theme song from ''[[Return to the Blue Lagoon]]'' – [[Surface (band)|Surface]]
*"[[(You're My) Soul and Inspiration]]" – [[The Righteous Brothers]]
*"[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]" – [[The Righteous Brothers]] (written with [[Phil Spector]])
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'''Awards'''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media]]
*[[Grammy Award for Song of the Year]]
*[[Academy Award for Best Original Song]] (nomination)


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Not to be confused with Barry Manilow.
Barry Mann
Mann in 1974
Background information
Birth nameBarry Imberman
Born (1939-02-09) February 9, 1939 (age 85)
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
GenresPop, country pop, rock
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
InstrumentPiano
Years active1958–present
Spouse
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(m. 1961; died 2023)​

Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman;[1] February 9, 1939)[2] is an American songwriter and musician, and was part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil.

He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US.[3]

Early life

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Mann was born to a Jewish family[4] in Brooklyn, New York City, United States.[5] He was born two days before fellow songwriter Gerry Goffin.

Career

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His first successful song as a writer was "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)", a Top 20 chart-scoring song composed for the band The Diamonds in 1959. Mann co-wrote the song with Mike Anthony (Michael Logiudice). In 1961, Mann had his greatest success to that point with "I Love How You Love Me", written with Larry Kolber and a No. 5 scoring single for the band The Paris Sisters (seven years later, Bobby Vinton's version would reach the Top 10). The same year, Mann himself reached the Top 40 as a performer with a novelty song co-written with Gerry Goffin, "Who Put the Bomp",[5] which parodied the nonsense words of the then-popular doo-wop genre.[2][6]

Despite his success as a singer, Mann chose to channel his creativity into songwriting, forming a prolific partnership with Weil,[5] a lyricist he met while both were staff songwriters at Don Kirshner and Al Nevin's company Aldon Music, whose offices were located in Manhattan, near the composing-and-publishing factory the Brill Building. Mann and Weil, who married in 1961,[5] developed some songs intended to be socially conscious, with successes such as "Uptown" by The Crystals, "We Gotta Get out of This Place" by the Animals, "Magic Town" by The Vogues, and "Kicks" by Paul Revere & the Raiders.[5] Mann and Weil were disturbed when "Only In America", a song they had written with the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and conceived originally for and recorded by the Drifters as a protest against racial prejudice, was re-worked by Leiber and Stoller into an uncontroversial success for Jay & The Americans.

As of May 2009, Mann's song catalog lists 635 songs.[7] He has received 56 popular music, country, and Rhythm & Blues awards from Broadcast Music Inc., and 46 Millionaire Awards for radio performances numbering more than one million plays.[8] The song "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", co-written with Weil and Phil Spector,[5] was the most played song of the 20th century, with more than 14 million plays.

Mann has composed songs for movies, most notably "Somewhere Out There", co-written with Weil and James Horner, for the 1986 animated movie An American Tail. Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram performed the song as a duet during the movie's closing credits; their version was released as a single, which scored No. 2 on the Billboard chart and became a "gold"-scoring record. "Somewhere Out There" would win two 1987 Grammy Awards, as Song of the Year and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or Television. "Somewhere Out There" was also nominated for a 1986 Oscar as best song, but lost to "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun (a film that featured the Weil-penned "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" in a key scene). Mann's other movie work includes the scores for I Never Sang for My Father and Muppet Treasure Island, and songs for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Oliver & Company.

Carole Bayer Sager, Carole King, Cynthia Weil, and Mann in 2012

Mann co-wrote, with Dan Hill, the song "Sometimes When We Touch", which scored No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]

In 1987, Mann and Weil were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[2] In 2011, they received the Johnny Mercer Award, the greatest honor from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[9]

Mann and Weil were named among the 2010 recipients of Ahmet Ertegun Award from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[10] Mann and Weil operated a publishing company named Dyad Music.[11]

Personal life

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Mann was married to Cynthia Weil from 1961 until her death in 2023.[12] They had one daughter, Jenn. They resided in Beverly Hills, California.[13]

Discography

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Albums

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Year Album Record label
1961 Who Put the Bomp ABC-Paramount
1969 Angel, Angel, Down We Go Tower Records
1971 Lay It All Out New Design Records
1975 Survivor RCA Victor
1980 Barry Mann Casablanca Records
2000 Soul & Inspiration Atlantic Records

Singles

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Year Title Peak chart
positions 		Record label B-side Album
US Pop US AC
1959 "All the Things You Are" — — JDS Records "A Love to Last a Lifetime" —
1960 "War Paint" — — ABC-Paramount Records "Counting Teardrops" Who Put the Bomp
1961 "Happy Birthday, Broken Heart" — — "The Millionaire"
"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" 7 — "Love, True Love"
"Little Miss U.S.A." 109 — "Find Another Fool" —
1962 "Hey Baby I'm Dancin'" — — "Like I Don’t Love You" —
"Teenage Has-Been" — — "Bless You" —
1963 "Graduation Time" — — Colpix Records "Johnny Surfboard" —
1964 "Talk to Me Baby" 94 — Red Bird Records "Amy" —
1966 "Angelica" 111 — Capitol Records "Looking at Tomorrow" —
1967 "Where Do I Go From Here" — — "She Is Today" —
1968 "The Young Electric Psychedelic Hippie Flippy Folk and Funky Philosophic Turned On Groovy 12 String Band" — — "Take Your Love" —
"I Just Can't Help Believin'" — — "Where Do I Go From Here" —
1970 "Feelings" 93 — Scepter Records "Let Me Stay With You" —
1971 "Carry Me Home" — — New Design Records "Sundown" —
"When You Get Right Down to It" — — "Don’t Give Up on Me" Lay It All Out
1972 "Too Many Mornings" — — "On Broadway"
1974 "Nobody but You" — — RCA Victor "Woman Woman Woman" Survivor
1975 "Nothing Good Comes Easy" — — "Woman Woman Woman"
"I'm a Survivor" — — "Don't Seem Right" —
1976 "The Princess and the Punk" — — Arista Records "Jennifer" —
1977 "The Best That I Know How" — — United Artists Records "Lettin' the Good Time Get Away" —
1979 "Almost Gone" — — Warner Bros. Records "For No Reason at All" —
1980 "Brown-Eyed Woman" — — Casablanca Records "In My Own Way" Barry Mann

Songs

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Main article: List of songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

References

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  1. ^ "Barry Mann". Jameshorner-filmmusic.com. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Steve Kurutz (February 9, 1939). "Barry Mann | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  3. ^ "The People Who Created The Soundtrack To Your Life eBook: stuart devoy: Amazon.co.uk: Books". Amazon.co.uk. September 9, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  4. ^ "History of Jewish songwriters told in ‘Beautiful’", Alan Smadon, Crescentcityjewishnews.com, March 18, 2017
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1606. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  6. ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 90. CN 5585.
  7. ^ "Barry Mann Song Catalog". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
  8. ^ "Barry Mann's Bio". Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
  9. ^ "Garth Brooks, Billy Joel perform together during Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony". Soundspike.com. June 17, 2011. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  10. ^ "Congratulations to the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees!". Archived from the original on December 23, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
  11. ^ "Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Contact Info". Archived from the original on May 8, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
  12. ^ Williams, Alex (June 4, 2023). "Cynthia Weil, Whose Soaring Lyrics Made Baby Boomers Feel, Dies at 82". The New York Times. p. A20. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  13. ^ Coleman, Laura (November 13, 2015). "Beverly Hills Musicians Weil, Mann Honored By Women's Guild Gala" (PDF). The Beverly Hills Courier. Beverly Hills, California. p. 1. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
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