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Barry Mann (born Barry Iberman on February 9, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter, and part of one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships in the world of rock music. February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...
Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
With his partner and wife, Cynthia Weil, they operate a publishing company called Dyad Music. His first hit as a writer was "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)," which was a top twenty song for the Diamonds in 1959. Mann had co-written the song with Gerry Goffin. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil met when they were both staff songwriters, they were married in 1961. Through the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Mann came up with songs such as "Sometimes When We Touch" and movie scores such as that for "I Never Sang for My Father." Weil co-wrote "He's So Shy" with Tom Snow for The Pointer Sisters and worked on projects with Lionel Richie. Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1937 in New York City, New York) is a prominent American songwriter. ...
1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Gerry Goffin (born February 11, 1939) is an American lyricist. ...
1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
I Never Sang for My Father is a 1970 film which tells the story of a college professor who wants to get out from under the thumb of his aging father by marrying a younger woman and moving to California. ...
The Pointer Sisters was an American vocal group and recording act that achieved great success during the 1970s and 1980s. ...
Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. ...
In 1961, they wrote and Mann sung a novelity song that made the Top 10 with "Who Put The Bomp", which parodied the non-sense words that were used in songs at that time.
In 1987, he was inducted with his wife into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. ...
Well known songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
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