His fans adore him, the critics hate him and Barry Manilow just keeps going on! But the career of the man "Rolling Stone" dubbed "a giant among entertainers" and "the showman of our generation" had the weirdest of beginnings. Biographer Patricia Butler unravels the strange stories behind Manilow's Brooklyn upbringing, his shortlived marriage, his cautious career change from youthful executive to freelance musician and his dramatic partnership with Bette Midler formed in the gay Continental Baths in Manhattan. Manilow's private life has always been the subject of speculation, and here the many sides of his personality are explored along with his rise from Seventies hit maker to timeless showbiz legend.
- ISBN10 0711991979
- ISBN13 9780711991972
- Publish Date 4 October 2002 (first published 17 September 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 May 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Omnibus Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 272
- Language English