Americký zpěvák, skladatel a pianista, původem z N.Y.C. (nar. 1946), vl. jm. Barry Alan Pinkus. V 60. letech pracuje u CBS, píše m.j. hudbu k muzikálu The Drunkard. Na konci 60. let pracoval v televizní Ed Sullivan Show. V letech 1970 - 71 píše...

Píseň: I Was A Fool (To Let You Go)

Interpret:
Barry Manilow
Album:
Even Now
After I've had my last cigarette
When the night is as black
As the night's gonna get
Well I'm still wide awake
'Cause I still can't forget
I was a fool to let you go


And after I've closed
The bar with the boys
Though I can't stand the drinks
And I can't stand the noise
When I know I'll be back
'Cause there's no other choice
I know I was a fool to let you go


I was a fool to think that I could sleep a wink
In this big and deep bed by myself
And I was a fool to wait until' it was too late
To tell you just how I felt


And after I've been
With somebody new
And she knows what to say
Ah, but not what to do
Then I know what I've lost
And I know it's so true
No, I was a fool to let you go


And after I've been
With somebody new
And she knows what to say
Ah, but not what to do
Then I know what I've lost
And I know it's so true
When I've seen what it cost
And what I'm going through
I know I was a fool
I was a fool to let you go