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Barry Manilow
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Barry Manilow

Singer

Born 1943 in Brooklyn

Born and raised in NYC Wikipedia

Pop

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Neighborhood

Wikipedia ties Barry Manilow to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A tie, not always an origin

Places

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  • Venue

    The Copacabana (first club)

    1940–1992

    Opened in 1940 on East 60th Street, it at first barred black customers: Harry Belafonte, then in the Navy, was refused entry in 1944, and returned in the 1950s as a headliner. Sammy Davis Jr. broke attendance records here in May 1964, and Barry Manilow’s 1978 song “Copacabana” is named after the club, per Wikipedia.

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Also tied to Williamsburg