Barry Manilow

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Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow is castaway by Kirsty Young. Barry has been a hugely successful performer for over 30 years but, in this intimate interview, he describes how it was never the career he intended to have. He always knew he would be a musician, but thought his future lay behind-the-scenes, not at the front of the stage. Brought up by his mother and grandparents in Brooklyn, money was always scarce and family life often difficult - but when there was music playing in their apartment, Manilow says, the home was a happy one. DISC ONE: Frank Sinatra - One for My Baby DISC TWO: Judy Garland - Over the Rainbow DISC THREE: Gerry Mulligan Quartet - What is There to Say? DISC FOUR: Bob Gaudio - Candide DISC FIVE: Laura Nyro - Emmie DISC SIX: London Symphony Orchestra - Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 3 in F major - 3rd movement DISC SEVEN: Sting - Fragile DISC EIGHT: Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Judy Garland - Over the Rainbow BOOK CHOICE: Man vs Wild - Survival Techniques from the Most Dangerous Places on Earth by Bear Grylls LUXURY CHOICE: A piano Producer: Leanne Buckle First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.