Barry Mann
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Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman 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.
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.
In 1961, they wrote and Mann sung a novelty song that made the Top 10 with "Who Put The Bomp", which parodied the nonsense words that were used in songs at that time.
In 1987, he was inducted with his wife into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
[edit] Songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
- "Here You Come Again" - Dolly Parton
- "He's Sure the Boy I Love" - The Crystals
- "On Broadway" - The Drifters
- "Magic Town" - The Vogues
- "Uptown" - The Crystals
- "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" - Eydie Gorme
- "Only in America" - Jay and the Americans
- "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" - The Animals
- "(You're My) Soul & Inspiration" - The Righteous Brothers
- "Kicks" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - The Righteous Brothers
- "Shape of Things to Come" - Max Frost and the Troopers
- "I Just Can't Help Believin'" - B. J. Thomas
- "I'm Gonna Be Strong" - Gene Pitney and Cyndi Lauper
- "Make Your Own Kind of Music" - "Mama" Cass Elliot
- "Don't Know Much" - Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt
- "Somewhere Out There" - James Ingram & Linda Ronstadt (written with James Horner for the film An American Tail)
- "Too Many Mondays" - Barry Mann
