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"Could It Be Magic" is a song written by Adrienne Anderson and composed by American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, inspired by Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20. The song was initially released in 1971 by Featherbed (a group of session musicians featuring Barry Manilow), produced and co-written by Tony Orlando.
Barry Manilow was born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, [10] the son of Edna Manilow and Harold Kelliher, a truck driver of Irish descent. Barry's mother made his father change his name to Pincus, which was the name of a Jewish uncle of his father from the 1800s.
The Prelude Op. 28, No. 20, in C minor by Frédéric Chopin has been dubbed the "Funeral March" by Hans von Bülow but is commonly known as the "Chord Prelude" due to its slow progression of quarter note chords. [1] It was written between 1831 and 1839. [2] The prelude was originally written in two sections of four measures, ending at m. 9.
Barry Manilow, who recently turned 80, is a hit-making master showman. He's released nearly 60 singles, including a bucketful that were No. 1, Top 10 and Top 40 radio hits (“Mandy,” “Looks ...
Barry Manilow is the debut album by Barry Manilow, released initially in 1973 by Bell Records. The original release was unsuccessful, with only around 35,000 copies sold by 1975. After the success of Manilow's second album Barry Manilow II , the album was re-released as Barry Manilow I in 1975 by Arista - the label that took over Bell Records ...
Regardless, I do feel the fact that Manilow's hit song Could It Be Magic is based on Chopin's Prelude is at least as notable as Busoni's and Rachmaninoff's variations on the Prelude. Manilow's song has almost surely enjoyed far more commercial success (reaching no. 6 on US charts) and a much wider audience than either set of variations, and is ...
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