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"Brandy", later called "Mandy", is a song written by Scott English and Richard Kerr. [2] It was originally recorded by English in 1971 and reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart . "Brandy" was recorded by New Zealand singer Bunny Walters in 1972, but achieved greater success when released in the United States in 1974 by Barry Manilow .
Following the song's release in 1972, "Brandy" increased in popularity as a girl's name in the United States. According to data from the Social Security Administration , [ 7 ] Brandy was the 353rd most popular name in 1971, 140th in 1972, and, in 1973 (the first full year after the song's popularity), 82nd.
This song later become a worldwide hit under the title "Mandy" for Barry Manilow in 1974, although Don Partridge's "Blue Eyes" was Kerr's first hit as a songwriter. In 1976, Kerr's solo album, Richard Kerr (re-titled Somewhere in the Night in some territories) was released by Epic Records , and in 2014 it was released digitally on iTunes.
The book moved Clapton profoundly, because it was the tale of a young man who fell hopelessly in love with a beautiful young girl, went crazy and so could not marry her. [2] [3] [4] The song was further inspired by Clapton's secret love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend and fellow musician George Harrison. After Harrison and Boyd divorced ...
McKenna wrote the song as "lullaby, guidebook, and tribute" to her five children. [9] The song was named Song of the Year at the 2016 CMA Awards [9] and won favorite country song at the American Music Awards the same year. [4] In 2017, "Humble and Kind" was nominated for Song of the Year and Single Record of the Year at the ACM Awards. McKenna ...
"Mandy" was originally used for an Army-themed musical revue called Yip Yip Yaphank during World War I. For the number, soldiers in the show dressed in blackface and in drag. [4] This song and chorus line was also re-created for the 1942 play and the 1943 Warner Brothers film This Is The Army.
"Candy" is a song by American pop singer Mandy Moore. Serving as Moore's debut single, it was released as the lead single from her first studio album, So Real (1999), on August 17, 1999, by Epic Records and 550 Music.
"Positive Reaction" is a song written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman for Mandy Smith's debut studio album Mandy (1988). The song was released in October 1987 as the album's second single. The song failed to chart in the UK. It was however successful around Europe. "Positive Reaction" is an upbeat and catchy pop song with a strong dance ...