BILLBOARD #1 HITS: #386: “I WRITE THE SONGS”- BARRY MANILOW – JANUARY 17, 1976

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Billboard #1 Hits: #386: “I Write The Songs”- Barry Manilow. January 17, 1976. #1 for 1 week in Billboard Hot 100.

  • Single: “I Write The Songs”- Barry Manilow
  • Record Company-Arista
  • Genre: Pop
  • Written by Bruce Johnston
  • Time: 3:43
  • B-side:”A Nice Boy Like Me”
  • Album- Tryin’ To Get The Feeling
  • Grade: C
  • Peaked at #1 1 week in Billboard Hot 100.

“I Write The Songs” was written by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys. It was first recorded by one of the worst acts in history- Captain and Tennille who had worked with Johnston with The Beach Boys earlier in the decade. David Cassidy then recorded it and had a #11 hit with it in the UK. Barry Manilow is the one who took it big time- to #1- the song would go on to win a Grammy for Song of the Year and was nominated for Record Of The Year- again this tells you a lot about how lame the Grammy Awards were in the 1970’s.