Brandy - Scott English (original Version Of Mandy - Barry Manilow) May 2026

: It became Barry Manilow's first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1975.

: Scott English admitted he fabricated the dog story to get a pestering reporter off the phone. : It became Barry Manilow's first #1 hit

: The original by Scott English was more "rock and roll" and uptempo. Manilow and producer Ron Dante initially struggled with it until Manilow sat at the piano and slowed it down, finding the "love song hiding" within the arrangement. : It became Barry Manilow's first #1 hit