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He is the voice behind famous hit songs like "mandy" and "can't smile without you." you know him as the king of the copacabana. ♪ her name is lola ♪ she was a show girl >> that's a good one, but my favorite is "looks like we've made it." singer barry manilow is more than a musician, songwriter. he's a musical legend, and he's returning to his theater roots with a new musical called harmony. it's about a real life german boy band from the 1920s and on friday i had the honor to sit down with mr. manilow and his longtime writing partner bruce sussner to discuss his late

Project and how it started. >> when it began, it was all about musicals. i had no intention about being a singer, making records. it never dawned on me. i was going to be in the background, playing piano, writing music. this record career -- >> you just stumbled into an iconic pop career. >> it was a beautiful accident, and it started to explode so much that it took over my whole writing life, and i suddenly wound up as a pop singer, performer, making records. it had nothing to do with what i really wanted to do, which was this. bruce went and saw this wonderful documentary on this group and s...