BARRY MANN AND CYNTHIA WEIL AT SPECTROPOP

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MasterpieceBarry Mann Compilation Albums

Several compilation albums comprised of various artists' recordings by of songs co-written by Barry Mann have been issued. This page gives track and artist information.
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Barry Mann Discography

A fairly comprehensive list of recordings of songs composed by Barry Mann, with Cynthia Weil and others, between the years 1958 through 1992. In nine separate parts.
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Looking good, Cyn!The Official Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Website

Visit the official Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil page and hear clips from Barry's new album "Soul & Inspiration". Two of the most respected and enduring songwriters in the history of pop music.
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The Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Profile Charlie Chan, can you get me a Mann?

"Arguably one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the rock era, the husband-wife team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill formed a cornerstone of the famous Brill Building sound, writing hits for the Drifters and Righteous Brothers among others. Before Mann and Weill met each was an aspiring songwriter. Weill, an actress and lyricist, first worked with songwriter Teddy Randazzo while Mann was a burgeoning staff writer at Don Kirshner's Aldon Music who had scored a hit with the 1961 novelty record "Who Put the Bomp"..."
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Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Page

Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil are one of the most prolific songwriting teams of the rock era. Barry Mann was born in 1939 in Brooklyn. When he was twelve years old he began writing songs as a hobby. He studied architecture at the Pratt Institute for a year before dropping out to write and record songs. He played piano on some demos. His first hit as a writer was She Say [Oom Dooby Doom], which was a top twenty song for the Diamonds in 1959. He tried recording but met with little success, save for his lone top forty song Who Put The Bomp [In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp], which made it to number seven in 1961. Mann had co-written the song with Gerry Goffin. He signed with Aldon Music and individually he wrote hit songs for such artists as Bobby Rydell, The Lettermen, Steve Lawrence, The Paris Sisters, and Teddy Randazzo. Cynthia Weil, born in 1941 in Manhattan, was trained as an actress and dancer. She began to write for songwriter Frank Loesser before switching over to Aldon Music.
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Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

"Another of the brilliant professional songwriting teams employed at New York's Brill Building in the during '60, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote dozens of hit songs for various acts.

Barry Mann abandoned an architecture studios to become a somgwriter in 1958. Achieving his first hit in collaboration with Michael Anthony in early 1958 with "She Say (Oom Dooby Dom)," he was hired as a staff songwriter at Aldon Records. Teaming with a number of othe writers in the early '60s, Mann co-wrote "Footsteps" by Steve Lawrence, "I Love How Yiou Love Me" by The Paris Sisters," and Patches" by Dicky Lee. In 1961 he recorded a solo album that yeilded the hit "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" co-written by Gerry Goffin.

While on staff at Aldon Mann met Cynthia Weil In August 1961 they were married and writing songs together. It was a perfect marriage of talents, resulting in fifty hits in the next five years..." >>> presented by History of Rock

Barry Mann Profile

"Forming half of the successful writing team of Mann/Weil, songwriter Barry Mann played an integral part in the success of the Brill Building sound and its dominance of the pop charts in the early '60s. Before becoming a songwriter he also made the charts as a performer, singing the novelty song "Who Put the Bomp..." Sensing his days as a performer were numbered, Mann joined the staff at Don Kirshner's Aldon Music..."
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Cynthia Weil Profile

"As a staff writer for Don Kirshner's Aldon Music, which was located in New York's famed Brill Building, Cynthia Weil co-authored some of the classic hits of the 1960s era, including "On Broadway," "Uptown" and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place." Primarily a lyricist, Weil was aided by husband and partner Barry Mann who supplied much of the music. With her stories of social commentary and lyrical vignettes that pointed out the hypocracy of America's class system, Weil i s acknowledged as one of the groundbreaking writers who took rock lyrics beyond the moon-june tales of lost romance and puppy love. ..."
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Barry Mann works at BMI

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