COPACABANA
BARRY
MANILOW
SONGWRITERS: BARRY MANILOW; BRUCE H. SUSSMAN &
JACK A. FELDMAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: EVEN NOW
LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS
GENRE: POP MUSIC
YEAR: 1978
Barry Manilow(born Barry Alan Pincus, June
17, 1943) is an American singer with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be
Magic", "Mandy", "I Write the
Songs", "Can't Smile Without You" and "Copacabana
(At the Copa)".
He
has recorded and released 51 Top 40 singles on the Adult Contemporary Chart,
including 13 that hit number one, 28 appeared within the top ten, and 36 in the
top twenty. Manilow has released 13 platinum and six multi-platinum albums. Although not a favorite artist of music critics, Manilow has
been praised by entertainers including Frank Sinatra, who was
quoted in the 1970s as saying, "He's next."
As
well as producing and arranging albums for himself and other artists, Manilow
has written and performed songs for musicals, films, and commercials for
corporations such as McDonald's, Pepsi-Cola, and Band-Aid, from the 1960s. He
has been nominated for a Grammy Award (winning once) as a producer, arranger
and performer a total of fifteen times (and in every decade) from 1973 to 2015.
He has also produced Grammy-nominated albums for Bette Midler, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan. Manilow
has sold more than 85 million records as a solo artist worldwide, making him
one of the world's
best-selling artists.[
Even Now is the fifth studio album by
singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. It was
recorded at A&M
Studios in Hollywood,
California and released in 1978. The album
reached triple platinum and spun off four hit singles in 1978 and early 1979:
the title song,
"Can't Smile
Without You", "Copacabana"
and "Somewhere in the Night"
(which had previously been a hit in 1976 for Helen Reddy).
Her name was Lola,
she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star
Tony always tended bar
Across the crowded floor, they worked from eight til four
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?
At the copa (co)
Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the copa they fell in love
Copa, Copacabana
His name was Rico
He wore a diamond
He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing there
And when she finished, he called her over
But Rico went a bit to far
Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?
At the copa (co)
Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the copa, she lost her love
(Copa, Copacabana)
(Copa, Copacabana)
(Copacabana)
like in Havana
(Copa, banana)
Music and passion were always in fashion
Her name is Lola, she
was a showgirl
But that was thirty years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it's a disco, but not for Lola
Still in dress she used to wear
Faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she's lost her mind
At the copa (co)
Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always in fashion
At the copa don't fall in love
don't fall in love
(Copacabana)
(Copacabana)
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