PERSONAL. SHES KICKING OFF HIS LEGACY,
MANILOW LAS VEGAS.
THE HITS COME HOME. BARRY, YOURE IN THE STUDIO AND
EVERYONE IS HAPPIER.
>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE MATCH. ALL THREE OF US.WHAT, WE MATCH.
ALL THREE OF US. >> WE DO.
>> WE DO. WE DIDNT EVEN CALL EACH OTHER.
ITS BY ACCIDENT.
>> GOING BACK TO VEGAS, STANDING
ON THE STAGE.
YOUVE PERFORMED IN EVERY HALL.
THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL,
THOUGH, FOR YOU ABOUT VEGAS.
>> FOR ME IN THIS PARTICULAR
ROOM, WE DID FIVE YEARS.
IT USED TO BE CALLED THE HILTON.
NOW ITS THE WESTGATE. THIS GENIUS MR. SEGAL ACTUALLY
MADE THIS OLD HILTON HOTEL BRAND
NEW AGAIN. BUT EVEN IF HE HADNT, WHEN THEY
CALLED, ALL I REMEMBER IS GREAT
MEMORIES OF FIVE YEARS IN LAS
VEGAS.
AND I SAID, YEAH, ILL BE HAPPY TO COME BACK.EAH, ILL BE HAPPY
TO COME BACK. AND THEY HAVENT CHANGED THE
ROOM.
ROOM.
THEY MADE IT EVEN BETTER, PRETTIER. IT EVEN BETTER,
PRETTIER.
BUT THE STAGE IS THE SAME AND THE ROOM IS THE SAME.SAME AND
THE ROOM IS THE SAME. ITS KIND OF INTIMATE.
ITS GOT ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE BUT
IT FEELS INTIMATE TO ME, AND
THERE IS A BALCONY.
ITS JUST SUCH A LEGIT THEATER.
I JUST LOVED IT FOR FIVE YEARS
AND IM LOVING IT AGAIN.
>> IT MUST BE NOSTALGIC.
YOU SINKG ALL YOUR HITS.
WHATS IT LIKE FOR SOME OF US
WHO WILL NEVER KNOW, WHEN
EVERYBODY SINGS ALONG?
>> ITS SENSATIONAL.
THIS TIME AROUND I WANTED TO SEE
IF I COULD ACTUALLY GET ONE OF
THEM IN ONE 95-MINUTE SHOW.
ITS REALLY SOMETHING TO GO FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.ING TO GO FROM
ONE TO THE OTHER. EVERYBODY KNOWS THEM.
AND IT JUST KEEPS BUILDING AND
BUILDING AND BUILDING UNTIL "I
WRITE THE SONGS" AND "COPA."
>> TALK ABOUT EVERYBODY KNOWING
THE SONGS, I REMEMBER, BECAUSE
YOU SANG AT CLIVE DAVIS BIG KIND OF GRAMMY PARTY.IS BIG
KIND OF GRAMMY PARTY. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. AND IT WAS BIG.
>> IT WAS HUGE.
IT WAS FULL OF PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES, ALL MUSICALGEN GRKSENRES.
AND YOU LIT THE ROOM UP.
YOU STILL TRANSCEND ALL THE
GENERATIONS.
GENERATIONS. >> AND I REMEMBER KATHIE LEE
SAID TO ME, THAT GUY NEVER LOSES
HIS PITCH.
HIS PITCH. AND YOURE TURNING 71.
WE HAVE A WOMAN HERE WHO IS A
HUGE BARRY MANI LORKSLOW FAN FRO
ARLINGTON, TEXAS, KELLY.
>> KELLY, IS THIS THE BEST DAY
EVER?
EVER?
>> DID THEY PLUCK YOU OUT OF THE
CROWD?
>> YES, THEY DID.
IM SO EXCITED.
>> WERE GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE
GAME.
>> ITS CALLED JACKPOT.
>> WERE GOING TO SPIN THE VEGAS
THING AND THEN ASK YOU A
QUESTION.
>> READY?
HIT IT. >> OH, YEAH.
>> SO THE FIRST QUESTION,
BARRYS HIT SONG "COPACABANA"
WAS ABOUT A SHOWGIRL NAMED LOLA.
WHAT COLOR WERE THE FEATHERS IN
HER HAIR?
HER HAIR? >> RED.
>> RED. >> YES, HERES THE NEXT ONE.
GO.
GO. HERE WE GO.
"MANDY" WAS BARRYS FIRST HIT IN
1975.
1975.
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME BEFORE HE RECORDED IT?NAME
BEFORE HE RECORDED IT? WAS IT "RANDY," "BRANDY" OR
"CANDY"?
"CANDY"?
>> NUMBER TWO. >> GOOD.R TWO.
>> GOOD. THIS IS THE LAST SPIN.
HERE WE GO.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
YOU AND A GUEST ARE GOING TO SEE
BARRY MANILOW LIVE IN VEGAS, YOURE GOING TO THE CONCERT, YOU
HAVE ROUND-TRIP AIRFARE AND
YOURE STAYING AT THE WESTGATE.
>> OF COURSE YOU GET TWO TICKETS
TO SEE MANILOW LAS VEGAS.