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Barry Manilow Is Behind Two Iconic Commercial Jingles You Definitely Know

Before ‘Mandy’ and ‘Copacabana,’ Barry Manilow wrote jingles for Band-Aid and State Farm—including one that earned him just $500.

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Barry Manilow has had songs stuck in everybody’s head for much longer than people realize. Before he started churning out hit records like “Mandy” and “Copacabana (At the Copa),” Manilow had a brief stint writing commercial jingles. “I learned the most about music working in the jingle industry,” Manilow revealed while accepting the Clio Award for his early work in 2009. “It was the best music college I could ever........

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