Over the course of his career, Barry Manilow has demonstrated that he is a charming and contagious vocalist who is able to write songs that practically everyone in the world can’t help but sing. Even though critics didn’t initially think he was that excellent, he became a household name in the 1970s thanks to The Mandy and Copacabana (At the Copa).

Manilow came out as gay at the age of 73, revealing that he had kept a major secret for a significant portion of his life. But as of right now, he is more content than ever and is living his greatest life with his daughter, Garry, and his husband.

Here’s all you need to know about Barry Manilow – and how he looks today.

Despite the fact that Manilow has been a global favorite, there have been some who have wondered if he has had plastic surgery. The 78-year-old Brooklyn native isn’t hesitant to speak the truth, so there.

Barry Manilow was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 17, 1943. His paternal grandfather immigrated to Russia; Barry, whose father is Irish, is actually also half-Russian.

But from a young age he had been instructed not to talk about that.

“The fact that Harold was an Irish truck driver was hidden from the family,” Barry told the Irish Independent.

“It was considered a terrible thing for my mother to have done. They wouldn’t even allow my name to be Kelliher. They changed it immediately.”

He added: “When I was born, I was called Barry Pincus. They had to dig deep into my father’s family to find one Jewish relative. They went back to the 1800s and they found one uncle, a Jewish guy called Pincus. My mother made my father change his name to Pincus.”