Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 9/7/2019 3:07 AM Subject: Friends Song for the Day - September 7, 2019: A song popularized by both Barry Manilow and Bette Midler in 1973, "FRIENDS" from Barry's first album BARRY MANILOW (I)! "Friends" was written by Buzzy Linhart and Mark Klingman (former band leader for Bette Midler and member of Todd Rundgren's Utopia). Mark "Moogy" Klingman (1950 - 2011) was born on September 7th.