Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 4/7/2024 2:56 AM Subject: 38 Years Ago Today (April 7, 1986): Singers' Salute to the Songwriter! This Day in MANILOW History - April 7th: Barry Manilow performed at the inaugural Singers' Salute to the Songwriter at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, Thirty-Eight Years Ago TODAY (April 7, 1986)! The heartfelt salute to six of this country's most-sung songwriters by a parade of America's foremost pop singers was hosted by Rosemary Clooney for the benefit of the Betty Clooney Foundation for the brain injured. On hand to hear their words and music performed and their individual crafts lauded during the three-hour extravaganza were Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, Cy Coleman, Barry Manilow and Alan and Marilyn Bergman.