Hit Songs of 1976 – #1
Barry Manilow had been around the music business for quite a while. He had written musical jingles for commercials including State Farm Insurance (“Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There”) and Band-Aid (“I Am Stuck on Band-Aid, ’cause Band-Aid’s Stuck on Me!”). He sang on ads for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pepsi (“All Across the …