Daybreak
Barry Manilow | Artist Essentials
First released: 1976 (year verified)
Original 1976 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The original studio setting lets the compact rhythm and bright refrain lead the performance.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1976 (year verified)
The original This Ones for You album and catalog history establish 1976. Isolated 1973/1974 placeholder track fields are inconsistent and are not used. The 1977 live performance and annual-list placement are separate events.
Recording: Original 1976 studio recording
Credit: Barry Manilow
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: This One's for You
This Ones for You - original 1976 program
The album header and original program establish 1976. The isolated 1973 and 1974 placeholder fields on Weekend in New England and Daybreak conflict with that original album history and are not adopted. Bonus tracks are excluded. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
BarryNet - original album and later reissue chronology
The published catalog chronology separates the 1973 Bell debut, 1975 Arista reworking, original album years, and 1990s/2000s reissues. Only its release chronology is used; recording and copyright dates are not public-release dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Annual version match under review
The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
The selected 1976 studio recording and the documented 1977 live recording are distinct. The actual 1977 annual entry does not specify its performance.
This Ones for You - original 1976 program
The album header and original program establish 1976. The isolated 1973 and 1974 placeholder fields on Weekend in New England and Daybreak conflict with that original album history and are not adopted. Bonus tracks are excluded. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Barry Manilow Live - original label program
Sonys original fifteen-track 1977 program includes Its Just Another New Years Eve as a live performance. It also identifies the later live Daybreak separately from the 1976 studio recording. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Greatest Hits 1978 - reproduced track list and edition distinctions
The original program identifies the longer disco Copacabana and live Daybreak, plus different Mandy and Its a Miracle presentations. These actual edition alternatives require caution when linking edition-unspecified annual entries. The anthology date is not assigned to earlier recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
About Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is a singer, composer, arranger and producer whose work connects popular song with theatre, film and orchestral performance. Albums such as Singin' with the Big Bands, Showstoppers and Manilow Sings Sinatra explore established song traditions. His production work includes recordings by Bette Midler, Nancy Wilson and Dionne Warwick. He has also written music for films, including Thumbelina and The Pebble and the Penguin, and developed the stage musical Harmony. Here at the Mayflower presents another setting for his original songwriting.
Artist background sources
Songwriters Hall of Fame: Barry Manilow
Archived induction biography supports musical roles, named albums, production collaborators, film work and Harmony; no pending productions or rolling totals retained. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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