Barry Manilow

Morning arrived quickly. Jay didn't hear Steve enter the apartment at eleven - thirty last night because he was sleeping soundly. When Jay woke up at eight - fifteen that morning, he found a note from Steve.

It read: Hi, Jay. Sorry if I woke you up by walking in the front door. Just a note saying good morning and hoped I didn't wake you. Steve

Jay knew he didn't hear Steve come into the apartment at all last night and had slept right through. He planned on calling Barry this morning between the suggested time that Barry had given him the other night. Before calling Barry that morning, he thought...

Ch 6:

Jay got into the airport a few hours later. He remembered Steve would be at National Geographic, so he didn't bother calling his friend and ask him if he could come to the airport and pick him up. After getting off the plane and getting his luggage from the luggage claim, Jay went to get a rental car.

After driving away from the airport, Jay remembered he didn't have any keys to Steve's apartment.

"That's right. I can't get to Steve's apartment if I don't have my own set of keys," Jay said to himself.

He now was on the highway. He was going to National Geographic and ask his friend for...

Jay felt he would be ready to fly to Vegas tomorrow morning or the next day. Jay decided he would go to bed at an earlier time that night so he could started on the CDs he could record for his fans. He knew he would have fun working on this CD with Barry. He knew they would be talking about what song they could sing together. He remembered he performed with Barry at one concert a few years back and it was fun. He remembered it was Barry's show and not his. He remembered this show he performed with Barry the two of them didn't perform together. It was a foursome with Dolly Parton and a country...

Ch 4:

Jay knew it was a good thing that he could stay at Steve's house when he was working on the CD with Barry. He knew that staying at a friend's house was better than staying at a hotel and having to pay a hotel bill once he came back home. Jay knew what songs he wanted to put on his first CD for his fans. He was thinking of putting some of the Elvis gospel tunes that he enjoyed doing and so did Elvis when he was alive. He was thinking he could do a CD with religious Elvis tunes by themselves and one CD with the rock and roll tunes by themselves. He loved the idea!

"Aren't I clever?" Jay...

Ch 3:

Later that week, Jay had gotten a letter from Steve Griswold, a friend of his from Las Vegas, Nevada in the mail. He remembered the first time they had met in Vegas. He knew it wasn't a happy ending. He had sued Steve Griswold for two million dollars in court because Steve had wanted him to put on his own television show when he was on contract with his own Elvis Presley shows he was busy with and his contract said no TV and Steve didn't know anything about that. Later, when he and Steve had gotten to know each other better, he and Steve had ripped the restraining order they had gotten...

This story was first written when Barry had recorded his "Greatest Songs" of the Seventies" CD. I had no idea how this story came to mind but I thought it would be fun to work on a story about him. Story is for his fans who would want something different.

Ch 2:

Later that afternoon, Jay arrived at Karen's house. He remembered being told to arrive at five - thirty so he arrived a bit earlier.

"Hi, Sis," Jay said once Karen opened the front door of the house when he rang the doorbell.

"Hi, Jay," she returned.

"How was work today?" he asked.

"Fine."

"Good. I hung out with Bill for a while this afternoon,"...

Author's note: I do not own Barry Manilow. I do own the characters in this story. I got the idea to write this story last year. It's still in progress. I hope you like it so if you're Fanilow, I hope you will enjoy it as much as I had fun writing it. Let me know what you think of it.

Ch 1:

One Thursday afternoon, Jay McCarey was at his best friend's house. He and Bill Thompson were sitting on the couch in the living room with the living room on. What Bill hadn't yet heard was that Jay was going to record his first CD with a famous singer/songwriter in a month or so. Jay had been talking with...