Who recorded the hit single "Mandy" in 1975?

Barry Manilow recorded the hit single "Mandy" in 1975.

The song was originally written by Scott English and Richard Kerr and recorded by English in 1971 under the title "Brandy." Manilow recorded his version in 1974, but it became a major American hit in early 1975 and is commonly identified with that year.

The title was changed to "Mandy" to avoid confusion with Looking Glass's 1972 hit "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)." That change is the source of a frequent mix-up: Scott English created the original recording, but Barry Manilow made the famous hit version.

"Mandy" became Manilow's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and his first gold single. It launched the run of successful adult-contemporary recordings that made him one of the defining pop entertainers of the 1970s.