jack daniels. i never knew her private life, the power of drugs. no one wins that battle. >> in the early '70s, you're dealing with a very different artist, barry manilowe different than janis joplin and barry manilow. at this point, you've started your own news studio and you come up with the song for barry. take a look. >> looking in their eyes, i see a memory. ♪ i never realized how happy you made me ♪ ♪ oh, man ♪ ♪ well, you came and gave, well, i'll take it ♪ ♪ but i sent you away ♪ ♪ will you kiss me and stop me from shaking ♪ ♪ and i need you today ♪ >> the song goes to number one. barry manilow becomes a huge star. why did you think "mandy" was the right song for barry manilow? >> that was the first time i was testing my ears on songs, because at columbia, during that seven or eight-year period, i had signed only self-contained artists, artists, you know, that, in effect, that wrote their own material, earth, wind and fire, billy joel and springsteen. but with a pop artist and being a brand-new label, i had to test, could i identify hit songs for artists that didn't write? the point, chris, i want to make to you is that barry manilow only consi