Copacabana

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“Copacabana” is a song recorded by American singer Barry Manilow. It was written by Manilow, Jack Feldman, and Bruce Sussman. The single was released in 1978 and is the first single from Manilo’s fifth studio album, Even Now. The song made it on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Internationally, the song became Manilow’s third-greatest hit. It was the first Gold single he wrote or co-wrote. It earned him his first and only Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1979. The song includes romance, intrigue, and murder to a dance beat. It is the story of a Copacabana showgirl named Lola whose lover Tony gets shot by a mobster. Years later, a bereaved Lola still comes to the Copa dressed in her showgirl costume, missing her Tony.