Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 3/3/2020 2:01 AM Subject: Friends Song for the Day - March 3, 2020: Barry Manilow's version of "FRIENDS" from his first album originally released in 1973, BARRY MANILOW! "Friends" was written by Buzzy Linhart and Mark Klingman. William Charles "Buzzy" Linhart (1943 - 2020), who recently passed, was born on March 3rd.