Barry Mason
| Barry Mason | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Barry Mason |
| Born |
12 July 1935 Wigan, Lancashire, England |
| Genres | Popular music |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
| Years active | 1960s-present |
| Associated acts | Les Reed |
| Website | http://www.barrymasonsongwriter.co.uk |
John Barry Mason (known professionally as Barry Mason) (born 12 July 1935) is an English songwriter, grew up in the village of Coppull, near Chorley in Lancashire. A leading songwriter of the 1960s, he wrote the bulk of his most successful songs in partnership with Les Reed. Mason gained many gold and platinum awards for his work including five Ivor Novello Awards, the most recent of them in 1998.
His songwriting credits included "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)", "The Last Waltz", "Here It Comes Again", "I Pretend", "There Goes My First Love", "A Man Without Love", "Winter World of Love" "Now That You are Gone", "Rowbottom Square" and "Delilah".
His songs have been recorded by Tom Jones, Dalida, P. J. Proby, David Essex, The Drifters, Rod Stewart, Petula Clark, Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Fortunes, Charles Aznavour, Tony Christie, Mireille Mathieu, Barbra Streisand, The Dave Clark Five and Ashley Maclaine.
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