Barry Manilow wrote a jingle for which American insurance company?

Although Barry Manilow, an American singer-songwriter, arranger, musician, producer, and actor, (born Barry Alan Pincus, June 17, 1943), is best known for writing such hit recordings like "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "I Write the Songs", "Can't Smile Without You" and "Copacabana (At the Copa)", nearly 50 years ago he wrote and popularized in America the1971 State Farm Insurance jingle, "Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm Is There".

He also wrote the jingles for Band-Aid: “Stuck on Band-Aid”, Stridex: “Give Your Face Something to Smile About”, KFC: “Grab a Bucket of Chicken”, Pepsi: “Feelin' Free”, and McDonald's: “You Deserve a Break Today”.

Although not a favorite artist of music critics, Manilow has been praised by entertainers including Frank Sinatra, who was quoted in the 1970s as saying, "He's next."

As well as producing and arranging albums for himself and other artists, Manilow has written and performed songs for musicals, films, and commercials. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award (winning once) as a producer, arranger, and performer a total of fifteen times (and in every decade) from 1973 to 2015. He has also produced Grammy-nominated albums for Bette Midler, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson, and Sarah Vaughan. Manilow has sold more than 85 million records as a solo artist worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists.