Playlist: LeBron James Loves Barry Manilow

Basketball star LeBron James took out his iPod in front of reporters to prove it’s not all Jay-Z. The much-tattooed forward, pictured here with Mac user Gisele Bundchen on the controversial Vogue cover, has some Barry Manilow on there, too, namely “Copacabana,” “Mandy” and “I Am Your Child.”
Go figure. Just like Tommy Hilfiger listening to Jimi Hendrix or John McCain listening to Abba, it goes to show there’s a little bit of the unexpected in everyone’s playlist.


Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco native who has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek. You can find her on 