A look inside the terrifying moment Barry saved Manilow’s life

But another, more serious incident occurred just before he was to perform with the Boston Philharmonic for a Fourth of July celebration.

“I said, ‘Oh no, not now, please.’ I took the medicine the way I was supposed to and it wouldn’t stop,” Manilow recalled of the frightening situation. “I called my doctor and said, ‘Okay, what do I do? I have a sound check at two o’clock.’ This was around 9 o’clock in the morning.”

The doctor told him to go to the hospital immediately, where medical professionals would fix his irregular heartbeat with a shock of “paddles,” the Copacabana singer revealed in a resurfaced interview.

“They said, ‘Yes, Mr. Manilow, you’re in AFib, you’re out of rhythm and we need to stop it,’ which is the paddles, you know, ‘Clear!’ Pop!” he shared.

Later, he was able to perform a sound check where he “kind of stumbled onto the stage” and “no one” noticed that he had had any health problems.”