"Sandra" is a song written byBarry Manilow and Enoch Anderson. A piano-basedballad, the song takes the voice of a lonely housewife looking back at missed opportunities, because she married at an early age.[1] It was originally recorded by Manilow on his album,Barry Manilow II in 1974.Dusty Springfield covered the song on her 1978 albumIt Begins Again. In a contemporary interview withMusic Week, Springfield praised the song's "own inbuilt drama" and considered it to be more personal when sung by a woman.[2] EntertainerBruce Forsyth recorded a version for his 1975 albumThe Bruce Forsyth Album. This version was Forsyth's first American single release, onWarner Bros.[3]
