MANNY FREISER has written, produced and recorded music since '64. His 60's group, The Grodes/Tongues of Truth, logged many Top 10 singles in Tucson, Arizona -- including Let's Talk About Girls (song list), now considered a 'cult classic' and forerunner of 80's punk. As a member of vocal duo, Fire & Rain, in the 70's ,Manny along with ex-wife Patti McCarron recorded for Mercury, 20th Century, MGM and Barnaby Records, enjoying a Hot 100 single with a remake of the Barbara Lewis classic, Hello Stranger. As Ian Messenger, Manny recorded two albums in the 80's for Quincy Jones' Qwest Records (Warner Bros). A Qwest single, Livin' in the Night (song list), aired on MTV and the college charts. A second single, Wait So Long (song list), got significant pop airplay and strong radio requests on the East Coast). Manny's music can also be heard on such reissues as Rhino Records' great Nuggets compilation -- and even on late night TV: Nice and Easy Does It (song list) is heard frequently on Conan O'