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Barbra Joan Streisand (Album) by Barbra Streisand

Artist Biography For Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand Born Barbara Joan Streisand April 24 1942 Brooklyn New York Is An Academy Award-Winning American Singer Theater And Film Actress Composer Film Producer And Director. She Has Won Oscars For Best Actress And Best Original Song As Well As Multiple Emmy Awards Grammy Awards Golden Globe Awards And An Honorary Tony Award. She Received The Prestigious Kennedy Center Honor On December 7 2008. She Is The Most Successful Female Recording Artist According To The Recording Industry Assoc. Of America RIAA . Barbra Streisand Has Recorded More Than 60 Albums Almost All With Columbia Records. Her Early Works In The 1960s Her Debut The Barbra Streisand Album Which Won Two Grammy Awards In 1963 Followed By The Second Barbra Streisand Album The Third Album My Name Is Barbra Etc. Are Considered Classic Renditions Of Theater And Nightclub Standards Including Her Version Of Happy Days Are Here Again. Beginning With My Name Is Barbra Her Albums Were Often Medley-Filled Keepsakes Of Her Television Specials. Starting In 1969 Streisand Tackled Contemporary Songwriters Like Many Talented Singers Of The Day She Found Herself A Fish Out Of Water In Attempts To Tackle Rock But Her Vocal Talents Prevailed And She Gained Newfound Success With The Pop And Ballad-Oriented Richard Perry-Produced Album Stoney End In 1971. The Title Track Written By Laura Nyro Was A Big Hit For Streisand. Streisand's 1980 Album Guilty Featured The Songwriting Production And Vocal Talents Of Barry Gibb And Was The Best-Selling Album Of Her Recording Career. During The 1970s She Was Also Highly Prominent In The Pop Charts With Number-One Records Like The Way We Were Evergreen No More Tears Enough Is Enough Her Duet With Donna Summer And Woman In Love Some Of These Came From Soundtracks Of Her Films. She Recently Took Part In Supporting Haiti In Singing "We Are The World 25th Anniversary. When The 1970s Ended Streisand Was Named The Most Successful Female Singer In The U.S. - Only Elvis Presley And The Beatles Having Sold More Albums. 1 1 In 1982 New York Times Music Critic Stephen Holden Wrote That Streisand Was "the Most Influential Mainstream American Pop Singer Since Frank Sinatra."

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Barbra Joan Streisand Is An Album By Barbra Streisand Released In August 1971 On Columbia Records. It Includes "I Mean To Shine" The First Recording Of A Song Written By The Steely Dan Duo Of Donald Fagen And Walter Becker. The Album Also Features Production And Backing Work By Members Of The Female Band Fanny. The Album Reached #11 On The Billboard Pop Albums Chart And Was Certified Gold By The RIAA. The Album Peaked #25 In Canada. It Peaked #99 In The 1971's Year-End Chart Of The Cash Box Magazine. According To The Liner Notes Of Barbra's Retrospective Box Set Just For The Record The Album Also Received A Record Certification In Belgium And In Sweden. Personnel Barbra Streisand – Vocals June Millington Mike Deasy John Uribe Louie Shelton Eric Weissberg – Guitar Hugh McCracken June Millington – Acoustic Guitar Larry Muhoberac Nickey Barclay Michel Rubini Nick De Caro Lincoln Mayorga – Piano Donald Fagen Billy Preston – Hammond Organ Joe Osborn Jean Millington Larry Knechtel – Bass Guitar Alice DeBuhr Jim Gordon Hal Blaine Jim Keltner – Drums Richard Perry Alice DeBuhr – Percussion Bobby Keys Jim Price – Horns Gene Cipriano – Clarinet Oboe Clydie King Oma Drake Venetta Fields Fanny Sherlie Matthews – Background Vocals Nick De Caro Fanny Dick Hazard Ken Welch Gene Page – Arrangements Peter Matz – Orchestration