My Name Is Barbra - Album
My Name Is Barbra (Album) by Barbra Streisand
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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 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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"Where Is The Wonder" Was Contributed By Dion McGregor And His Roommate Michael Barr And One Of The Few Times They Were Successful In Getting One Of Their Songs Recorded. It Was Also Released As A Single. McGregor And Barr Had Sent Many Songs To Publishers And Been Unsuccessful In Getting Them Recorded So They Saw Barbra's Rendition As A Breakthrough In Their Songwriting Career. Whilst McGregor Was Not A Performer Himself He Did Become Known For His Elaborate Sleeptalking As Recorded By Barr And Chronicled On The Decca LP "The Dream World Of Dion McGregor" The Previous Year As Well As On Several Archival Releases Since. Streisand Won A Best Vocal Performance Female Grammy Award For The Album Her Third In This Category And Fourth Overall. In NRARS Award Barbra Was Named Best-Selling Female Vocalist Of 1965.
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My Name Is Barbra Is The First Of Two Studio Album Tie-Ins To Barbra Streisand's Emmy Award-Winning CBS-TV Debut My Name Is Barbra Television Special Which Aired On April 28 1965 Choreographed By Joe Layton. Barbra's Brother Sheldon Shot The Front Cover Photograph When She Was 5 Years-Old. The Album Was Certified Gold And Peaked At #2 On The US Charts. A Digitally Restored / Remastered CD Was Released. "Why Did I Choose You?" - On The CD The Long Version 3 46 Appears But On The Vinyl LP The Short Version 2 46 Appears."Where Is The Wonder" Was Contributed By Dion McGregor And His Roommate Michael Barr And One Of The Few Times They Were Successful In Getting One Of Their Songs Recorded. It Was Also Released As A Single. McGregor And Barr Had Sent Many Songs To Publishers And Been Unsuccessful In Getting Them Recorded So They Saw Barbra's Rendition As A Breakthrough In Their Songwriting Career. Whilst McGregor Was Not A Performer Himself He Did Become Known For His Elaborate Sleeptalking As Recorded By Barr And Chronicled On The Decca LP "The Dream World Of Dion McGregor" The Previous Year As Well As On Several Archival Releases Since. Streisand Won A Best Vocal Performance Female Grammy Award For The Album Her Third In This Category And Fourth Overall. In NRARS Award Barbra Was Named Best-Selling Female Vocalist Of 1965.